SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – San Diego City Councilmember District 5, Monica Montgomery-Steppe, penned an open-letter expressing her strong concerns for the issues surrounding the quality of education provided at Lincoln High School.
Montgomery-Steppe says she notice “familiar disparities that indicate there is much more work to do regarding equal access to a quality education in the City of San Diego.”
She explained that constant mistakes have turned the school’s education quality into a crisis that impacts the entire community.
Councilwoman Montgomery-Steppe joined KUSI’s Lauren Phinney on Good Morning San Diego to discuss her letter and possible solutions to the problems at Lincoln High School.
Since they received the green light, more and more students 12 and over continue to be vaccinated, bringing each of them closer to getting back to school in the.
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The 12-year-old also admitted being frustrated sitting at home every day.
“It’s also kind of stressful because you can’t really leave the house or anything,” added Romero.
Adam’s father, David Romero, brought him to the school for the vaccine.
“I’ll be less concerned following his second vaccine,” his father said. “It’ll be nice to get him back to normal life.”
“We want to get back to what school was always meant to be,” said Sabins.
Both adults said the clinic was a step in the right direction, but it wasn’t a step out of the woods. According to the County of San Diego, at least 81,000 12- to 19-year-olds have been vaccinated. There are thousands more who haven t.
SD County Office of Education offers local districts lessons on equity
A poster on the San Dieguito Academy High School campus during the GSA’s Love Lunch in February 2020.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion have become a priority for many school districts this past year. To address those issues, local districts have turned to partnerships with the San Diego County Office of Education’s equity department over the last month, work has begun in the Del Mar and San Dieguito Union High School Districts.
But what does that really mean?
“The biggest piece is really about building community. It’s about seeing each other’s humanity, having empathy for the other person whoever they may be,” said Fabiola Bagula, senior director of SDCOE’s equity department. “It’s the commitment that every student receives what they need to develop their full academic and social potential.”