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, a junior at San Diego High School, is the president of her school’s Black Student Union and serves as a district representative on the committee to select the next superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District. She lives Downtown.
I didn’t watch Derek Chauvin’s trial. For me, it would have meant painstakingly reliving George Floyd’s death, and in slow motion at that. But that isn’t to say the coverage didn’t find me. It was everywhere I turned be it Instagram, Twitter or the news. Oddly enough, I used to follow every detail of this case, only stopping short at watching the graphic footage of the murder. This was extremely mentally taxing but I felt taking a break would be letting my people down.
The pandemic has taken its toll on public schools, which were forced to move millions of students to online learning. The California Department of Education is reporting a sharp decline in enrollment in most school districts in the state.
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There is no cost to families for the classroom instruction or the enrichment programs, who will be made possible by the San Diego Unified Expanded Learning Opportunities Grant. To be eligible for Level Up SD, students must be enrolled in San Diego Unified for the 2021-22 school year. The San Diego community is working together to provide our students with the summer experience they deserve, said San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten. In addition to a robust academic curriculum, students participating in Level Up SD will have the opportunity to engage in enrichment activities of their choosing to complement their school day.