By Juwan Armstrong
More than 2.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in San Diego.
Almost 800,000 people in San Diego have been fully vaccinated and about half of adults in the entire US have had at least one vaccine shot. As of last Thursday everyone age 16 and over is eligible for the vaccine.
San Diego school districts are expanding summer school programs!
The summer programs are expected to give students a chance to catch up after falling behind the past year. San Diego Unified School District says between 5-10% of their students are failing every class.Both San Diego Unified and Cajon Valley plan to start their summer programs in late June.
Austin Kingston is a senior at La Jolla High School.
Each morning at 8:25, my alarm went off. Five minutes before class started, I would groggily roll out of bed, log on to Zoom and stare blankly at the wall of black squares and names. Every day for four hours, my teachers would go through the motions, clearly as disenchanted with Zoom as the rest of the “classroom.” With each passing week, it became increasingly clear: This wasn’t working.
The San Diego Unified School District made the transition to online schooling more than a year ago and never really got it right. After the closure of all campuses districtwide, schools were given a “three-week spring break” with the hope that COVID-19 would fade away. When it became apparent that wouldn’t happen, the district prepared for the first iteration of distance learning.
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San Diego school districts expand summer school programs
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â Thousands of students went back to the classroom this week, and plans are already in motion for summer school. Summer programs are expected to give students a chance to catch up after falling behind the past year.
The San Diego Unified School District says between 5-10% of their students are failing every class. They credit that learning loss to struggles with distance and hybrid platforms throughout the pandemic. Theyâre hoping to fix that this summer.
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Before reopening this week, the San Diego Unified School District had surveyed parents about what to expect and heard that roughly three in four students would return on a part-time basis while others continued learning remotely. It sounds like the district handled the surge well. Attendance was stronger than might have been expected, with 97.4 percent of onsite-online hybrid students participating and 93.5 percent of online students checking in.