ZIP Advertisement Big disappointment : Eldorado High School senior shares impact of school shutting back down due to COVID-19 cases Share Updated: 10:59 PM MDT Apr 13, 2021 Share Updated: 10:59 PM MDT Apr 13, 2021
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Show Transcript CHOOSING TO CLOSE ON THEIR OWN EL DORADO HIGH IN ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE FORCED TO CLOSE AFTER MORE THAN 10 STUDENTS AND FACULTY TESTED POSITIVE ACTION 7 NEWS. ANCHOR KAYLA NORWOOD JOINS US THERE LIVE WITH HOW THIS IS IMPACTING STUDENTS KAELYN. WELL, HEY SHELLY. I SPOKE TO A SENIOR HERE TONIGHT. HE CALLED THIS A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT FOR HIM AND HIS FRIENDS NOW. HE ALSO TOLD ME THOUGH THAT HE SAW THIS COMING. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MISSING ON I THINK I’M ONE OF THEM A SENIOR YEAR FAR FROM NORMAL JOSEPH LABOR PLAYS ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM AT EL DORADO HIGH IN ALBUQUERQUE IN THE SPRING NOT FALL AND INSTEAD OF CROWDED FANS NEAR EMPTY STANDS NOW A WEEK AFTER THE SCHOOL IS FINALLY BANK OPEN THE STAGE. SH
High School senior shares impact of school shutting down due to COVID-19 cases
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) A student at Eldorado High called the school’s forced closure due to COVID-19 cases a “big disappointment.”
Eldorado High is the first public school in the state that’s been forced to close after more than 10 students and faculty tested positive.
“I think a lot of people are missing out,” said Joseph Leyba, a senior at Eldorado High. “I think I’m one of them.”
A senior year that’s anything but normal.
Joseph Leyba plays on the football team at Eldorado High. Their season took place in the spring, not fall and instead of a crowd of fans, there were near-empty stands. Now one week after the school is finally back open, the state shut it down.
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