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Hilda Maldonado (Santa Barbara Unified School District photo)
Kate Ford (Santa Barbara Unified School District photo)
The COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the disparity between the haves and have nots, and this has been painfully evident in the schools that are open in Santa Barbara County.
Our district has followed every mandate and shifting rules, and we have been ready to open for weeks. Then came Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order in early December, and we were not allowed to reopen.
In December, we wrote a letter to Gov. Newsom demanding an explanation for the disparate treatment of school districts that were ready to reopen. We received a response from Dr. Mark Ghaly, secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency, that they would look into our request, but have not received a further response. Now, it has been almost two months.