Daily Admin Update
Day 66
Good Morning,
Tomorrow and Monday are non school days, please enjoy your 4 day weekend.
Enjoy your weekend and know that we are here for you if you or yours are in need.
Warmly,
Sarah
Hope for a coronavirus vaccine
Developing a vaccine usually takes years, sometimes decades. Yet many scientists around the world are now cautiously optimistic that a coronavirus vaccine could be ready by next year. One sign of progress: Researchers published a report yesterday showing that a prototype vaccine protected monkeys from infection.
P-EBT card
Due to school closure related to COVID-19, children who are eligible for free or reduced-price meals can get up to $365 in food benefits. These food benefits will be issued in the form of a Pandemic-EBT card and can be used just like a debit card for food and groceries. Families with children who receive Cal-Fresh or Medical benefits should automatically receive their card in the mail between May 12th - May 22nd. Families with children who are eligible for free or reduced priced meals, that do not receive their P-EBT card in the mail by May 22nd, must apply online before June 30th to receive these benefits. The online application will be available on May 22nd at ca.p-ebt.org.
Please note that the P-EBT card will be issued in addition to the free grab & go meals served at our Point Loma and Chula Vista campuses on Monday's. Families who qualify for the P-EBT card are encouraged to continue to participate in High Tech High's grab & go meal services.
For more information on P-EBT benefits, please visit the Department of Social Services Webpage or review the P-EBT Flyer attached.
Happy Art Night!!
Here is the link to our Virtual Art Night Experience 2020:
https://sdccsartnight.wixsite.com/artnight
Live Open Mic is at 6PM! The link is on the website. We are sure to see many spectacular performances from our amazing community!
We are super excited to present this online platform for our kiddos to showcase their artwork, music, dance, and PE movements! They are so creative! It makes us so happy to see their smiley faces and see how they have continued to be involved during Distance Learning!
We hope everyone enjoys this Virtual Art Night Experience!!
Love,
The Specials Team
Phase 2+ Granted: Restaurants and Stores Can Open
The state department of health gave San Diego County the go ahead Wednesday to allow restaurants to open for dine-in service. You can also walk into stores.
Businesses must fill out this form and pass it out to employees.
County Supervisor Jim Desmond was pumped.
“We have come this far responsibly–let’s work together to ensure we continue our forward momentum,” wrote County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher. The supervisors had voted unanimously to take this step. But Fletcher was the only no vote on the request to move straight to Phase 3, which would allow for gyms, nail and hair salons and other higher-risk workplaces.
Local restaurant owners weigh concerns: Several business owners sent us videos last month to share how they were adapting to new guidelines meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. We checked in with two of them following the county’s update Tuesday that in-person dining could potentially resume in the coming days.
Joe Bettles of Kono’s Cafe in Pacific Beach said his family has been discussing plans to reopen. He said they should be able to reopen fairly easily with outdoor seating, but added “we of course are concerned with the safety of our staff and could keep our indoor seating closed off for a while.”
Amy and Joe Kraft, owners of Atypical Waffle in North Park, say they’re currently doing about 50 percent of the business that they were doing before the shutdown with online orders and aren’t in a rush to reopen if that means keeping their employees safe.
“It’s tricky. We lean towards taking it slow. We still have our waffles for takeout and we still have all that, but we run with a pretty small staff and we don’t really want to put them at risk either … statistics say something like 22 percent of people are ready to go out and eat.”
-VOS