Daily Admin Update
Day 28
Good Morning Friends,
I am grateful for community, you pictures and emails are meaningful and hope that you can share with me some smiles from today for upcoming newsletters.
Thinking of you today and sending love.
When will this end?
Hospitals in the state must be able to safely treat all patients requiring hospitalization, without resorting to crisis standards of care; the state needs to be able to at least test everyone who has symptoms; the state is able to conduct monitoring of confirmed cases and contacts; and there must be a sustained reduction in cases for at least 14 days.
Our children’s education should be a priority as California recovers from coronavirus
The closure of schools has made very clear that they are the center of our communities, essential to the very well-being of our state. This crisis has reminded Californians that for students rich and poor, schools are not only places of learning, they also provide social cohesion and safety. And schools make it possible for parents to work and for communities to thrive economically.
For far too many students, schools are the places where they can get what may be the only reliable meal they eat that day. And for some students, school is the main or only place where they receive critical special education or mental health services.
And so, when we rebuild from the damage COVID-19 will likely bring, I am hopeful we will embrace this very basic notion that schools are central to our communities and the vitality of our state.
This crisis has laid bare the long-term underinvestment in our educational system and the resulting gaps in our schools and achievement of our students.
It’s time for that to change. While our immediate priority must be protecting the health and safety of our state’s residents, at some point in the hopefully not too distant future we will need to reopen our schools. As we do so we need to make the kind of significant investments in our public schools that reflect their true importance to our students, families and future. It should be a priority for California’s recovery.
Heather Hough is the executive director of Policy Analysis for California Education, an independent, non-partisan research center, hjhough@stanford.edu.
On Easter, and with deaths rising, questions about reopening the economy loom.
Christians across the United States prepared to celebrate Easter by gathering virtually on Sunday, largely following stay-at-home orders and guidance from health officials, while a handful of pastors in states like Louisiana and Mississippi planned to hold in-person services in defiance of restrictions on mass gatherings, citing their religious freedoms.
President Trump said on Twitter that he would watch the online service of First Baptist Dallas, led by Robert Jeffress, a prominent Trump supporter who has said that non-Christian religions are sending their followers to hell, linked President Barack Obama to the Antichrist, and said marriage should be reserved for one man and one woman.
Just a day earlier, the United States reached a grim milestone, surpassing Italy in the total number of confirmed coronavirus deaths, reaching its deadliest day on Friday with 2,057 deaths. As of Saturday night, the total stood at more than 20,500.
Updated Meal Distribution Locations
Meal distribution times for all locations will be from Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Current Serving locations:
Clark Middle - 4388 Thorn St, San Diego, CA 92105
Cherokee Point Elementary - 3735 38th St, San Diego, CA 92105
Sherman Elementary School - 301 22nd St, San Diego, CA 92102
Zamorano Fine Arts Academy - 2655 Casey St, San Diego, CA 92139
Kearny High School - 1954 Komet Way, San Diego, CA 92111
Walker Elementary School - 9225 Hillery Dr, San Diego, CA 92126
Farb Middle - 4880 La Cuenta Dr, San Diego, CA 92124
O' Farrell Charter School - 6130 Skyline Dr, San Diego, CA 92114
Porter Elementary North - 445 S 47th St, San Diego, CA 92113
Chollas Mead Elementary, 4525 Market St, San Diego, CA 92102
Perkins K-8, 1770 Main St, San Diego, CA 92113
Ibarra Elementary School, 4877 Orange Ave, San Diego, CA 92115
Horton Elementary School, 5050 Guymon St, San Diego CA 92102
Garfield Elementary School - 4487 Oregon St, San Diego, CA 92116
Oak Park Elementary School - 2606 54th St, San Diego, CA 92105
Cesar Chavez Elementary School - 1404 S 40th St, San Diego, CA 92113
Additional serving locations beginning Wednesday, April 15:
Dewey Elementary School, 3251 Rosecrans St, San Diego, CA 92110
Madison High School, 4833 Doliva Dr, San Diego, CA 92117
Foster Elementary School, 6550 51st St, San Diego, CA 92120
Additional non-district serving locations:
Albert Einstein Academy Middle School - 458 26th St, San Diego, CA 92102 (10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., M-F)
High Tech Middle School - 2359 Truxtun Rd, San Diego, CA 92106 (11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MONDAYS)