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The transition to online learning favored students with access to technology, health care and whose parents could work from home and exposed a gap between the “have” and “have nots”.
Voice of OC is documenting the experiences of teachers in the Irvine and Santa Ana Unified School Districts on what it’s like to be a teacher in the midst of a pandemic.
The school year in Santa Ana will start entirely virtual, the Santa Ana Unified School District announced in a press release Tuesday.
Schools in the district will allow parents to decide between virtual learning or a hybrid model that would allow students to come on specific days of the week to learn.
The Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday to mandate students finish a one-year course of ethnic studies before receiving their diploma.
Santa Ana is home to the highest amount of hard-to count areas in Orange County, and the supervisors’ move has prompted blowback from state and federal elected officials.
Much of the frustration centered on plans to put the shelter in a low-income city that long has hosted more shelter beds than any other Orange County city, while wealthier south county cities have refused to open a shelter.
The real estate consultant and former city planning commissioner was leading former city planner Manny Escamilla by 150 votes in Tuesday’s update, and there appeared to be too few left in play to change Bacerra’s winning position.
Manny Escamilla narrowed his gap behind Phil Bacerra from 6 percentage points on election night 1.1 points Friday. Vote counting continues Tuesday.
Phil Bacerra, a real estate consultant and former city planning commissioner, held on to his lead for a City Council seat in the third day of election results Thursday, as former city planner Manny Escamilla closed in slightly, from 2.4 percentage points to 2.0 points behind Bacerra.