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Fewer California families opt to open private home schools this year |
During the height of the pandemic, a record 35,000 families had filed an affidavit with the state to open a private home school, but the numbers are far lower this year, according to California Department of Education records.
So far this school year, 25,109 families have filed a homeschool affidavit to operate a school with five or fewer students – the number the state Department of Education says is likely to be a home school. That is 4,000 fewer than by the same time last year when more than 29,000 families had filed the paperwork.
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https://edsource.org/news-updates#fewer-california-families-opt-to-open-private-home-schools-this-year |
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75% of Sacramento City Unified’s students miss vaccination deadline |
Only a quarter of Sacramento City Unified School District’s middle and high school students have turned in proof they had received at least one Covid-19 vaccine by today — the district’s deadline to meet its vaccine mandate. The district of nearly 48,000 students joins Culver City Unified, West Contra Costa Unified, Oakland Unified, Piedmont Unified, San Diego Unified and Los Angeles Unified in requiring vaccines for eligible students and staff ahead of the state mandate that begins next summer. |
https://edsource.org/news-updates#75-of-sacramento-city-unified-8217-s-students-miss-vaccination-deadline |
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Supply shortages complicate challenges of school lunch programs |
Widespread supply chain shortages have hit school lunch programs, too, causing school staffs to order in bulk further in advance, substitute ingredients, order more fruit and vegetables and scramble to find hamburgers and other student favorites. Plus, higher prices for paper products and food are putting pressure on lunch budgets. High schools in Alhambra Unified had to cut back on their food bar offerings of ramen, pho, Korean tacos, Mexican street tacos and other items. Vivien Watts, the 16,000-student district’s executive director of food and nutrition services, said she’s not confident she can consistently find the ingredients. |
https://edsource.org/updates/supply-shortages-complicate-challenges-of-school-lunch-programs |
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