Fahari L. Jeffers Elementary just opened in the Chula Vista Elementary School District, with 350 students on the Otay Ranch campus. It is named after a local legend.
As school districts across the county continue to open for the fall semester, there is excitement and uncertainty about being back on campus.
The state-of-the-art school is equipped to support children who have survived the coronavirus pandemic and other challenges.The newly implemented California Universal Meals program offers free food to every student, no matter their need. The state law also pays for upgraded school kitchens and staff training.
Jenna Toth teaches sixth grade."We were some of the most consistent things they saw, and, for some of them, the only outside connections that they had," Toth said."So they needed us then, and they needed us to come back to.” Julia Watkins teaches a second- and third-grade combination class of students. She is also a veteran South Bay educator. “I think this is the new normal,” she told KPBS News. “When we tell the kids to mask up, they’re ready. Some kids come with masks; others do not. It’s very normalized in the classroom.”
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