La Jolla News Nuggets: Vaccinations, school COVID spending, Stella Maris Academy Day, food drive, more
“The district says it has been allocated a total of $678 million in COVID funding since March 2020 from nine state and federal pots of money that is to be spent on learning recovery efforts and operating expenses related to the pandemic.
So far the district has spent $136 million of that. Some of it went to laptops and WiFi hot spots for students for distance learning at home, as well as personal protective equipment, training for teachers and expanded summer school.
The district outlined how it plans to spend $303 million more that is coming from the American Rescue Plan Act, the last and biggest federal COVID package for schools that was approved in March.”