Some school districts in rural San Diego County can't catch a break with COVID
PINE VALLEY — In rural school districts like Mountain Empire in San Diego County, COVID hits especially hard.
“When you talk about the inequities of rural education, we don’t have the resources,” Keeley said. “I definitely think that rural education has been impacted, and it’s routinely been impacted, by larger events, whether it be COVID, whether it be recessions, any of those things.” Mountain Empire already had attendance challenges before COVID. It is a sprawling district of 660 square miles, with seven schools serving 1,700 students. The district’s east side borders the deserts of Imperial County and its south side borders Mexico.
Chief among them last school year was a lack of reliable internet. Students were supposed to learn online, but there are gaps in data coverage across the district, and some areas are only served by small data providers. Posted signage at all the schools entrances at the Mountain Empire Unified School District that everyone entering the building must wear a mask, as required by California Department of Public Health.
Mountain Empire has about nine substitute teachers for the entire district of 110 educators. Keeley ideally wants at least 20 to 25. Earlier this year, Keeley was hoping to make a deal with an organization that would provide after-school and summer-school programs. But the organization said it wouldn’t be able to work with Mountain Empire because it had sealed a bigger deal with a larger school district.
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