Today is the first day of school for the San Diego Unified School District, the second largest in California. This year the district opened more community schools as a strategy to better provide for students. Plus, some San Diego community colleges look to recover from enrollment declines brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
S1: It's time for Midday Edition on Kpbs. Today is the first day back to school for many students across San Diego , from K-12 to higher education. We'll talk about what's new. I'm Jade Hindman. Here's the conversations that keep you informed , inspired and make you think. San Diego Unified superintendent talks about the benefit of opening more community schools.S1: Plus , we'll talk about efforts across the state to get more students into community colleges.
S2: It is. And this is our second full year of in-person learning. And we saw an increase of our attendance over last school year and we're really excited to see greater increases this year. There is nothing like in-person learning. There is nothing like the humanity that a connection brings between an educator , a campus security staff member , a classified staff member , the attendant staff greeting a student.
S2: We certainly have some difficult challenges filling all of our resources for students with disabilities. That has been a challenge. But in terms of our hard to staff like math and sciences , we're doing very well. And I want to publicly thank all the educators who are committing to San Diego Unified. And , you know , we focus on recruiting and retention. First and foremost , we need to pay people.
S2: We welcome all four year olds. And so we've been able to utilize funding in those ways. And as those funds go away , we are going to find ourselves searching for ways in which we cover the shortfall. So as we plan for the out years , we have to be thoughtful of that. Again , our commitment first and foremost was to ensure that our staff had a wage , a living wage that provided them some comfort so that they don't have to work multiple jobs if they don't want to.
S2: We we know that we saw our attendance rates were low and through our first year back in a hybrid model. And then last year , we've seen an increase , particularly with our our chronic absenteeism. We also had the great privilege to welcome our earliest learners , universal transitional kindergarten students. And they that enrollment , our commitment to our earliest learners allowed us to sustain our enrollment because across the nation we don't know where students are going.
S1: A recent law passed last year , allows community colleges to offer bachelor's degrees in certain areas. And San Diego Community College offers a bachelor's in cybersecurity , for example. But there are some limitations on what programs can be offered. S5: Enrollment is up over 12% from this time last fall. What we have seen is that during the pandemic , especially among working adults who had to prioritize health and safety , taking care of children , family members and work demands , they were not able to continue their education. Now that they are there coming back to us and we're seeing that enrollment increase.
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