The new teach frer a screen. This as the district and the Teachers Union are butting heads over how Distance Learning is going to work for everyone this semester. Melissa colorado joins us live from oakland with more on what the district superintendent is saying about the start of the new school year. Melissa, parents cant be happy with this. Reporter you know, the superintendent called it unprecedented and weird. She used that term to describe the first day of school or the first day of zoom here at ousd. Right in front of the Oakland Tech High School which is obviously closed. But earlier today we saw a line of students and parents coming here to receive textbooks as well as chromebooks. Now, we got some new attendance numbers. The district says attendance numbers are still coming in but so far more than 21,000 students showed up or, i should say, logged on to their first day of school. The district anticipates that number to grow as more students receive chromebooks and hot spots th
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with opportunities to upskill and access a higher standard of living, includes being able to afford high speed internet and tech devices. additionally, a majority of our job centers provide access to computers and internet services, and the resources help level the playing field by breaking down certain digital barriers. the department has work in collaboration with san francisco digital equity initiative, as well as the committee on information technology, to leverage existing city programs as a means to provide additional technology and job training resources for locals. next slide, please. to drill down on one specific workforce program, i will highlight tech sf assessments and how they increase our collective digital capacity. tech sf, from on ramp programming to apprenticeship opportunities. our programming incorporates work-based learning, stackable credential, for the competitive industry. a snapshot of some recent investments. in the current program year, invested 1.6
broadband communications for a generation, the last mile for deploying reliable high speed broadband, and it requires a concerted effort. 5-g home will provide a third option beyond what the incumbent telephone and incumbent cable companies offer today. it will lower prices for consumers, provide more options for consumers, others who depend on broadband in this digital age. next slide. thanks. while industry will need to play a leading role in bridging the digital divide, and we are here, and we are ready, the hard truth is state and local governments also must play a leading role, and to further that hard truth, san francisco city policies, with all due respect, have exacerbated the digital divide. we ve been meeting with city leaders and departments for over two years, and while some good progress has been made, there is so much more that needs to be done. and frankly, san francisco, my hometown, is falling behind other cities. city leaders must not only look to industry
Good morning everyone. Thank you for being here today. I just want to thank all of you for coming and give a special thanks to the va who is here joining us, theyre important partners in this project. The owners of the site, there they are. Thank you for making this site available and for being partners with the city on this and other sites to help address homelessness. We want to thank the nonprofit providers running the site, everybody from dish, if you can raise your hand. Many dish staff are here and providing services on site. Everybody from the Mayors Office and their staff. Thank you very much. This is an important day for sorry and dell seymour. I forgot my other boss, the local chair of the coordinating homeless board along with ralph peyton who couldnt join us today. This is the opening of a new Supportive Housing site in San Francisco to serve chronically homeless veterans, that adds to the 70 units we have, and this is important in mayor lees desire and hope to get i should