Failing grades. Rising depression. Bay Area children are suffering from shuttered schools
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Senan Dokken, 9, attends online classes. His father, Erik, a handyman, has had to turn down some jobs to be home with his son.Photos by Santiago Mejia / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Senan Dokken, 9, at home during his online drama class on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. Dokken is in 4th grade in the city’s public school district. Schools continue to teach online, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier in the week, an agreement was announced with the school district to reopen the city’s public schools. The agreement allows a return to classrooms once the city reaches red tier, the second most restrictive level of California’s reopening blueprint, if vaccinations against the coronavirus are made available to school staff. If the city progresses to the orange tier, a less restrictive category with “moderate” virus spread, teachers