Central Coast district, United Way to provide free school supplies to students

20,000 Pajaro Valley Unified students treated to free backpacks and remote learning supplies

SCHOOLS GETTINGREADY TO START THESCHOOL YEAR WITH MOSTSTUDENTS STAYING ATHOME FOR NOW.THE PAJARO VALLEYUNIFIED SCHOOLDISTRICT IS MAKING SURESTUDENTS ARE STOCKEDWITH THE BACK-TO-HOME SUPPLIES THEYNEED.ACTION NEWS EIGHTREPORTER PHIL GOMEZSHOWS US WHO ELSESTEPPING IN TO HELPSTUDENTS IN NEED.

"THE PAJARO VALLEYUNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTBEGINS DISTANT LEARNINGTHE BEGINNING OF THESCHOOL YEAR BUT THATDOESN'T MEAN STUDENTSWONT GO WITHOUT SCHOOLSUPPLIES"STARLIGHT ELEMENTARYSCHOOL IN WATSONVILLIS ONE OF TWOLOCATIONS WHEREADMINISTRATORS WEREFOLLOWING HEALTHGUIDELINES BY SOCIALDISTANCING AS THEYSTUFFED BAGS UPONBAGS WITH SCHOOLSUPPLIES THAT WILL BEDISTRIBUTED TO 20,000STUDENTS WITHIN THEDISTRICT WHO WILL BEREMOTE LEARNING"WE WANT TO VARY SCREENTIME!

WHAT'S GOING TOHAPPEN IS THE STUDENTSARE NOT ONLY GOING TO BEENGAGING THEIR TEACHER ONCOMPUTER BUT THEY'LL ALSOBE DOING ACTIVITIES USINGTHE BACK TO SCHOOL KITS"IT IS RECOMMENDEDPARENTS CHECK WITHYOUR LOCAL SCHOOFOR NEXT WEEK'SDISTRIBUTION DATES.STUFF THE BUS IS APARTNERSHIP BETWEENTHE COUNTY OFFICE OFEDUCATION AND THEUNITED WAY.PROVIDING FREEBACKPACKS AND SUPPLIESFOR FAMILIES IN NEEDIN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN AHUGE PRODUCTION BUTBECAUSE OF THEPANDEMIC IT'S HAD TODOWN SIZ"TWO GROUPS TEN OR LESSPEPOLEAND WE'RE KEEPING THEMSEPERATE WE'RE KEEPINGTHEM SMALL HOPEFULLYWITH KNOWN PARTNERTHE STUFF THE BUSPROGRAM IS SCHEDULED TOBEGIN AT 10:00 TOMORROWAND RUNS THRU 12:45 ATTHE COUNTY OFFICE OFEDUCATION.REPORTING FROMWATSONVILLE, PHIL GOMEZ,KSBW, ACTION NEWSEIGHT'ANOTHERORGANI