mrs. reyes is the psych coordinator across our country. >> the "washington post" had an extensive piece in indio, california, it's a high school of about 2100 students. the assistant principal is rich pamitel, and he spends time each week going out to find kids who have been missing from school. that's part of his role each week. they detail it in their story. they write in the story about that. the school had been closed since march 13, 2020. as the months dragged on, pimantel had begun to worry not just about his students' whereabouts, but also what their absence could portend for the rest of their lives. it was too early to announce the legacy of a pandemic but there was potential damage. test scores in some parts of the country were down by 7%. chronic absenteeism for students of color had doubled. experts were forecasting a rise in inequity between public and private schools. falling grade rates for at-risk students and at least a 3-point decline for earnings for students of color. what tha

. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. reyes.i'm going to ask a few questions, and then we'll move onto the next presenter. i'm just going to ask that we keep the presenters to keep it to less than ten minutes because we have a whole broad list of presenters today. so wanted to jump in with a few questions. the first one is the f.c.c. has a new emergency broadband benefit in san francisco that would deliver internet service at no cost. what's your position on that? would you like to participate in that? >> yes. verizon is a big supporter of the f.c.c.s and congress' emergency broadband benefit, particularly during this pandemic, but it's not enough. it's one leg of the three-legged stool, but without the other two legs and without a permanent solution on the affordability piece, it's not going to be enough. >> supervisor safai: so do you plan to work with the city on outreach on this program? >> absolutely. >> supervisor safai: and how many families in san francisco are you supplying mobile hot spots for sfusd families? >> so i d

. >> supervisor safai: thank you, mr. reyes. i'm going to ask a few questions, and then we'll move onto the next presenter. i'm just going to ask that we keep the presenters to keep it to less than ten minutes because we have a whole broad list of presenters today. so wanted to jump in with a few questions. the first one is the f.c.c. has a new emergency broadband benefit in san francisco that would deliver internet service at no cost. what's your position on that? would you like to participate in that? >> yes. verizon is a big supporter of the f.c.c.s and congress' emergency broadband benefit, particularly during this pandemic, but it's not enough. it's one leg of the three-legged stool, but without the other two legs and without a permanent solution on the affordability piece, it's not going to be enough. >> supervisor safai: so do you plan to work with the city on outreach on this program? >> absolutely. >> supervisor safai: and how many families in san francisco are you supplying mobile hot spots for sfusd families? >> so i