5A – Local Opportunities
Opportunity 1: San Antonio’s Bill Miller Adds COVID Meat Surcharge to Prices
Bill Miller’s is normally a low-priced BBQ option for San Antonio, TX locals. However, the pandemic has caused coronavirus outbreaks at meat processing plants disrupting the price of many of the meats offered. The problem presented in the article are the rising meat costs causing establishments to add a surcharge on meat to their customers. Both Bill Miller’s and the customers who are being blindsided by an additional dollar for every quarter pound of meat ordered. Specifically customers expecting to go out for an affordable meal and only suddenly find out about the “hidden” surcharge.
Opportunity 2: San Antonio’s Baptist Health System Furloughs Workers Amid COVID-19
Baptist Health System is one of the largest hospital operators in San Antonio. Due to COVID-19, about 500 employees across 65 hospitals will be furloughed. The problem is the pandemic has put nonessential surgeries on the back burner and has therefore created less work, and has forced the hospitals to furlough employees. This has become a problem for employees of the hospital and patients that need non-essential surgeries.
Opportunity 3: Plans to Reopen School in North Texas Are Taking Shape
This article addresses what next school year during the pandemic will look like. Teachers are used to having around 25 students in each class but will now have hybrid classes with some students attending Monday Tuesday, and others only attending Wednesday, Thursday with all students attending online on Fridays. The problem presented is the hybrid school because some children may not work as well online and parents may not be able to find childcare. Hybrid schools will be a problem for working parents needing childcare and kids who are more successful in a face to face environment.
Opportunity 4: Program Helps Much Needed Laptops to Families
In this article, a family from eastside of Gainesville talks about the struggles of continuing education online without access to a laptop. The family had recently broken their tablet and did not have the funds to buy laptops to continue their distance learning. The school received some laptops through a program called Computers for Kids. The problem presented in this article was not having the means to having a laptop and I imagine that during this pandemic where kids are forced to use distance learning it happens to many other families. Not having the means for a laptop is a problem for low income families, families with multiple children, and schools who do not have the funds to provide every child with a laptop.
Opportunity 5: Deadly Crash in Converse Caused by Erratic Driver, Witnesses Say
https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/deadly-crash-in-converse-caused-by-erratic-driver-witnesses-say/273-a35828b0-da50-4a6e-b937-2c8ec2ff6b60
Right outside of San Antonio, Police Officers had to respond to a call reporting a deadly crash. The problem was an impatient driver that began driving erratically. They started driving erratically to pass slower drivers and veered into on-coming traffic that caused a head-on collision. This became a problem for the driver who could not handle the car at a high speed, and other drivers on the road near the accident.
Hey Danielle!
ReplyDeleteYou chose some great articles for this assignment; I was able to learn a lot about the current events. You really get an idea of how deeply the pandemic is affecting things physically, mentally and financially, through the number of times it’s mentioned in the news. I especially liked reading about the program that is providing laptops to support kids from struggling homes having to attend online school.
HI Danielle.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading the articles you chose, because they are not similar to mine. I am from South Florida, so I have not read much of the local Northern Texas/ San Antonio news. I really liked reading the third opportunity, about having hybrid classes. I knew that was used in college and would still be used, however I did not know if that style of teaching would be brought into grade school education. Most of the opportunities you listed were related to COVID and you showed many different ways this pandemic is impacting our present and future lives.
Hi Danielle! You chose really great topics to dive into. These are important issues that will continue to have a lasting effect: online education and inflation of prices are especially relevant as issues like the coronavirus plague our country and the world. I see a pattern of students and their parents needing access to resources due to schools closing. Do you think that can be address? And even if it can, will it? I’m afraid with states in charge of education, the standard of assistance will be solely lacking.
ReplyDeleteDanielle,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading over the opportunities you chose. They all pertain to issues that are currently affecting our daily lives and all have an opportunity to fix the problem. The Covid-19 pandemic has opened up a ton of new problems in this country and which means there's an opportunity to solve every one of them. I thought the laptop problem was very interesting and got me thinking why can't there be more programs that provide funds or supplies to people that need them for education?