Looks like my hometown (Richmond, CA) was able to step up to ensure that the future of its students would not be denied as a direct result of school closures.  The city pledged $1.5 million, which saved 4 schools from the chopping block.  However, this victory is bittersweet because other schools still remain on the closure list awaiting their cities to "bail them out", and there is concern that in another 2 years the city will be right back to a point of needing to close schools in order to "save the state".  

I know that in situations like what we are currently in, as far as the state of the economy and all, things will get worse before they get better, but I do hope and pray for a speedy recovery. Lives have been touched greatly by this crisis and lives are at stake.  We need a resolution to this madness.  At a time when those approaching college graduation are deciding to stay on for an extra year or hurry off to grad school to hide out until things get better, there lives a level of fear in graduates who either do not have these options or can not afford to take advantage of them.  Come May, I am gonna need a lot of Charoite in my life.