Silicon Harvest

Salinas schools expand their role to help KIDS from rent-burdened families Squeezed BY SPRAWLING TECH ECONOMY

By Anna Leah • Bay City News

Some of the fastest-growing rents in the country, partly driven by newcomers with more money, are squeezing schoolchildren in northern Salinas into overcrowded homes — and pushing their schools to provide an important lifeline for the children, their families and even the school’s own employees.

In many ways, that lifeline provides students with more than a standard curriculum, providing supplies and helping encourage ambition, build confidence and teach what community can mean.

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Anna Leah comes to Local News Matters from over fifteen years in documentary film – including a docu-series examining the national reach of conspiratorial thinking, never-before-seen materials related to Jeffrey Epstein, and a history of currency. Currently, she is earning a master’s degree in feature writing, investigation, and data at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism (part of CUNY – the City University of New York). She focuses on building empathy with people who are often overlooked or oversimplified. More at annaleah.com.