California school official searches his district for hundreds of students pandemic left behind [chron.com]
By Eli Saslow, Chron, March 21, 2021 Rich Pimentel had already tried searching in a trailer park and a migrant camp when he started driving toward the third and final address listed in the student's school file. He followed his GPS to a neighborhood on the edge of the desert, an oasis of palm trees and swimming pools protected by a steel gate. "Wow," Pimentel said as he rolled down his window and pulled up to a call box. "Finally a happy ending. Maybe this kid's actually OK." He punched in...