The pandemic has hit the world in ways never imaginable. Our small and mighty school, Tenderloin Community School,  is situated between the Civic Center, Hastings Law school, the federal building, and outside edges of affluent neighborhoods like Nob Hill and Pac Heights. On the streets, there are both drug-addicted individuals and mentally ill homeless ones.  Inside many apartment buildings live hundreds of families with small children many of whom call TCS their school. It’s a place where teachers understand the issues that the students face, from unstable living situations to emotional unrest. That was all understood pre-pandemic. After five- weeks into the “shelter in place” many, possibly all of our families are faced with a lack of income to pay the rent to keep the roof over their heads. This puts our 330 students and their families at risk of becoming homeless. That could be anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 families living on the streets in the next few months. Though there is a moratorium for evictions, the caveat is that at the end of the time, the back rent must be paid. At an average of $2,500.00 a month for rent in the Tenderloin, families would be expected to pay two to three times that amount after the moratorium. That’s impossible to fathom in light of the fact that most of the TCS families were employed in service industries, which have been closed since the pandemic.  Moreover, many families are either undocumented or were paid in cash as nannies or house cleaners and do not qualify for any subsidies offered in the state. We are small yet mighty and will go to any lengths to support our students and their families and once again roar mightily. Please donate to our students and their families to help pay for their housing.