Cal Poly San Luis Obispo spent more than $100,000 to isolate COVID-positive students off-campus in January 2022

Besides sending COVID-positive students to three local hotels, university officials also gave out two dozen $400 university store gift cards to students who chose to isolate at home. In the first week of January, more than 250 on-campus students tested positive for COVID-19, more than three times Cal Poly’s on-campus isolation capacity of 62 beds.