Just to clarify…first year of HS would be fall 2021 through spring 2022, correct? So Fall 2021 being 18 months or so after start of pandemic, after vaccines were available? Why was your DS living in a hotel at the start of HS? And for how long?
If he must write about this in the community disruption essay, I would keep it short and focused on how many days he missed school due to illness…to me, it’s more of a medical reason for missing school/assignments/class discussion/quizzes/tests rather than a pandemic disruption, especially if the second bout of covid impacted finals and/or he missed finals/regents at the end of freshman year. I would keep in mind that most students have missed some HS days because of covid.
I understand the HS counselor has a high caseload, but if they are writing a LoR, I would let them know your S wrote about this, and ask them to also include in their LoR.