'They miss each other': Why more New Orleans kids than ever are awaiting summer school
13,000 of the city's public students will take classes this summer
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Updated: 6:49 PM CDT May 24, 2021
13,000 of the city's public students will take classes this summer
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Updated: 6:49 PM CDT May 24, 2021
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SUMMERAY M BE COMING BUT SOME STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ARE NOT DONE YET. NEW ORLNSEA SCHOOLS ARE SEEING A RECORD NUMBER OF KIDS SIGNING UP FOR SUMRME CLASSES WDSU’S HARRISON GOLDEN LIVE IN LAKEVIEW TO TELL US EXACTLY WHY HARRINSO TRAVERS SUMMERFF O AND INSPIRES THOUGHTS OF DAYS AT THE BEACH BARBECUES AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW TRIPS TO BRAND NEW PLACES. HOW ABOUT CLASSROOMS? IT’S WONDERFUL TO SEE ATHE T END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR SAYING YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND KRARME NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD SEE THIS SO MANY STUDENTS EAGER TO SPEND SUMMER IN THE CLASSROOM. AND DID HE EVER EXPECT KIDS TO ACTULYAL WANT TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL? SAID NO. IT’S BULLET HEINZ CHARTER SCHOOLS LAKEVIEW CAMPUS. WHERE MORE TNHA A THIRD OF HER 700 STUDENTS WILL SRTTA SUMMER CLASSES NEXT MONTH. NO SURISPRE ACTUALLY. WE HAVE A WAITING LIST. SHOW IS THAT ENTHUSIASM TO STUDENTS MISSING THEIR FRIENDS AFTER A YEAR BEHIND A SCREEN WHEN THEY COME THROUGH THAT DOOR AND THEY ARE HAPPIER TNHA THEY’VE EVER BEEN TO SEE TEACHERS TO BE HERE. THEY DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND HEINZ ISN’T ALONE. ACROSS KIP NEW ORLEANS IS FIVE CHARTER SCHOOLS. 1400 STUDENTS HAVE SIGNED UP F OR SUMMER. HAD A COUPLE INSTANCES WHERE KIDS FILLED OUT THE SURVEY FOR THEMSELVES. WE HAD TO GO TALK TO TIRHE PARENTS AND SAY HEY YOUR KIDS TO BUILD THIS OUT. THEY REALLY WANT TO COME AND THIS SUMMER. THE MONEY IS MEETING THE DEMAND NEW ORLEANSCS HOOLS OF TOTALED MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS JUST FOR THEIR SUMMER PROGRAMS ALONE SHARES OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE ACT HAVE ALSO HELPEDT I IS A COMMUNITY. WE WE TEACH THE WHOLE CHILD AND ALONG THE WAY TEACHERS ARE GETTING A LESSON OF THEIR OWN AND STUDENTS ALSO ARE GOING TO BE READY FOR THE FALL AND FOR NEXT YEAR. LI