Parents in Bethel region call for return to classrooms after report shows high failure rate among high schoolers
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Print article BETHEL - Some parents in the Bethel region of Southwest Alaska have called for a return to classrooms after a high failure rate among students while school buildings were closed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Lower Kuskokwim School District made public a report showing high school students failed 59% of their classes during the first semester, KYUK-AM reported. Students did not submit enough work to receive grades in 36% to 52% of kindergarten through eighth-grade classes, the report said. “I was shocked, during the school reports, about the high numbers of students that are not engaging at all in school,” said Megan Newport, the parent of a student at the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik school.
Alaska parents call for class return after student failures
February 2, 2021 GMT
BETHEL, Alaska (AP) Parents in an Alaska city have called for a return to classrooms after a high failure rate among students while school buildings were closed by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lower Kuskokwim School District in Bethel made public a report showing high school students failed 59% of their classes during the first semester, KYUK-AM reported.
Students did not submit enough work to receive grades in 36% to 52% of kindergarten through eighth-grade classes, the report said.
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“I was shocked, during the school reports, about the high numbers of students that are not engaging at all in school,” said Megan Newport, the parent of a student at the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik school.