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High school students from across Newark gathered virtually on May 19 to share their experiences during the pandemic and brainstorm ideas for the recovery.
In Newark and nationwide, education officials are plotting a pandemic recovery of massive proportions.
Due to an unprecedented infusion of federal funds, the Newark school district has received more than $100 million in relief money and still more is on the way. The district is planning summer programs and tutoring to get students back on track, and officials recently surveyed community members to solicit more ideas.
But what do students, the focus of all this planning and spending, really want from the recovery?
N.J.’s largest school district is returning to classrooms after one year. Here’s how it’ll work.
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Ruben Rivera, a math teacher at Barringer High School, waits in line to receive the vaccine at Barringer High School on Tuesday, March 16, 2021John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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When Catia Nascimento goes back to teach in her East Side High School classroom in Newark on Monday the first time in over a year she’ll be wearing two masks and a face shield.
“My biggest concern is the well-being of our community,” said Nascimento, who along with her three kids contracted COVID in October. “And although I know we’re taking as much precaution as we can, I’m a little bit scared with the number of cases I’m seeing.”