Summer school programs spike by hundreds
MARTINSVILLE, Virginia (Martinsville Bulletin) School is not out for summer in Martinsville, Henry and Patrick counties.
In fact, after a year of virtual classes because of the pandemic, collectively the three school districts may have one of the most well-attended summer programs on record.
“We are offering summer school for elementary, middle and high school Monday through Thursday in June and in July,” Henry County Schools Director of Communication Monica Hatchett said. “We have approximately 900 students registered.”
An explore camp for students in the fourth through seventh grades will be made available as well as an extended school year program for some of the elementary-aged students.
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Local schools anticipate students will not perform as well as usual in state testing due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s weighty strain on education.
Buncombe County Schools Director of Testing Steve Earwood said because “many students have had their education disrupted,” the district is preparing for lower test scores.
“The results may be lower than they would have been in a normal year, but it will be reflective of the learning that has taken place,” Earwood said. “We may find that the students will do much better than we think they will. We don’t know which is why we need the assessments to accurately gauge the impact COVID has had on the education of our students.”
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WHEELING Parents and bus drivers will have an extra layer of depth to their students’ bus rides, starting next year, with the integration of GPS systems into their bus routes.
Ohio County Schools Director of Operations David Crumm discussed the prospect at Monday evening’s board meeting, getting the board’s approval to go ahead with the Edulog route management software. The software, Crumm said after the meeting, has a number of benefits for the district, its drivers, and parents.
Through an app, parents can ask to be notified when their child’s bus enters a certain radius around their house, alerting them that they will soon be needed to pick up their student at the bus stop. At Monday’s meeting, Crumm said parents being absent from bus stops was a perennial problem.
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Ohio County School buses travel along Park View Road following classes at Wheeling Park High School Thursday.
WHEELING Parents and bus drivers will have an extra layer of depth to their students’ bus rides, starting next year, with the integration of GPS systems into their bus routes.
Ohio County Schools Director of Operations David Crumm discussed the prospect at Monday evening’s board meeting, getting the board’s approval to go ahead with the Edulog route management software.
The software, Crumm said after the meeting, has a number of benefits for the district, its drivers, and parents.