Date announced for return of some Pre-K to 2nd grade Philadelphia students
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However, unlike previous return plans, not all of those students will return at once.
During a news conference on Monday, Mayor Jim Kenney announced that schools will be reviewed in batches for their readiness for the safe return of students and staff.
Kenney said 53 schools have been approved, and students whose families have selected the hybrid learning plan will return on Monday, March 8.
Teachers and staff in those schools will return on Wednesday, March 3.
The city said the goal is to have the return dates for all Pre-K to 2nd-grade hybrid learning students announced by March 22.
Coat and book giveaway helps hundreds of Philadelphia students
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) Hundreds of coats and books were donated to students at Juniata Park Academy on Wednesday. There was a need even before the pandemic. It s even greater now, remarked parent Tyana Elbedawi, who is also a social worker. Even working, I m still struggling.
Thomas Bread Company partnered with the non-profit Operation Warm to donate thousands of coats. More than 500 of them are going to kindergarten through fourth-grade students at the school. Not just during the pandemic, but at any point, we need to make sure that we re working together to provide the basic needs, human rights for our children, according to principal Marisol Rivera Rodriguez.