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In Part 1 of KSMU s interview with the new superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, Dr. Grenita Lathan, she ended by talking about the impact of the pandemic on learning. That s where Part 2 picks up.
I heard the impact of the pandemic on learning was especially harder for under-resourced and under-represented student. As superintendent, what will you do to make sure kids who are in those groups aren t left behind?
Oh, we ll look at our dollars and see how our dollars have been allocated in the past and our plans for the future based on the approval of our new budget that was approved on last week. But we ll look at that and we ll look at those underserved students and under-resourced students and campuses and ensure that the funding is available to meet those students needs and to catch those students up.
Credit Theresa Bettmann
High school students in Springfield Public Schools will go to class in person four days a week beginning February 1.
According to the district, high school classes will move to in-person for all students on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will still be a virtual learning day so facilities can be cleaned. Currently half of SPS high school students attend on Monday and Tuesday and half on Thursday and Friday.
District officials say the decision came after “a detailed review of COVID-19 health data following Winter Break” in collaboration with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department.
Those who are currently in full-time virtual learning will be able to continue that mode of education.