Created: February 22, 2021 04:39 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) What impact did COVID and hybrid learning had on the choices parents made?
News10NBC went through the state s data and we found the virus and remote learning played a role in driving thousands of families away from their public school.
The private choice
It s pick up time at St. Joseph s Catholic school in Penfield.
Jane Huntley gets her daughter and son after another full day of school in a classroom. Quinn is in fourth grade. Brady is in first grade.
In the summer, after public schools unveiled hybrid plans, the Huntleys took Quinn out of Fairport schools and enrolled her with Brady at St. Joe s.
Catholic schools around the Diocese of Rochester are celebrating Catholic Schools Week Jan. 31-Feb. 6 with a variety of special activities. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the activities have been altered with safety precautions in place. Below are the events taking place at each of the schools, which submitted their schedules to the
Catholic
Courier. For more information on specific events, please visit that schools’ websites.
In addition to these events, Bishop Salvatore R. Matano will celebrate Mass for Catholic Schools Week at the Diocese of Rochester’s Pastoral Center Feb. 2. The Mass will be closed to the public, and students and staff from the schools will be watching the Mass via the