Editor s note: The story has been updated to clarify Carroll High School had a 16% increase in students learning in-person, not 16% of kids coming back to campus.
Five Corpus Christi ISD high schools saw an increase of students on their campuses Monday after dropping hybrid schedules that alternated instruction between in-person and virtual learning.
Carroll, King, Moody, Ray and Veterans Memorial offered students the choice to be on campus five days for face-to-face learning or remote instruction.
Carroll High principal Jamie Meek said she is excited for students to return because the learning experience is different inside a classroom. There s a lot of distractions if you re at home on a computer screen that s out of your control, whereas here they re sitting in a classroom where they got constant, direct interaction with their teacher, Meek said.