and last updated 2021-04-29 00:40:23-04
San Diego, CA (KGTV)- The San Diego Unified School district is already looking ahead to the summer, just weeks after getting some of its students back in the classroom.
Richard Barrera, SDUSD board president, said the district has teamed up with The San Diego Foundation to offer a free summer school program to all K through 12 students called âLevel Up San Diegoâ.
âWeâve partnered with The San Diego Foundation to have our community-based nonprofits do enrichment and engagement programs for students in the afternoon. Weâre very excited about what weâre building in the summer,â he said.
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When San Diego Unified reopened last week, more students at some schools showed up than expected.
Some schools put students into separate classrooms to essentially do distance learning on a computer while at school. Some called these overflow rooms, but the district calls them learning labs, where students watch their instructors teach via Zoom.
School officials say the students are still getting quality time with their teachers, because students rotate between learning labs and regular classrooms.
“The Learning Labs allow schools to maintain safe distancing protocols while giving every student the opportunity to participate in their classes at schools offering four days of in-person instruction each week,” district spokeswoman Maureen Magee said in an email.
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The number of days San Diego Unified students will be able to attend school in person once schools reopen the week of April 12 will depend on how many of their schoolmates also choose to return to school, according to an agreement between the school district and its teachers union.
For example, a school where all families choose to return in-person may be more likely to offer two days a week of in-person instruction for each student, but a school where only half of families choose to return to campus may be more likely to offer four days a week of in-person instruction, according to union officials.