LEAD Academy Resuming Traditional In-Person Learning on March 29
LEAD Academy, Montgomery’s first approved public charter school, has announced they will resume traditional in-person learning on March 29, the Monday following Spring Break. A virtual offering will no longer be offered from that point forward and all students will be required to return to campus.
“Starting in March of last year, public education changed as we knew it. The rise of COVID-19 created a new set of obstacles that every school has been challenged with overcoming,” said Erik Estill, LEAD Academy Executive Director. “Data is finally showing a significant downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases in our area and we believe it is finally safe for our students to have the opportunity to receive direct, in-person instruction from their teachers.”
LEAD Academy to return to in-person classes LEAD Academy, Montgomery’s first public charter school, will return to in-person classes starting at the end of March. (Source: WSFA 12 News) By WSFA Staff | March 4, 2021 at 9:52 AM CST - Updated March 4 at 9:52 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Administrators with Montgomery’s LEAD Academy have confirmed they will return to traditional in-person learning after spring break.
According to a released statement by the charter school, students will return to campus on March 29 at which time virtual learning will no longer be offered. All students will be required to return to campus.
“Starting in March of last year, public education changed as we knew it,” explained Erik Estill, LEAD Academy Executive Director. “The rise of COVID-19 created a new set of obstacles that every school has been challenged with overcoming. Data is finally showing a significant downward trend in the number of COVID-19 cases in our area and we believe
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