The Perham-Dent School Board heard about how essential child care during distance learning has been structured Written By: RosaLin Alcoser | ×
Perham High School (Focus file photo)
With all grades except kindergarten through second grade currently in distance learning, the Perham-Dent Public School District is providing child care for families of children in grades three through six who have been deemed as essential workers.
Prairie Wind Middle School’s Intervention Specialist James Mulcahy updated the Perham-Dent School Board on the structure of the school’s current child care situation at the school board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Mulcahy said child care is housed in the middle school has seen between 26 and 38 students with students in the third grade making up the highest proportion of the students in care.