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“Providing summer programs for students is proven to play a huge role in narrowing academic achievement gaps and helping students achieve and maintain grade-level performance in reading and in math,” Superintendent William Hite said.
In addition, the school district will also provide breakfast and lunch, as well as transportation to schools, and students will receive a backpack with supplies on their first day. The health and safety protocols will be identical to the ones already in place.
At first, classes will be available in 24 schools across the city, but if enough students enroll, administrators are prepared to open up to 39 schools, said Malika Savoy-Brooks, the district’s Chief Academic Supports Officer.
Thom Carroll/for PhillyVoice SEPTA, the Philadelphia Streets Department, and the School District of Philadelphia are making preparations for Wednesday s snowstorm. Above is a file photo.
Philadelphia officials outlined the preparations for Wednesday s nor easter, which forecasters say could blanket parts of the city in upwards of 10 inches of snow between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for Philly, the surround counties and parts of central New Jersey. In Philadelphia, the snow is expected to start around 3 p.m. Wednesday. It will become a wintery mix of snow and sleet Wednesday night and snowfall could continue into late Thursday morning, NWS meteorologists predict.