Summer school 2021 will be big, and hopefully better than usual
Educators know children need to catch up. But, after a grueling pandemic school year, they donât want it to seem like a chore.
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Pinellas County teacher Chelsea Massey, center, displays a bird feeder for third-grade students at 74th Street Elementary School during the first day of the district s Summer Bridge program in 2019. Engaging activities like that will be more frequent during this year s summer programs after a grueling year spent under pandemic restrictions.
Schools across the Tampa Bay area and Florida plan summer programs like none other in recent memory.
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Are school dress codes too hard on girls? âWeâre not in the 1950s anymore.â
Pasco County plans a âdeep diveâ on its dress code as other school districts across Florida also wrestle with the issue.
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Students arrive at Pasco County s Gulf Middle School for the first day of school in August 2020. Discussions are ongoing whether some of the clothing they wear, such as ripped jeans, are appropriate in the district s dress code. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ]
The Pasco County school districtâs dress code is biased against girls, and needs to be fixed.
School Board member Colleen Beaudoin said sheâs heard that sentiment from several parents and students recently. But when the time came Tuesday for public comment on the districtâs student code of conduct revisions, no one came forward.
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