Take the case of Jordan Gordon, a kindergarten student. His mom is a reading coach at Harbordale Elementary School, and even with that advantage, she’s sending him to summer school.
“I really saw a big gap between what he’s expected to know and what he knows, both academically and socially-emotionally, and so when we got this opportunity to send kids to summer school and continue the learning, continue the socialization, there’s going to be enrichment, academics, we jumped at the opportunity to send him,” said Lauren Gordon, Jordan’s mom.
“A large number of students have been home the whole year, we haven’t had a normal school year since March of 2020, it is time to get back to learning,” said Dan Gohl, Chief Academic Officer for Broward Schools.
All of us have seen our lives change dramatically over the past 12 months. Many parents with school-age kids have had to make tough decisions about their children’s education. Early in the pandemic, South Florida student Luca Escobar went from attending a private school to the public Sawgrass Elementary School in Sunrise. “We just really got blown away by the.