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This Utah school district is committing to a virtual future beyond the pandemic

This Utah school district is committing to a virtual future beyond the pandemic Courtney Tanner © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) A students does her online school work at the Jordan School District Auxiliary Services Building in Riverton, on Monday, March 8, 2021. Even when the pandemic is over, 16-year-old Ava Gibson doesn’t want to go back to the classroom. After the past year of learning entirely online, the junior at Bingham High has found her rhythm logging on for language arts and Zooming through U.S. history. She turns in assignments with the click of a button on her laptop, picks whatever subject she wants to do first and is done for the day when she chooses. And her favorite part she no longer has to wake up at 5:30 a.m. to catch the bus.

The Pandemic Might Be Over Next Year, But Online School Will Continue

iStockphoto Many students have struggled with online learning throughout the pandemic, but some Utah schools are still working to expand and improve their options. The Jordan School District is emerging from the pandemic with three new schools all of them online. Beginning next year, the district is launching an online elementary, middle and high school. Spencer Campbell, a former teacher and principal of the Kelsey Peak Virtual Middle School, said the new options have been in the works for a while the district already had an online high school option for several years but the pandemic has sped up the process.

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