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Virtual learning will continue for the majority of Alexandria City Public Schools students during the Summer Learning for All program, which is scheduled to begin in July. An in-person instruction option will be available for certain prioritized groups of students.
Summer learning for pre-K through eighth grade will run from July 6 to Aug. 12, and an additional virtual program for selected students will take place from Aug. 2 to 12. For high school students, the program will be offered from July 6 to 30.
A Summer Learning Choice form gauging student participation that was sent out to parents May 11 closed on Monday and garnered more than 7,000 responses.
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This update on the COVID Slide collects and shares news updates from the district, state, and national levels as all stakeholders continue to work on developing safe, innovative plans to resume schooling and address learning loss. It’s an offshoot of the Collaborative for Student Success’ COVID Slide Quick Sheet newsletter, which you can
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Schools, districts, and states appear to be facing two overarching questions as they continue to allocate and spend tens of billions of dollars in federal stimulus funds: does the federal investment allow states to significantly expand education programs and, simultaneously, will the influx of cash prevent districts and schools from slashing budgets after enrollment declines and shifts in spending priorities?
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Earlier this week, the State House approved House Bill 125 – School Calendar Flexibility/Lenoir County.
The local bill was amended to give Lenoir, Pitt, Cumberland, Nash and Franklin County Schools the flexibility to set a calendar.
“As a conservative, I believe good governance happens closest to its people,” said Rep. Humphrey, primary sponsor of H 125, in a news release. “Our local school boards are better equipped to decide what calendar our schools follow than anyone in Raleigh. House Bill 125 would return that authority to the local level and give them the flexibility to make those decisions.”
Rep. Humphrey also voted to pass H 82 – Summer Learning Choice for NC Families, S220 – The Reopen Our Schools Act of 2021, and $1.6 billion in federal school safety funding to be distributed across North Carolina through Senate Bill 36.