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More than 300 N.J. school districts are fully in-person as school year winds down
Updated May 13, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
First grade teacher works with students remotely from her Freehold home. Thursday, March 11, 2021
Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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The number of school districts that are fully in-person has gone above 300 districts for the first time this school year, nearly matching the number of schools that were fully remote at the peak of the second wave.
As of May 10, 416 school districts were hybrid, 13 were remote and 338 were fully in-person the seventh week in a row the number of in-person districts increased. Forty-four districts have different educational formats for different schools.
How will Gloucester County schools split $41M in federal relief?
Gloucester County public school districts can expect more than
$41 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to get students back in buildings and on track academically after more than a year of learning disruptions.
Funding is part of the
$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act signed by President Joe Biden in early March. A
$112 billion chunk of the COVID-19 rescue plan is earmarked for American K-12 schools.
New Jersey s Department of Education will receive
$2.765 billion to allocate to school districts.
Paulsboro will receive the highest amount of funding –
$5.4 million – under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund in the ARP Act. The funding formula is based on Title 1 No Child Left Behind standing and other factors.