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Pennsylvania public school districts have seen a larger-than-usual exodus of students to charter schools, in particular cybercharters, as well as to private and parochial schools, and homeschooling because of the pandemic, leaving districts struggling to budget for next year.
The NAACP's Bethlehem chapter wants the local school district to return to full in-person learning, but the district says its continued hybrid model of in-person and online instruction is the best way to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.