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‘The cries that the ESA program will gut classroom funding and leave the most vulnerable students with fewer resources is antithetical to both the purpose and benefits of the ESA program.’
A Shelby County Schools presentation to school board members this week provided the first systemwide look at student learning loss in the months since school buildings closed due to the coronavirus crisis.
SCS programs remain on hold while others in Shelby County and around the state have started practicing and playing.
Shelby County Schools identified $7.6 million in savings from switching to all virtual instruction since August to make the increases happen. They apply to all full-time and part-time employees, regardless of performance.
The Shelby County Schools district says 65% of parents who responded to a survey want their children off-campus when school resumes in person in January; 24% chose in-school learning and 11% didn’t respond.
Regular-season rematch between Houston and Bartlett in Class 6A highlights Friday’s playoff schedule.
Shelby County Schools leaders said survey results won’t be released this week as school leaders do “one last sweep” with parents who have not responded.
There could be a shortage of teachers and monitors in January if survey results reflect what association leaders are hearing.
Shelby County Schools plans to phase in students with disabilities by their grade, some as early as Jan. 4
Shelby County Schools will give away books and goodie bags on Halloween in an ongoing commitment to literacy and reading comprehension.
White children are two times more likely than Black and Hispanic children to have the option of going to school in person. Shouldn’t we be more troubled by this social injustice?
Students will still use laptops, tablets and headphones for in-school learning, in the same way they are learning in virtual school.
Parents will have an extra week to decide if their children will stay with virtual learning or return to school.
During a school board committee meeting, SCS Superintendent Joris Ray told board members that the timeline is dependent upon the data.
National public health officials have encouraged businesses and schools to improve their air systems to reduce the chances of infection through the air.
District leaders speculate some students left in favor of in-person learning at charter or private schools because SCS started the year all online.
With football officially off the table, superintendent Joris Ray says listening to data and science will determine if basketball will be played.
Schools have until Oct. 29 to notify state if they wish to move up in classification.
Chris Herrington says he’s worried about kids going back to school, but worried about them not going back to school, and is rooting for SCS to find a safe way to do it. Plus, nine more opinions.
Officials won’t identify where the employees work, while education association leadership says it’s too soon to discuss opening schools.
The move back to school buildings would make KIPP one of the first public schools in the city to reopen after starting all remote. The return to in-person learning is outlined in a letter from the charter network’s CEO Kendra Ferguson.
In its third year, the middle school will operate in Fogelman Executive Center off Central and Innovation Drive.
During an appearance on “Behind The Headlines,” Shelby County Schools Superintendent Joris Ray also pushed back against the narrative that no high school football games for the state’s largest school system could limit the path to higher education for student athletes.
But third attempt to speak with Joris Ray ends in only despair and more frustration.
And, at local private schools, students give each other ‘air hugs’ and each lunch at their desks, as everyone tries to adjust.