LIVE: Palm Beach County school leaders discuss plans for fall semester By Scott Sutton | April 15, 2021 at 11:05 AM EDT - Updated April 15 at 3:07 PM
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Parents and students in Palm Beach County are learning more about what the next school year will look like.
The school district is holding a live community update with district leaders.
SPECIAL COVERAGE:
Efforts to assist struggling students
Summer academies, health and safety protocols
Federal funding and COVID expenses
School-based and district staffing
announced last week that a full return to campus-based learning is anticipated in the fall. A full return to brick and mortar this fall is anticipated, and I believe it is in the best interest of our students and staff, Superintendent Dr. Donald Fennoy said in a written statement last Friday.
The difficulties of learning in a pandemic are taking a big academic toll on students in Palm Beach County’s public schools, with the worst setbacks coming in poor communities where more children learn from home.
The number of students failing a class has doubled this year in the school district’s middle and high schools, while the total number of F grades nearly tripled, records from the first grading period show.
School administrators blame the spike in failing students squarely on the challenges of online learning, where it is easy for students to tune out and some children struggle to get online at all.