Schenectady schools giving out 7-day food boxes ahead of holidays | The Daily Gazette
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Schenectady school district families can pick up food boxes Wednesday and Thursday with a week worth of meals ahead of the winter school break.
Boxes full of seven days of meals and snacks for students can be picked up from schools across the district Wednesday and just at Schenectady High School on a final pickup day Thursday. Here’s a list.
Between 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday:
Central Park Middle School
Van Corlaer Elementary School
Central Park Middle School
Schenectady High School
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Nearly 30 percent of Schenectady students missed 10 or more days of school – in the first quarter | The Daily Gazette
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Nearly 30 percent of Schenectady students missed 10 or more days of school – in the first quarter
SCHENECTADY Nearly 1,500 Schenectady City School District students missed 20 or more school days in the first quarter of the year, including a massive increase among elementary students, a sign that the longstanding attendance challenges in the district are worsening during the pandemic.
Another 1,200 students missed more than 10 days of school – but fewer than 20 – as students struggle to engage with a largely-virtual learning model in the district and grapple with the countless life difficulties caused by the pandemic. Nearly 30 percent of the district’s students missed 10 or more days. (Each quarter of the year encompasses about 45 days of school.)