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Kids across America are putting on masks and backpacks and heading back to school this spring as the country continues its hopeful but fragile march toward recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
As welcome as these unusual first days of school are for many students and parents who were thrust into the role of amateur educators this year they come with a lot of uncertainty. Many school districts are still operating on a hybrid model, with each student attending school in person only part time; a few remain entirely remote. We still don’t know when children will be able to be vaccinated. And a rise in cases and the spread of variants has cast the next few months into doubt. A lot of families are wondering: What will happen in the fall?
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Make it easier to expand charter schools? Texas lawmakers will have that debate
Danya Perez, Staff writer
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Raji Mani administers the questions as students at the BASIS San Antonio Shavano Campus, a charter school for grades 6-12, practice for the National Science Bowl in 2019.Tom Reel /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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KIPP Esperanza charter school representatives Jaciel Castro, center, and Michelle Schmitz, left, speak to a woman about education opportunities for her grandchildren during an event in 2017. (Darren Abate/For the San Antonio Express-News)Darren Abate /Darren Abate /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
Companion bills filed in the Texas House and Senate, seeking to do away with hurdles facing charter schools that try to open or expand, have bipartisan support but will move the sharp debate over their rapid growth into the legislative arena.