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I m speaking with the new superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, Dr. Grenita Lathan. She comes to Springfield from Houston, Texas, where she served as interim superintendent for the Houston Independent School District. Welcome Dr. Lathan.
Thank you.
The last year has been a challenging one for many people. The COVID-19 pandemic required schools to take steps to keep their students and staff as safe as possible. What did the last school year look like at your district? What worked and what didn t?
Once again, thank you for having me today. What we did initially was to create what we call a communicable disease plan committee. We also created an instructional continuity committee. So two committees, one focused on reopening our district around safety protocols. That was the Communicable Disease Plan Committee. And then one around instruction, academic instruction, vote for both virtual and face to face instruction. As it relates to keeping students and staff safe, we
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In Part 1 of KSMU s interview with the new superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, Dr. Grenita Lathan, she ended by talking about the impact of the pandemic on learning. That s where Part 2 picks up.
I heard the impact of the pandemic on learning was especially harder for under-resourced and under-represented student. As superintendent, what will you do to make sure kids who are in those groups aren t left behind?
Oh, we ll look at our dollars and see how our dollars have been allocated in the past and our plans for the future based on the approval of our new budget that was approved on last week. But we ll look at that and we ll look at those underserved students and under-resourced students and campuses and ensure that the funding is available to meet those students needs and to catch those students up.
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As the 2020-2021 school year was winding down, Weller first grade teacher, Kendall Shores, continued working hard to make sure her students were where they needed to be to move to second grade.
The last school year was a challenging one for teachers as well as students. Schools shut down early in spring of 2020 as a pandemic was declared. Many districts opted to cease learning and focus on meeting children’s immediate needs like making sure they had enough to eat. When schools started back up last fall, the learning schedule included time online. And some students opted to stay virtual altogether. That’s sparked concerns that students might have fallen behind in their learning.
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