COVID-19 has no doubt changed the way students learn. Today, Oklahoma City Public Schools announced their e3 Online Learning program – even as a post-pandemic option. The district rolled out the program at Coolidge Elementary School today and explained why parents should consider it. The district said roughly 4,000 students are enrolled in their e3 program right now and they hope that those numbers will go up for the next school year.“e3 Online Learning provides a unique opportunity for our families to have their children learn 100% from home while remaining an integral and important part of their neighborhood school,” said Kenny Ward, OKCPS director of online learning.Ward said despite pandemic challenges, OKCPS has seen great success with its students – especially how they’re progressing academically. “When we have done benchmarks district-wide, some of our e3 teachers like Ms. Chandler, out of the whole district, it was our e3 kids that were scoring the highest,” Ward said. “This is just a world-class curriculum,” e3 teacher Sadoka Chandler said. “It has rigor, it has hands-on activities. It has arts and sciences.”OKCPS pre-K through 12th graders currently are attending school in person four days a week. But officials said the e3 program is monitored by certified district teachers, counselors and psychologists. And e3 offers electives and extracurricular activities in person – a key to students’ overall success.“We are just so excited about these opportunities to meet the needs of different families and different students,” said Carson Aldridge, OKCPS assistant director of online learning.The district is accepting transfers and encourages families that are interested in the program to pre-register students by May 26.