Kids need summer school more than ever, but N.J. educators worry about burnout
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 08, 2021
Sarah Sheck, a first year teacher, goes over lessons in her kindergarten class at Sycamore Drive Elementary School in Hazlet. Friday, September 11, 2020.
Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media
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Beleaguered students already undoubtedly have their minds on vacation down the Shore, sleepaway camp and the intoxicating jingle of the ice cream truck which signifies the sweet arrival of summer break.
But, after an arduous slog through oftentimes ineffective remote instruction, two words may soon shatter classroom daydreams: summer school.
“We need all the time we can get before we hit the fall to recover the learning losses from this past year,” Highland Park Schools Superintendent Scott Taylor told NJ Advance Media.