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RICHMOND, Va. — Jonathan Oliva is in third grade, but he struggles to read and write.

RICHMOND, Va. — Jonathan Oliva is in third grade, but struggles to read and write.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jonathan Oliva is in third grade, but struggles to read and write. “His teacher said he’s like a kindergartner. He doesn’t know anything. And she can’t help because her class is too big,” his mother, Veronica Lucas, said in Spanish, standing in the parking lot outside his elementary school.

Facing massive pandemic learning loss, the superintendent in Richmond, Virginia, tried to remake one of the most untouchable aspects of school – the academic calendar

In Virginia, both Richmond and Hopewell considered longer school years. Find out how the idea went over, and whether it worked.