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The legislators learned the district spent an extra $62.7 million because of the pandemic, and that 8,200 students are basically lost academically.  “But each one of these 8,200 who had more than 15 absences in the first quarter is a story of the impact of COVID-19 on the disruption of their family lives, which is preventing them from staying connected with schooling,” said chief academic officer Dan Gohl.  District officials asked the legislative delegation to once again waive the consequences of the state assessments, as they did last school year, saying it’s not fair to grade schoo...

Long Island schools differ on reopening classrooms article NEW YORK - The Jericho School District In Nassau County is picking up where it left off before winter recess and following the same model of daily in-person learning for students K through 5 with grades 6 through 12 alternating in-person and remote learning.   "We're up, running, things are going well," said Hank Grishman, superintendent of schools in the Jericho School District. "We have kids who are hybrid today and remote tomorrow and it serves the interest of our kids and keeps them in school."   So far this school year, the Je...

Runcie wants parents to know that national research and local statistics show that schools are not covid-spreader environments. There’s also a feeling of urgency, because the district says remote learning has created widespread learning losses, which educators feared would happen. Runcie said the amount of students who have received multiple F’s on assignments, across all grade levels, has more than doubled from pre-pandemic levels. "E-learning has worked great for some kids, for many others it’s been an enormous challenge," Runcie said. "I don’t think that reflects the abilities of o...

All of us have seen our lives change dramatically over the past 12 months. Many parents with school-age kids have had to make tough decisions about their children’s education. Early in the pandemic, South Florida student Luca Escobar went from attending a private school to the public Sawgrass Elementary School in Sunrise. “We just really got blown away by the...