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WHYY By Margaux Munnelly, principal Mastery Charter School-Pickett Campus in Germantown, uses the hand sanitizer station in the hallway. (Dale Mezzacappa/Chalkbeat Philadelphia) This article originally appeared on Chalkbeat Philadelphia.
Sharon Brewer is getting the chance to spend at least some of her senior year in school, in person. It didn’t come a moment too soon. “I was doing terrible at home,” she said. Same for her classmate, Parris Boyette. “It’s the best thing that happened to me,” said Boyette, a 17-year-old basketball player, about returning to school in person last month. “My grades are going up, I’m understanding more. When I was home, I was not paying attention. Here, I’m paying attention.” ....