Administrators expect the biggest drop in enrollment will be in elementary schools at 20%. Because of that decline, there's a potential for less state funding, and leaders expect they'll need to make staff cuts.
Even though 300-plus Petersburg City Public Schools students didn't show up for class last school year, the Virginia district's enrollment is now higher than it was in 2019.
High school graduation rates set a record just before COVID, and a new report warns that only aggressive efforts will power that progress past the pandemic.
Even though educators have their work cut out for them to reduce chronic rates of absences this fall, this crisis does present an opportunity to make schools stronger and more conducive to learning.
Schools that saw COVID surges after opening without mask mandates are now seeing cases decline as outbreaks spread where face coverings are largely optional.
