ESSER and American Plan funds can support programs that function as an extension of the school day academically and social-emotionally.

"It's just too late in the year," Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said.

The #FETCchat hashtag is the key on Twitter to a weekly professional learning network of ed-tech educators sharing ideas on accelerating learning.

PTAs didn’t always focus on fundraising. But as bake sales evolved into Tesla raffles among wealthy families, some parents have raised the idea of redistributing parent donations between affluent and high-poverty schools.