Private School is Up

Only...no one in buildings.

But it's a different story for a lot of private schools that are not only going back into the classroom, but seeing more children in them as enrollments increase as abc 36's christy bollinger found out.

It's a nationwide trend..

As the number of coronavirus cases go up... so do the number of parents interested in sending their kids to private school.

"we have had more interest in our school than we ever had and we've been here for 40 years."

Head of lexington montessori school randilynn tucker says interest in her school has doubled..

Since last summer.

"parents are just looking for enviornments where i think they will have more information, more security in what is able to be done."

She has new students coming from public school...she says for the learning style, more definite plans, and because of parents worried their kids might fall behind.

But with the small size of the montessori school..

Tucker has set a student capacity.

"i would never put full enrollment in any of my classrooms this year no one not one of my teachers, myself, our parent board, no one feels comfortable with that."

But now, they'll be able to focus on safety..

Keeping students six feet apart..

"it's easier for us to keep an eye on if somebody doesn't have their mask the right way."

With state restrictions on primary care..

The school's had to cut its primary classroom size in half.

"i have a waiting list for my primary.

There are parents who need that care that are finding it very difficult."

Even with the all the rules and the new safety precautions like temperature taking and social distancing...tucker says they're trying to make the in- school experience as normal as possible when classes begin august 19th...despite the pandemic.

"we'll just look back and hopefully say we did the best we could."

Christy bollinger, abc 36 news.

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