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48% of students to begin in-person learning at St. Lucie County schools

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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48% of students to begin in-person learning at St. Lucie County schools
48% of students to begin in-person learning at St. Lucie County schools

Nearly 40,000 students in St.

Lucie County will start the new school year with three different learning options to choose from.

NEARLY 40- THOUSAND STUDENTS INSAINT LUCIE COUNTY START THENEW SCHOOL YEAR WITH THREEDIFFERENT LEARNING OPTIONS TOCHOOSE FROM.

WPTV NEWSCHANNEL5'S LINNIE SUPALL LEARNEDTHEREAVAILABLE FOR THE STATEVOLUNTARY PRE-K PROGRAM.<< RIGHT NOW SAINT LUCIECOUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TAKINGSEVERAL STEPS TO SAFELY REOPENIN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC.CAROL HILSON IS A SCHOOL BOARDMEMBER& AND DESCRIBES THDISTRICTEXTENSIVE& ESPECIALLY WITH ICLASSROOM INSTRUCTION.

THIS ISA MANDATE FROM THE GOVERNORSOFFICE IF YOU DO NOT OPEN YOURSCHOOL BRICK AND MORTAR YOUWILL NOT RECEIVE FUNDING TCOUNTY IS OFFERING IN PERSONLEARNING AS WELL AS TWO REMOTEOPTIONS& AT THIS POINT THEDECISION AMONG PARENTS SENDINGTHEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOLSPLIT.

48 PERCENT ARE GOINGINTO SCHOOL AND 52 ARE STAYINGHOME, THE NUMBERS KEEPSHIFTING HILSON IS ALSO THEDIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY UNITMETHODIST PRESCHOOL IN FORTPIERCE..

THEIR VPK PROGRSTARTS MONDAY... WE DO TAKETHE TIME ESPECIALLY WITH OURVPK OUR 4 YEAR OLD CHILDREN THEPROPER WAY TO WEAR AS MASKBECAUSE THEYEVENTUALLY GO INTO THE PUBLICSCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEYGOING TO HAVE TO WEAR A MASKTHE STATE IS STILL DRAFTING ANOPTION FOR REMOTE VPKLEARNING& HOWEVER - MANY PRE-SCHOOLS ARE STANDING BY THIN-CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE& ITVERY IMPORTANT THAT THELANGUAGE THEY HEAR HERE ISRICH AND HELPS THEM IN THEPROCESS WE TRY TO TOUCH ONEVERYTHING SAINT LUCIE COUNTYSCHOOLS SAY THEYLOOKING FOR MORE TEACHERS BUTCONFIDENT THEY HAVE ENOUGHSTAFF IN PLACE AS THE NEW YEARBEGINS.

REPORTING FROM ST.LUCIE COUNTY LINNIE SUPALLWPTV NEWS- CHANNEL 5.

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