It's not too hard, not too easy -- it's just right in the middle where I can handle everything."
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Nearly 10,000 kids are part of the district's summer programming, classes and activities that are providing opportunities to gain knowledge and prevent a learning loss known as "summer slide."
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Summer programming at Jefferson County Public Schools is underway for some 10,000 students.
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The surge in failing grades has JCPS bracing for years of interventions to help students who struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Xavier Strange and Chloe Carter have two goals for their time in Jefferson County Public Schools' Summer Backpack League: learn and make new friends.
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JCPS summer programming went online last year as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened across Kentucky, scuttling plans to expand offerings like the Summer Backpack League.
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JCPS had a 55% attendance rate in the Summer Backpack League's first year, and more than a quarter of students enrolled never showed up once.
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One-thousand students from 65 of the district’s lowest-performing schools enrolled in the $1.2 million summer enrichment program, which aimed to keep students entering third through sixth grades engaged in their learning while out of school.
The new Summer Backpack League is free for families and includes breakfasts, lunches and field trips, and it’s been touted as a potentially game-changing tool for JCPS students struggling in reading and math.