Jefferson County Public Schools plans $24M cuts to programs, contracts, scholarships, and summer learning amid budget gap.
Jefferson County Public Schools plans $24M cuts to programs, contracts, scholarships, and summer learning amid budget gap.
Summer programming at Jefferson County Public Schools is underway for some 10,000 students.
The surge in failing grades has JCPS bracing for years of interventions to help students who struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Xavier Strange and Chloe Carter have two goals for their time in Jefferson County Public Schools' Summer Backpack League: learn and make new friends.
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.
The district says it wants to re-engage kids after most of the past year was spent learning online.
This summer, school districts across the state are offering programs in hopes of keeping young minds thinking and learning during a monthslong break from traditional classroom settings.