Will JCPS go fully back to school in August?

Update: 2021-04-27

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WDRB.com education reporter Kevin Wheatley joins the podcast for an update on Jefferson County Public Schools. Wheatley discusses:

- How the district's classroom-virtual hybrid schedule is going

- Why some parents feel it shortchanges their children

- Whether the Louisville school district will be back to pre-pandemic operation in August when the next school year begins

- Why teachers and staff are resistant to the superintendent's proposal to add four school days to next year's calendar to make up for lost learning during the virtual school year

Background:

Hybrid learning at JCPS poses new problems for some parents

Revisions for school calendar, start times on the table at JCPS

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