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From Site Coordinator Dakari Taylor-Watson at Brookland Middle School:

This school year has been anything but normal. Due to the pandemic, DCPS has had to rethink how schools communicate with families and support them. In addition, many families have rethought the idea of returning to an in-person learning environment and school because of the perceived risk of COVID-19. As a school, we understand the importance of students being at school physically because of the social, emotional, and psychological development that is cultivated. We had a lot of work to do to support families, make them feel more comfortable about returning, and enrolling students for the upcoming year.

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Elementary and middle school students in D.C. showed academic progress last school year despite remote learning — but growth rates were still far lower than before the pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday.

The analysis, which compared scores on math and reading assessments for students in spring 2021 with scores from spring 2019, found significant drops in performance among some of the city’s young learners. Black and Latino children and students from low-income families experienced the steepest drops, according to the research from EmpowerK12, a nonprofit that analyzes education data.

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Communities In Schools of the Nation’s Capital recently expanded to Burrville Elementary School in Ward 7! Site coordinator Asyja Smith will work with the students, families, and staff of Burrville to ensure students have everything they need to succeed inside and outside of school.

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