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Education Sep 16, 2020
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The morning light comes through the living room window as Allison, 11, attends the first day of school through her laptop from her apartment in Long Beach Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. The Long Beach Unified School District’s attendance data for the first week of the 2020-21 school year is in, and officials say it’s not far off the average numbers during a typical school year. Although the district’s approximately 70,000 students have had to make an enormous adjustment to attending school virtually instead of in person, almost all LBUSD students have been logging on, according to LBUSD spokesperson Chris Eftychiou. “Considering the circumstances, it’s a victory to see attendance rates approaching normal levels,” he said. “And we’re still committed to following up with families to make sure we’re connecting with all of our students.” Depending on final enrollment numbers, somewhere between 94% and 96% of the district’s students have been attending class virtually to begin the year, according to the LBUSD. “During a typical, in-person school day, we would have an attendance rate of about 95 percent,” Eftychiou said. So far, the district reported that 67,828 students have logged on to the Canvas application […]
