Record number of Coachella Valley students enrolled in summer school

Ah, summer! A kid's favorite season. A break from school. A time for rest and relaxation. Camp. Video games. Sleeping in…Or, at least that's how it...

July 3, 2022
10:40 AM

Ah, summer! A kid's favorite season. A break from school. A time for rest and relaxation. Camp. Video games. Sleeping in…Or, at least that's how it used to be.  A record number of Coachella Valley kids, including more than 6,000 high school students, enrolled in summer school this year. That's more than one-in-four valley high schoolers taking summer coursework. Thousands more elementary school and middle school students are enrolled in summer school, too.Relative to before the pandemic, summer school programs across the state have expanded in an effort to combat learning loss — a general loss of knowledge and academic skills, according to the Glossary of Education Reform.

Jonathan Horwitz