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Class Notes: Hamilton County Schools summer learning program begins this week, and other education news

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / A new school bus, provided by First Student Inc., is seen at the Hamilton County Department of Education on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / A new school bus, provided by First Student Inc., is seen at the Hamilton County Department of Education on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter / A new school bus, provided by First Student Inc., is seen at the Hamilton County Department of Education on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Hamilton County Schools Summer REACH program starts this week

Hamilton County Schools’ Summer REACH summer learning program begins its first session this week, focusing on reinforcing concepts from the prior school year. The second session will look ahead at the curriculum for the upcoming year.

Each session is three weeks long, with elementary students attending for full days five days a week and middle and high school students attending half days four days per week. About 6,200 students and 700 staff members signed up for the program, which will take place across 41 sites in the district.

The program began last year at the height of the coronavirus pandemic to address learning gaps from school closures in the spring.

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