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Louisville School District overcoming challenges with distance learning

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Louisville School District overcoming challenges with distance learning
Louisville School District overcoming challenges with distance learning

Superintendent David Luke said teachers and students are learning a new format for virtual classes.

Wtvas nicole dantzler has how teachers and students are handling the virtual classes.

While teachers and students are doing all they can stay healthy during the pandemic..

Technology presents a different set of challenges for those choosing to do distance learning.

"virtual has been an extreme challenge.

It's a challenge for everybody."

Superintendent david luke said alot of rural areas lack broadband access., and that along with learning a new format for virtual classes caused obstacles for both students and teachers..

"everybody has been having to learn sort of as we're going david luke-superintendent, louisville municipal school district 0: about 78 percent of students in the louisville school district chose to take in person classes this year..

The remaining 22 percentwhich is about 600 students opted for distance learning.

"the students and teachers have been doing a great job, so it seems to be going at record pace."

Luke said every week schools have to report any new cases of the coronavirus to the state department of health.

But for the week of august 24th through august 28th- schools in the district did not report any new cases.

He attributes that to everyone in the district being vigilant about staying healthy.

"that sorta relates back to the mitigation strategies that we put in place from you know the social distancing to the good hygiene, to washing your hands, wearing your masks."

Reporting in louisville nicole dantzler nicole dantzler wtva nine news.

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