Some D.C. elementary school students will be allowed to return to classrooms in November

Perry Stein:

The District plans to allow about 7,000 preschool and elementary school students who are homeless, learning English as a second language, or have special education needs to return to physical classrooms starting Nov. 9, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee announced Monday.

Other students in these grade levels who want to return to school will be able to continue virtual learning in classrooms under the supervision of nonteaching staff. The chancellor referred to these as CARE classrooms.

In all, the city says it will be able to accommodate 21,000 preschool and elementary school students — 75 percent of all students in these grade levels — though the majority of these students will be taught remotely while in school classrooms and will not receive in-person instruction