NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - North Las Vegas city officials say they’ve created a school substitute program to provide supervision, meals and instruction for up to 340 children while public schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The effort announced Tuesday is dubbed the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy.
It aims to enroll children in grades kindergarten through eight who have a hard time distance learning while public schools are shuttered. Plans call for it to open Aug. 24.
City Councilwoman Pamela Goynes-Brown said it will serve children who lack resources for learn-from-home programs and face being left behind.
City Manager Ryann Juden said students of parents who are first-responders and essential workers will have registration priority, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported .
The program offers three options, including in-person instruction costing $20 a day per student, or in-room teaching for up to 18 children and a teacher run by the nonprofit Nevada Action for School Options. That will cost $2 a day per student.
The third option provides library meeting space for children who are home-schooled or part of educational faith groups.
Juden said breakfast and lunch will be provided and computers will be provided for those who don’t have them.
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