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'Our learning loss is so significant, we can’t just have supports in place during school day,' superintendent says.

The early grades have been hit hard by COVID school closures, particularly in rural, economically stressed communities such as those served by South Carolina’s Marion County School District.

Prior to the pandemic, some of these students were beginning school unprepared, Superintendent Kandace Bethea says.

“We already had children entering our doors tremendously behind developmentally and academically,” Bethea says. “This has been a prime opportunity for us to pivot as educators, do some things differently, and make some much need changes.”

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