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Learning Loss during pandemic

Family Support Organization of Essex County understands that Families in crisis require focused and personalized attention to help resolve and address the unique needs.

FSOEC also recognized and heard your concerns about the education of your children, regression, learning loss, lack of school support and recognizing that the school system is not well equipped to assist individuals with mental health issues and /or disabilities and through this Pandemic has showed the lack of support to parents whom had to step in as teachers and therapists among other roles.

At this time is important to understand and take a stand to secure the need for the state to address student learning loss by promoting research-based interventions, such as intensive summer learning and tutoring, beside Compensatory education and services.

Act now… FSOEC will support you and be a very strong voice!!

Contacting your elected official and request the support to current Bills. Sending emails and making calls (the letters and scrip for phone calls will be provided)
Making testimonials : videos or writing testimonials (FSOEC will assist you)
Contacting your District Board of Education members and Superintendent to secure the School District utilize the funding addressing student’s needs.
Consulting with your Family Support Partner to educate you for you to be able to know how to make your voice heard.
To help mitigate this learning loss, FSOEC urges families to prioritize summer learning to get students back on track. “This could be summer school, but it could also be summer camps. It could be high dosage tutoring. It can be any learning over the summer so that we don’t have more students falling behind,”

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ADDRESSING STUDENT LEARNING LOSS-COMPETITIVE

Districts must spend at least 20% of the latest stimulus money on programs to address learning loss, or nearly $498 million across all New Jersey districts.

Another 5% of the state’s stimulus funds, or about $138 million, must also go to learning recovery.
Additional $54.3 billion nationwide for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER II Fund) (Building/Ground/A/C/Filters/CDC Guidelines.
safely reopening schools, measuring and effectively addressing significant learning loss, and taking other actions to respond to the impact of COVID-19 on educators, students, and families. Allowable uses include all possible expenditures under CARES ESSER I.
New Jersey is using $75 million from the previous relief package to fund “learning acceleration” efforts, such as summer programs and tutoring.
$30 million from the State set-aside for the provision of mental health services and supports.

RESOURCES:

You can track the legislation your elected representatives have proposed or contributed to
in some way by browsing their respective websites. Once you’re aware of bills coming down
the pike that your congress persons and senators will vote on. Reach out to them know
Where you , their constituent stand:www.causes.com

Finding and contacting your elected officials to request the support to current bills. Sending emails and making calls (FSOEC can provide the letters and script for phone calls.)

Making testimonials: videos or writing testimonials (FSOEC will assist you)

Contacting your District Board of Education members, Superintendent of your district and your SEPAC/PTA to secure the School District utilize the funding addressing student’s needs.
Your Family Support Partner will be able to educate and assist you for your voice to be heard.

Consulting with your Family Support Partner to educate you for you to be able to know how to make your voice heard.

To help mitigate this learning loss, FSOEC urges families to prioritize summer learning to get students back on track. “This could be summer school, but it could also be summer camps. It could be high dosage tutoring. It can be any learning over the summer so that we don’t have more students falling behind, addressing learning loss and regression on the learned skills ”