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School reopenings more common in rural areas and in private schools, state data shows — The Sacramento Observer

(CALMATTERS) - New state mapping data details California’s school-reopening divide, in which hundreds of school districts — mostly smaller and rural or inland — are offering in-person instruction to elementary students while many of the state’s largest, urban districts remain indefinitely in remote learning. But the divide between public and private schools is much starker: […]

Source: The Sacramento Observer

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