According to preliminary data, remote learning is having an adverse effect on some students in Wayne County Public Schools.

During the last Wayne County Board of Education meeting, Title I Program Specialist Caroline Brown went through the failing grades for the first semester in grades 3 – 8.

Brown says those failing grades in 3 – 8 went up from 1,358 to 5,853 from 2019-2020 to this school year.

She says in math and ELA (English Language Arts), failing grades in 3 – 8 increased to approximately 20%.

You can view the entire report here.

While just a snapshot of the school systems, the update was given to help school board members understand how COVID-19 and hybrid face-to-face and remote learning have impacted students and academic success.

The Teaching & Learning Department noted that the report was incomplete and was a data snapshot.

The report did not reflect high school performance data, growth and learning information, and/or how data might compare to other school districts across the state.