According to Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Doug Brubaker, about 22 percent of the district's 14,000 students will be learning virtually come Aug. 24. Brubaker also discusses personal protective equipment, coronavirus case reporting protocols and the multitude of other changes the district has had to make to be able to start the school year during the pandemic.
0000017d-2122-dd26-adfd-e56710b50000The New Classroom is a special reporting series, supported by The Walton Family Foundation, exploring the struggles, changes and innovations in education during the COVID-19 pandemic. You can find reports in this series listed below.