RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond City Public Schools is celebrating its first day of school for 200-Day students on Monday, highlighting the program’s success two years after beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.
At 8 a.m. on Monday, July 21, Superintendent Jason Kamras will be at Oak Grove-Bellemeade Elementary School, located at 2409 Webber Avenue, to mark the first day of school for the city’s Public Schools’ 200-Day students.
This celebration showcases the success of the program — where students attend school for 200 days instead of the standard 180 days — which reportedly “has shown measurable improvement in student outcomes since it began two years prior…