One-In-Five Peabody Parents Rate Remote Learning Unsatisfactory

PEABODY, MA —Nearly 20 percent of the respondents rated Peabody Public Schools' remote learning program "unsatisfactory," according to a survey the district sent to parents.

The survey, which drew responses from more than half of the district's parents, was aimed at evaluating the remote learning program schools put into place when Gov. Charlie Baker ordered them closed on March 17. About 66 percent of respondents rated the remote learning program as "satisfactory," while another 14.5 percent called it "exemplary."

"The data results were better than I expected, which demonstrates how hard teachers and families worked together to make the most of the remote learning situation," interim Superintendent Marc Kerble told the Salem News, which first reported this story. "All of this information will help the district plan for the opening of school."