Parents and school administration officials discussed a current pause to the after-school Reading Rockets learning loss program at a Mars Area School Board meeting on Tuesday night.

The program, intended to combat learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic and help catch up students who may have fallen behind, is currently paused at the elementary level due to a lack of available staff.

Mars parent Julia Konitzky asked whether the program could potentially be continued with outside staffers.

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