Small groups of students in D.C. Public Schools will return to some campuses over the next several weeks, city education officials said Monday.

The students will continue taking classes virtually but will receive additional in-person learning opportunities that could include tutoring, physical education and career and technical education, said D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis D. Ferebee.

Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy reopened for students enrolled in the cosmetology and barbering programs this week. A dozen other campuses are expected to reopen throughout October, including Bancroft Elementary School, Cardozo Education Campus, Eastern High School, Kramer Middle School and Roosevelt STAY.

Between 20 and 50 students are expected to be on each campus each day to receive the extra support, which may also include art and outdoor learning. Principals at each of the schools submitted reopening plans to the city and Ferebee said all teachers who decide to provide the extra support have volunteered to return to campuses.

“We’re excited to welcome students back,” he said.

Mayor Muriel Bowser did not announce broader plans to provide in-person classes across the school system, which enrolled more than 51,000 students last school year. Bowser has said she wants D.C. public schools to offer a mix of in-person and virtual learning when the second grading quarter starts Nov. 9 and plans to share more about that possibility next week.

Large Northern Virginia school systems, including those in Fairfax and Loudoun counties, plan to provide in-person classes to small groups of students starting in October.

In the District, educators and some lawmakers have criticized city officials for not providing enough information about how DCPS will keep students and school workers safe if campuses open for in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. Last week, four members of the D.C. Council sent a letter demanding Bowser share more information about safety protocols, including what access schools will have to personal protective equipment, more learning space and cleaning services.

Ferebee told principals last week to prepare for the likelihood that schools will reopen for some in-person learning in November, according to the Council of School Officers, a union that represents principals and other school administrators.

Richard Jackson, the union’s president, said Friday that principals are worried the school system has not put enough measures in place to safely reopen its more than 100 campuses. The city has yet to check ventilation systems at many schools, he said, and the organization is worried buildings will not be equipped with plexiglass and other upgrades by November.

Jackson said he does not feel city education leaders have collaborated enough with school administrators about the reopening process.

“It seems that health and safety is being put on the back burner,” Jackson said. “Many of the things that D.C. itself says it would do, they haven’t done.”

City officials said Monday they have started inspecting and upgrading school HVAC systems to prepare for any larger return of students. At the city’s 80 elementary schools, contractors are responding to 24 pending work orders for HVAC systems.

About a dozen charter schools, which are publicly funded and privately operated, are providing in-person learning for small groups of students this academic year. Charter schools educate about half of the city’s public school students.

This story has been updated with additional information.