One week into the new normal

Last Wednesday, 486 kids returned to classes at the MK-8 and, along with them, the possibility of COVID-19. To mitigate the potential spread of this virus, state and local health agencies have mandated certain protocol and the school district has followed these guidelines to the letter, says MK-8 principal Teresa Brown, to keep their doors open for students.

When teachers started training the students about the new rules, “We had meetings with every grade level and told them that we don’t want this to spread, we don’t want to close the school and have distance learning again. How man...