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But with the state’s new requirement for in-person learning, the school got creative. For the next three weeks, students will cycle through the building and spend much of their time in the community and outdoors, focusing on a single project.
Hannah LaBarre, a science and outdoor skills teachers at LEAF, is leading a “Sugarbush Science Intensive,” complete with hands-on maple sugaring once the sap starts running.
LaBarre says preparing to reopen has been stressful but this is par for the course.
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“The school being very young and very small and creating itself as we go has enabled us to be pretty nimble, expect chaos and be flexible,” she says. “We have some gifts in the challenges.”