Teachers stressed and hopeful as learning amid a pandemic continues
and last updated 2021-02-08 12:48:28-05
Nearly a year into the pandemic teachers across the country are tired and stressed out, but at the same time, theyâre hopeful for the future, as one of the most challenging years in education continues to play out from coast-to-coast.
At Algonquin Regional High School in Northboro, Massachusetts, lifelong educators Jane Betar and Tom Alera can both be seen between class periods spraying down desks with sanitizer. They are doing whatever they can to keep themselves and their students safe from COVID-19. Five months into the school year, their students know the routine: masks up during class, desks stay 6 feet apart and the windows stay open to help with the airflow.
Jackson students return to classrooms for first time in months
In-person learning, hybrid schedules underway Share Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
In-person learning, hybrid schedules underway Share Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 19, 2021
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Show Transcript BACK IN MARCH.. 16 WAPT S MARCUS HUNTER WAS THEIR WHEN THE DAY BEGAN. YOU DON T TYPICALLY SEE 1ST DAY BACK TO SCHOOL PICTURE IN MID JANUARY, HOWEVER FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING J-P-S SCHOOLS TUESDAY WAS TH FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH OF LAST WHERE BUSES WERE RUNNING, THE DROP OFF LINES WERE MOVING AND PARENT WERE SEEING THEIR KIDS OFF TO SCHOOL. MY THIRD-GRADER APPARENTLY WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND LAID ON THE COUCH AND READ FOR DON T KNOW HOW MANY HOURS I AM SURE HE WAS ALREADY. I WAS SURPRISED HE WASN T ALREADY SHOWERED AND IN UNIFORM. TUESDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY IN THE DISTRICT S SMART RESTART PLAN . IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND