Mankato secondary students return to the classroom Mankato secondary students return to the classroom By Kelsey Barchenger | February 11, 2021 at 7:14 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 7:14 PM MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) — After a few schedule changes, secondary students in the Mankato Public School District are back in the classroom Thursday as they transition into a hybrid learning model. This change comes about a month after elementary students transitioned back to in-person learning. Click the video in the player above for the full interview. WATCH | Minnesota House GOP pushes school reopening legislation (FULL) Paul Peterson: We’re tracking two-week data, we’re tracking 14-day trends, but we’re also looking at our internal numbers, and we saw such a nice decline in last week’s numbers, knowing full well where those numbers were going to be today, we didn’t see a reason to wait another week before bringing kids back.