St. Louis Public Radio Students are scheduled to again walk the halls of Lift For Life Academy, which were once part of a bank, in January for the first time since the pandemic forced schools to close. More St. Louis-area high school students will have the opportunity after the Christmas break to learn from inside a classroom instead of their homes. That’s if plans from school leaders hold over the next several weeks. Administrators stress that all plans are tentative when trying to run a school district during a pandemic. Several school districts in the region told St. Louis Public Radio they plan to add or resume in-person learning options for middle and high school students in January, in most cases after an all-virtual buffer week following the holidays.