One year after the pandemic changed everything, Anchorage middle and high schoolers are heading back to classrooms Published March 14 Romig Middle School seventh grader Claudia Rector stands outside her school on Friday, March 12, 2021. Because of the pandemic, Rector has not yet been in her new school as a student. Rector will start in-person learning on Monday. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Share on Facebook Print article Anchorage School District students left for spring break in 2020, thinking they would be back in their classrooms after a week. Now, a full calendar year later, middle and high schoolers are heading back to the classroom for in-person learning, face masks and all.