0 comments It’s been a surreal year for everyone, but high school kids must feel extra strange. COVID-19 disrupted all semblance of normalcy in 2020, closing down businesses, venues, and schools around the globe. The pandemic made it extra hard for anyone just trying to get through their teenage years without fuss. But high school students in Burlington, Vermont have it even weirder. On March 4, they went back to class in a new building, after the former Burlington High School closed down due to chemical contamination concerns. Now, the students attend school in a building that was formerly a Macy’s department store. To make matters all the more confusing and bizarre, the building still looks just like a working Macy’s, complete with escalators and signs for labels like Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein still on the walls.