| 07 May 2021 | 08:03 A class at Delaware Valley High School, which provided full-time, in-person instruction from start to finish (Photo provided) School districts can see the finish line after a tough year negotiating remote, in-person, and hybrid instruction, and everything in-between. Now they’re looking to end the year with students back at their desks. Ending with a return to normal, however brief, is the overwhelming preference of parents everywhere. “So many parents and teachers are relieved to have this time, as small as it is, for students to transition into what we’re calling the normalized school experience,” said Karen D’Avino, the superintendent in Vernon, N.J., which on April 12 switched from fully remote learning to in-person instruction. “Hopefully by the time September comes, we’ll have more students back.”