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Central Ohio students heading back into classrooms a year after virtual transition Hilliard City Schools, Dublin City Schools, Olentangy Local Schools, and Gahanna Jefferson Schools will all send students back into the buildings five days a week. Author: Krista Frost (WBNS) Updated: 7:43 AM EDT March 15, 2021 Students across central Ohio will head back into classrooms for in-person learning plans on Monday. Hilliard City Schools, Dublin City Schools, Olentangy Local School District, and Gahanna Jefferson School District will all send students back into the buildings five days a week. Students at Reynoldsburg City Schools and Columbus City Schools will return with blended plans which will have students in classrooms a few days a week. ....
Just two months after Carlos Silva Gomez and his mother arrived in the United States from Guatemala, the new life they were creating was turned upside down. With just a few days notice, 11-year-old Carlos school, Columbus Global Academy, a place for students who are learning English, was ordered to close in March 2020 due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. All of his classes moved online. The North Linden home where he and his mother live with an aunt, uncle and cousins became his classroom. But Gomez, a sixth-grader, quickly fell behind, his mother, Nora Elizabeth Gomez Godínez, 35, recently recalled through a Spanish-speaking interpreter. Blocked by a language barrier, the family couldn t figure out how to access his classes or get help. And they were frustrated. ....
Tucked inside a classroom at Columbus Global Academy are bins and desks littered with clothing, toys, books, dishes and other household items intended for immigrant families expected to come to the city. Local immigrant advocates and volunteers have been collecting everyday items in anticipation of an influx of migrants coming to the area after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated this week. Biden has said he will quickly lift a controversial Trump administration policy that has left thousands of asylum-seekers trapped across the border in Mexico. The Remain in Mexico policy, announced in January 2019 and officially called Migrant Protection Protocols, means immigrants seeking asylum in the United States are not permitted to live in the country while they go through immigration court proceedings as they have for years, but must stay in Mexico, even if they are not from there. ....