As schools across the nation finish their first term of the 2020-21 school year, drastically more students are receiving failing grades than the typical number in pandemic-free years. The Associated Press recently reported that schools nationwide are seeing up to three times as many students receiving Fâs than in a normal year. Here in the Walla Walla area, students are not immune. Local school officials have confirmed a sharp increase in the numbers of their students who have received at least one F. Moreover, said Milton-Freewater Superintendent Aaron Duff, itâs not just the numbe...