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LA GRANDE â Music teacher Carla Arnold is Central Elementary Schoolâs go-to person for many technology questions related to distance education. The educator, who helps put on workshops on distance education technology, delights in fielding queries about the subject, just as she does teaching students online. Make no mistake, Arnold would prefer to instruct students in person, but when she has to do it virtually, she embraces the task with a zeal befitting her glass-is-always-half-full perspective. âThere are so many options for doing things (with distance education),â she said. Arnold puts these options to the test each school day afternoon during meetings of the La Grande School Districtâs La Grande Fiddle Club, which is run in conjunction with the Grande Ronde Symphony. The clubâs members meet online to play the violin, cello, bass and other related instruments under the guidance of Arnold, Grande Ronde Symphony members Denise Hattan ....