Soldotna teachers hope a return to in-school classes will help bridge a distance-learning divide
Print article SOLDOTNA — Days before students returned for in-person classes, Skyview Middle School principal Sarge Truesdell could sense anticipation among the teachers as they prepared in empty classrooms. Truesdell felt it himself. “There’s nothing like having kids in the building and their energy in the building,” he said. Though much of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District remains at a high risk level for COVID-19, students whose families chose an onsite learning option returned to schools starting Monday. Students through sixth grade began attending classes five days a...