JCPS middle, high school students return to classroom after year of virtual learning
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Updated: 7:15 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021
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Updated: 7:15 PM EDT Apr 5, 2021
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AND STAFF ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE BACK. ALL OF THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SAY THEY WERE EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT NO ONE WAS MORE EXCITED THAN SENIORS THEIR FOCUS NOW MAKING THE MOST OF THESE LAST 16 IN-PERSON DAYS. THEY HAVE LEFT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR THE HALLWAYS AT WAGNER HIGH SCHOOL SAT SILENT, BUT AS OF MONDAY MORNING, THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN BUSTLING WITH STUDENTS ENERGY JUST IMMEDIATELY ROSE AT THE FIRST BUS WAS UNLOADING IN THE FIRST CAR RIDERS DRIVERS WALKERS WERE COMING IN THE FRONT. THE STAFF HAS BEEN PREPARING FOR THIS DAY SINCE OCTOBER THE GYM HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A LUNCH ROOM TO FOR MORE SOCIAL DISTANCING DESKS IN THE CLASSROOMS HAVE BEEN SPACED OUT AND MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT ALL TIMES. THE CHANGES ARE A BIT OF AN ADJUSTMENT FOR SENIORS LIKE MALIK KIMBALL WHEN WE’RE IN THE HALLWAYS. WE CAN’T EVEN BE LIKE BY YOUR FRIEND. YOU GOTTA LIKE BE SIX FEET APART AND ALL THAT DESPITE ALL THE CHANGES KIMBALL SAYS HE’S JUST GLAD TO BE BACK. THIS STRESSFUL SIT IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER ALL DAY. SO AND I FEEL LIKE BEING BEING WITH A TEACHERS BETTER IN EVEN THE CLASS AUTHORS THE SMALLEST SO IT’S MORE FOCUSED MORE LEARNING THE SENIORS ARE NOW TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME AND THE SENIOR YEAR. THEY NEVER GOT TO EXPERIENCE. IT REALLY HURTS KNOWING THAT I SO BAD, BUT YOU CAN’T ALWAYS DRAW ON YOUR EXPERIENCE. YOU CAN JUST MAKE THE MOST OF THEM OUR FIRST GO FOR OUR SENIORS IS TO GET THEM TO GRADUATION. SO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ENSURING THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE. IN THE STANDARDS AND THE BENCHMARKS, THEY NEED TO WALK ACROSS THE STAGE AT THE END OF MAY. WELL, THESE ARE THE LAST DAYS IN THE BUILDING FOR SENIORS. IT WAS THE FIRST DAY EVER IN THE BUILDING FOR SIXTH GRADERS AT WESTPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY WAS PRETTY NERVOUS, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO MEET MY TEACHER MY TEACHERS AND MY NEW FRIENDS THAT I HAVE TODAY AND THEY’RE NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO SETTLING IN EVEN MORE IN THE D