Garett Robinson stood with his brother and a friend beside the fields bordering Hermiston High School, each holding signs calling for an end to a monotonous year with one message in common â âfive full days.â
The three boys were part of a group of more than two dozen people who gathered for a rally at the high school on Saturday, March 13, calling for changes in state coronavirus guidelines that are preventing students from fully returning to in-person classes. The rally marked the one-year anniversary of studentsâ last day of classes before schools across Oregon were shut down in 2020.
âWeâre not learning as much. Weâre going to be pretty much behind next year,â said Robinson, who will get to return to the classroom at Armand Larive Middle School part time on Monday, March 22.