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Caroline Carlson | Daily Press
Elaine Cousineauâs first grade classroom enjoys lessons in their pajamas on Pajama Day at Lemmer Elementary School in Escanaba recently.
ESCANABA — The school year has been a challenge to both students and teachers.
Reflecting on the school year so far, area school superintendents praised their staff, saying that despite this being a difficult year, teachers are working harder than ever to give students the best education they can provide in difficult times.
Escanaba Superintendent Dr. Coby Fletcher said one challenge has been attendance. He notes the state changed the way attendance is taken — in an effort, Fletcher believes, to make things easier. Instead, he said it has created another learning curve, amidst many. Gladstone Superintendent Doug Leisenring also remarked on the change the state made to recording attendance, sayingt it is measured via two-way interaction. It can be through text, online applications, email, logged-in and online or on-camera. Leisenring said how this ipacts teachers is harder to track.