A year with three different first day of school signs coming to end
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Fifth-grade students wear masks while seated socially distanced in their desks at Garfield Elementary School in Oakland on April 19, the first day of in-person learning.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Second-graders wearing masks play during recess April 19 at Oakland’s Garfield Elementary School.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Not long ago, I volunteered for yard duty at Didi and Gege’s elementary school. In our district, parents pitch in during recess and lunch. Although monitoring students isn’t a typical volunteer gig, this year has been anything but typical.
As Bay Area schools reopen, an adjustment period leads to newfound hope
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Students at the MLK Bayside school attend 1st grade in Sausalito, Calif. on January 28th, 2021John Storey / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Teacher Samantha Kelly helps Angelo Nuno in her 1st grade class. Students at the MLK Bayside school attend 1st grade in Sausalito, Calif. on January 28th, 2021John Storey / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Teacher Samantha Kelly helps Jack Knight in her 1st grade class. Students at the MLK Bayside school attend 1st grade in Sausalito, Calif. on January 28th, 2021John Storey / Special to the ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Ethnic communities must stand together
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Lisa Zhao (l to r), 7; Luna Alonso-Jojola, 6; Joseph Daniel, 7 and Ameer Elshaer, 5, stand atop a the Phoenix playstructure as they spot another playstructure at the Willie “Woo Woo” Wong Playground on Thursday, February 11, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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(L-R) Sanan Wannachit, Monthanus Ratanapakdee, and husband Eric Lawson stand amongst the crowd as Lawson holds a photograph of his late father-in-law Vicha Ratanapakdee while attending Love our People: Heal our Communities rally at Civic Center Plaza in condemnation of the recent increase in violence towards the Asian American community around the Bay Area in San Francisco, California Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. The elder Ratanapakdee, 84, was violently shoved to the ground in broad daylight on Jan. 28 while out on a morning walk in the city s Anza Vista neighborhood and succumbed to his injuries days later.Stephen