Small groups back in buildings on Monday; more to follow in coming weeks
March 1, 2021 | 3:37 pm
March 1, 2021
Students board a school bus at Gaithersburg High School after the first day of in-person classes in just shy of one year.
Caitlynn Peetz
For weeks, Rory Stephens had one day on her mind: March 1.
Stephens, 15, is autistic and mostly nonverbal, but often said the date to her parents. She knew it would be her first day back in school since March 2020, and she was excited.
Early Monday morning, Rory and her mother, Nora Fitzpatrick, stopped at the Krispy Kreme drive-through, then headed to Winston Churchill High School for the first time.