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“You re gonna see a lot of people walking around here with gray hair,” said Tina Ryan, the long-time school nurse at the school. She decided not to dress up, but still recognizes the milestone. “To celebrate today, the 100th day, is better than even normal. Because they always celebrate the 100th day. But today, just because we’re here still. We’ve been able to stay in school.”
Amid the uncertain months of the pandemic, that is something for which Ryan said she’s grateful. When WKMS News spoke with Ryan in August last year, she was on the frontlines of protecting her students from an increasingly spreading virus, while her district reopened for in-person classes for most students, against the state recommendations at the time.