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Jennifer Briggs takes a picture of her son, Jack, outside Bemus Point Elementary School on Monday. More than a dozen students previously learning remotely returned to in-person education.
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BEMUS POINT More than a dozen students who had been learning from home since September returned to Bemus Point Elementary School on Monday.
The return to in-person instruction was set into motion after the New York State Department of Health in mid-March updated its guidance for schools. Key, at least for the elementary school, was the state reducing the physical distance requirements between students from 6 feet to 3 feet. Further, schools are no longer required to utilize physical barriers, even when social distancing cannot be maintained.