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Aidan Pollard May 12, 2021
The return to full in-person learning at the Old Rochester Regional High School went off “without a hitch,” Principal Silas Coellner said.
The principals of ORRHS and ORRJS gave the ORR School Committee updates on school operations following the return to full in-person school last month.
“It’s been a great month,” ORRHS Principal Michael Devoll said.
He said it’s “been awesome” to be back to school in person, with sports and clubs operating.
“It feels like we’re back to normal,” Devoll said.
Despide some changes, like altered lunch schedules and seating arrangements, that had to be made in order to bring junior high and high school students to the classroom full time, both principals said students have adapted well.
Kate Robinson Apr 29, 2021
A group of seniors poses for a photo underneath balloons at the Old Rochester Regional High School lobby. Photos by: Kate Robinson
Kids milling in the lobby before the first class starts.
Junior Edward Gonet made the morning announcements on the first day back, as he does most days.
Desks are spaced six feet apart in the cafeteria.
Students are allowed to remain three feet apart with their masks on in classrooms, like Mr. Kane’s first period math class.
Parents set up a selfie station in the lobby.
On April 27, students came back to Old Rochester Regional to learn in person for the first time since schools closed in March 2020.
Aidan Pollard Jan 20, 2021
Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Michael Nelson updates the ORR School Committee on the ORRHS’s reopening.
Despite having the highest total number of covid cases in the district, the Old Rochester Regional High School has begun to allow sports and other after school activities. And district officials say the current partial in-person learning model is working well.
“I think that’s an important development for our school community,” ORRHS Principal Michael Devoll said.
The principal said administrators are starting to get the hang of how to conduct school activities safely during the pandemic.
But he said ORRHS still has some catching up to do with schools that had the opportunity to host extracurriculars in the fall.