Elementary students return to in-person learning
Under Minnesota s new COVID-19 guidelines, some districts began bringing their youngest learners back into school buildings Tuesday. Author: Jennifer Austin Updated: 5:57 PM CST January 19, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. Back-to-school pictures aren t typically taken in January.
But that s what Anita Smithson found herself doing Tuesday morning as she snapped a photo of her eight-year-old son and six-year-old daughter outside their Bloomington elementary school on their first day back to in-person learning in months. You can just barely see their eyes with their winter hats and their masks, Smithson said.
Bloomington Public Schools began allowing pre-k through 2nd grade students back in the building Tuesday. Students in grades three through five will join them beginning February 1.