A syringe of COVID-19 vaccine at North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Dec. 17, 2020.
For Rhiannon Wenning’s high school students, history lessons during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are sometimes all too real.
“Last semester, when I was teaching about the black plague, students were able to make many comparisons and parallels between the black plague and what’s going on right now with COVID,” Wenning said. “Everything that we’re teaching they’re able to see and they’re experiencing themselves.”
But while teachers continue to do what they do educate our state’s kids many of them say they’re also putting themselves at serious risk of getting sick. Many school districts around Colorado either have or soon will transition back to full or part-time in-person learning.
At the start of 2020 there was a real possibility the Orchard Mesa Pool would be demolished, but advocacy from users helped delay the poolâs demise at least temporarily.
The pool is owned by School District 51 and managed by the City of Grand Junction. The city, District 51 and Mesa County share the cost of operating the pool.
After construction was completed on the new Orchard Mesa Middle School, D51 officials said they wanted to either demolish the building or transfer it to a different owner. However, neither the city nor county at the time said they wanted to take on the responsibility alone.