Right now, elementary students get out earlier than middle school students and can wait up to 30-40 minutes at the transfer station at the lower lot of the high school before heading home.
Middle school students are hopeful for more time with their friends and teachers next year. 7:00 pm, May 21, 2021 ×
Forestview Middle School students celebrate as they leave the building on the last day of school Friday, May 21, 2021. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
Seeing their friends all day and not having to wear masks, that’s what students looked forward to as they finished out the 2020-21 school year and turned their thoughts to next fall.
“It was challenging, but we got through it,” Alivia Brown said as she left Forestview Middle School for the last time Friday, May 21, after finishing eighth grade.
“It was hard to stay motivated,” classmate Brianna Finnegan said.
Another 1st day of school as 3rd, 4th, 5th graders return to classroom
Third, fourth and fifth grader students at Brainerd Public Schools returned to in-person classes Monday, Feb. 1, after more than two months of distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 4:56 pm, Feb. 1, 2021 ×
Garfield Elementary School Principal Jodi Kennedy welcomes fourth graders Latasija Robinson (left) and Zoey Potvin back to school Monday, Feb. 1. Third and fourth graders went back to in-person learning Monday after more than two months of distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
It’s like having the whole family home again.