Public Schools And The Pandemic: Lessons Learned, Scars Remain by Keri Brown
6:00am Mar 15, 2021 A teacher at South Fork Elementary in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducts a lesson using both virtual and face-to-face instruction. KERI BROWN/WFDD
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It’s been a year since North Carolina public schools were forced to close their buildings as cases of COVID-19 began popping up in several counties. To this day, many students still haven’t set foot in a classroom.
There are lessons learned and challenges that remain as schools slowly begin to reopen.
Rewind to this same time last year. Governor Roy Cooper stood at a podium, flanked by state officials, giving the news that would change the lives of students, parents, and educators and issued this executive order.