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Life after COVID: What will school look like post-pandemic?
Local education leaders discuss what long-term affects COVID-19 could have on K-12 education.
Mitchell Boatman, The Holland Sentinel
Published
11:10 am UTC Apr. 8, 2021
The past year of education has been a constant wave of change, adjustments and uncertainty. Students were thrust into remote learning to close the 2019-20 school year due to COVID-19, before having to decide whether or not to return for the 2020-21 school year.
Schools have had to ramp up sanitization efforts in classrooms and buses, provide additional technology for students and find new ways to keep them connected during periods of remote learning.
By The Herald Staff
School teachers play a big role in children’s lives as they mature. Many go unnoticed for their work. A select group of teachers are recognized for their achievements. There were 138 educators across the state nominated for the Kansas Teacher of the Year distinction.
Nominations are made in each of four regions in the state. The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE), sponsor of the Kansas Teacher of the Year program, appoints regional selection panels comprised of teachers, education administrators and higher education representatives to select semifinalists and finalists from each region.
This award recognizes excellent teaching in the elementary and secondary classrooms of the state
Districts setting dates, planning for prom, graduations
After being forced to cancel or alter most milestone events at the end of last school year, area districts are planning ways to hold major events for the 2020-21 school year.
Last school year, events like prom were cancelled after schools were shut down for the final months of the school year. Graduations were conducted in a variety of ways, including drive-in ceremonies and diploma drop-offs or pick-ups.
Several area districts have announced dates for prom, graduation or both in recent weeks, although details are very much subject to change with the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing.
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