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KLCC s Melorie Begay reports on the return of some students at the McKenzie School District.
Students in Grades 1-3 will attend school four days a week from Monday through Friday. The schools plans on allowing Kindergarten and Grades 4, 5 and 6 to return on March 29.
Superintendent Lane Tomkins said in-person instruction is a hopeful step in allowing the community to move forward. Preparing to reopen meant not only adjusting to COVID-19 guidelines, but also continuing recovery efforts from the fire. Thompkins said they only recently got telecommunications working again.
“That’s a big one, I think a lot of people take for granted being able to place a phone call or look something up on the internet, he said. We had quite a few trees get burned and ODOT was really great to prioritize us and get campus cleared of about 800 hazard trees.”