Jill Biden visits Utah school as US moves toward reopening
LINDSAY WHITEHURST and SOPHIA EPPOLITO , Associated Press/Report for America
May 5, 2021
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1of9First lady Jill Biden speaks during a visit to Glendale Middle School in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Biden visited the school to thank teachers for their diligence and hard work during the pandemic. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)Laura Seitz/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9Glendale Middle School eighth grader Rosa Sanchez receives applause from first lady Jill Biden as she walks to the podium to speak at Glendale Middle School in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Biden visited the school to thank teachers for their diligence and hard work during the pandemic. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)Laura Seitz/APShow MoreShow Less
GLENDALE First Lady Jill Biden plans to visit Glendale Middle School when she makes a stop in Utah on Wednesday. The Salt Lake City school district is working on a myriad of details before she arrives everything from logistics and security to which students will be available to greet Dr. Biden when she arrives.
Wednesday is an online learning day for students at Glendale, so she won t see them in their regular classrooms. But there will be some students on hand. She ll get to see some after-school clubs and she ll get to meet with some of the students who participate in some of those activities, said Yándary Chatwin, the district s communications director. But there are other complications for those who will greet the First Lady.
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) â
First Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden, will visit Glendale Middle School in Salt Lake when she visits Utah on Wednesday.
The school visit is one of two stops for the first lady, who will also visit a COVID-19 vaccination site in Salt Lake County after she visits the school.
It’s a morale boost at a much-needed time,” said Jill Baillie, principal of Glendale Middle School.
Baillie doesn’t know why the first lady chose Glendale Middle School for her visit, but said the news was exciting to a group of 20 students selected to meet personally with Biden. It’s also great news for teachers who’ve had a challenging year guiding students through school during the pandemic, Baillie said.
Jill Biden will make her first visit to Utah as first lady Wednesday. She plans to deliver a speech at Glendale Middle School and then stop by a vaccination drive aimed at Hispanic residents.