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This is the July 27, 2021, edition of the 8 to 3 newsletter about school, kids and parenting. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox every Monday.
Hi, and welcome to the 8 to 3 newsletter.
I’m Laura Newberry, a reporter on the education team, and I’m filling in for Sonja Sharp.
The physical changes that accompany early adolescence are awkward at best and excruciating at worst. It’s a phase of life that many of us recall with a shudder the breakouts, the growth spurts, the hair in new places.
But COVID-19 has added another layer of stress to the travails of puberty. A good proportion of kids in California haven’t seen most of their classmates in more than a year enough time for a tween or teen to become almost unrecognizable to those not in their immediate circle. There are also the physical changes that have come with a less active lifestyle during the pandemic, and turning more often to food as a source of comfort.
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Q: How did it all start for you at Ozark back in 1981?
Jordan: I was hired by Paul Steens, with help from Mark Wheeler. Mark was a teacher at the high school at the time and we knew each other through some acquaintances. He told me they had an opening. Paul was the assistant principal, AD and the football coach.
You hope you can find a way to get your foot in the door. If I could get some help from somebody to get a job, thatâs what I was going to do.Â
I coached high school football, eighth-grade boys basketball and seventh- and eighth-grade girls track.