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January 26, 2021

There may still be a few tables in the room in the photo taken by Deb Gau, but the Marshall West Elementary School's classroom is still following the social evacuation rules because the school staff prepares students to return to face-to-face learning today.

Marshall — in some ways, classes won’t be much different — students will still wear masks and stay away from society.

But starting today, the pupils of Marshall Public Schools will all gather together instead of studying at home once a week.

Said Peter Thor, the principal of Westside Elementary School.

Darci Love, the principal of Thor and Park Side Elementary School, said it would be a good thing for young students to return to the classroom full-time.

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Elementary school students at Marshall Public Schools will return to full-time face-to-face learning today. Love and Thor said that teachers and school staff use Friday and Monday as preparation days for the transition, but many of the strategies that Park Side and West Side will follow are a continuation of what the school has already done.

Love said that he is concerned about the health and safety of the school. She said that in addition, the school district's parents and family members are very supportive.

Regional school districts each have different plans to help ensure the safety of students and school staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although some regions currently have face-to-face learning, others are in a blended learning mode or are experiencing

Bring students back gradually.

MPS Dean Jeremy Williams said that as the Marshall District develops a plan to bring middle and high school students back to face-to-face learning, this plan will need to include a rolling start.

MPS started the school year in a blended learning mode, where students spend one or two days a week studying at home. However, as the number of COVID-19 cases among community and school staff fluctuates, this pattern has changed. Students participate in distance learning in November and gradually return to blended learning in January.

Love and Thor said this is particularly useful for young MPS students returning to the classroom full-time.

With classmates and teachers, Sol said. Only 80% of the students are in the West End at a time, which means that students may only see some classmates on certain days.

Thor said that asking teachers to bring all students back to the classroom is also a good thing for teachers. When certain classes are doing distance learning every day, it means doing other planning and teaching with these students.

Classrooms in Park Side and West Side will still follow the rules of social evacuation, with tables spread out and plastic partitions on the tables. MDH's new guidelines allow students to be 3 feet apart instead of 6 feet, but Love and Thor said they are still cautious about distances.

Thor said. Similar to the beginning of this year, the classroom space is carefully used to distribute student desks.

Thor said that the Western District will not use the cafeteria, and will allocate different student groups to different places in the playground to limit contact between student groups. Sol said that even in physical education, students will need to wear masks-which may be one of the larger adjustments students must make.

When students return to the classroom today, the way they ride the school bus will be different. Thor said the children will be allocated seats, and some vents and windows on the bus will open one to two inches to provide additional ventilation.

Love said that students near the park will also allocate seats on the school bus and increase ventilation. In Park Side (Park Side), courses will continue to be open only to students in other categories. Love said that at lunchtime and during breaks, classes will be organized into groups.

The West District and the Park District will continue to clean high-contact surfaces regularly, and students will still be taught hand washing and good hygiene.

This year, school districts in different regions have different learning plans, depending on the number of students in each school, the space available and the number of COVID-19. Currently, certain school districts provide face-to-face learning for all students, including Lakeview, Lynd and Ivanhoe.

Minnesota Governor Dan Dieter said that in Minnesota, students from kindergarten to sixth grade returned to school on December 9 after a period of distance learning. At the same time, students in grades 7-12 have gradually returned to face-to-face classes, and students in grades 7-9 and 10-12 take turns to attend classes.

Dayt said. Years 7-9 resumed full-time school last week, and grades 10-12 will resume full-time school starting on February 1.

Dayt said.

Principal David Marlette said that in Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, older students are going to school in a mixed mode, with one third of students studying at home every day . But since the beginning of this year, students from kindergarten to fifth grade have been in full-time classes.

Ma Lin said that private interaction with teachers and classmates is particularly important for young students.

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