Realigning Our District to Its Pre-Pandemic Mission

In January 2020, I put an item for “COVID Planning” on a leadership meeting agenda. At our meeting, my colleagues looked at me and asked, “What is that?” It turns out my instinct was right, so when we were required to transition to emergency virtual learning two months later, the move was flawless.

What we did not anticipate was how difficult it would be to keep positive relationships with many of our students. Even though our teachers maintained and, in some cases, expanded their connections with some students, other students simply disappeared.