Finding their footing

May 21, 2021

The emergence of the pandemic during the spring of 2020 forced teachers to improvise a job previously characterized by meticulous planning. With no solid academic plan in place, other than a weekly Webex call or two, the spring semester was centered around actively encountering and conquering obstacles, as well as simply adjusting to the new circumstances. 

“[Students] didn’t have devices, didn’t have internet access, didn’t have this and that,” art teacher Eric Champion said. “A lot of the time last year was spent trying to solve the problems that [made it so] you couldn’t do the tasks.” 

The 2020-2021 school year, however, has differed significantly from the uncertainty that plagued last year’s spring semester. With new modifications to better accommodate the circumstances, such as multiple learning pathways being offered to students, U.S. history and AP government teacher Cortney Haynes agreed this year’s newfound structure has made it possible to emphasize academics again. 

“After having a summer, it seems like the school was able to try to put academics more toward [the forefront],” Haynes said. “We had a little time to sort stuff out and be like ‘OK, this is our world. We can try to live within it rather than try to figure out what the world was.’” 

In spite of the technological improvements, the school year has not been without its fair share of challenges. The improvements in digital instruction are certainly a step to, but hardly resemble the normalcy that once prevailed in the classroom during the pre-COVID era. 

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