Some big-city schools, especially, have struggled to return. In San Francisco, for instance, only about a third of its 56,000 K-12 students have an in-person school option.
Yet here in Greater Grand Forks and around the region, public schools are open, and our students are better for it.
This weekend, graduation ceremonies are scheduled at Community High School (Thursday), East Grand Forks Senior High (Friday), East Grand Forks Sacred Heart (Friday), Grand Forks Central (Sunday) and Grand Forks Red River (Sunday). These will be in-person events, highlighting the great contrast between last year’s dark days of the pandemic – when graduations were held virtually, or from a great distance – and today’s brighter, more optimistic environment.
Over the last month, students attended proms, where they danced and participated in traditional grand marches. Spring sports are occurring, apparently safely and without incident. Athletes in winter and fall sports had their seasons, too, though some games were canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.
Importantly, most students in Greater Grand Forks and the region have been attending in-person classes. Yes, there have been instances when schools employed distance-learning models due to COVID increases, staff shortages or quarantine orders. Yes, local schools also have relied upon hybrid models. And yes, there have been concerns about safety. But generally, this school year was successful – as successful as could have been imagined – and credit must go to the local districts for their efforts.
As students across the nation missed all sorts of activities, events and social interaction, Greater Grand Forks students had at least something of a traditional experience this year.
It goes beyond proms, football games and graduations, too.
Some students in both local districts have fallen behind during the pandemic. As the Herald has reported, the number of “F” grades received in fall 2020 in the Grand Forks School District was 12%, up from 5% the previous fall.
Another example: The Herald reported in December that the number of East Grand Forks Central Middle School students who received failing grades in the first quarter increased 73% compared to the same quarter the previous year.
It’s obvious the pandemic is affecting student learning, even as schools have generally been in session. But students here – and anywhere schools are in session – certainly will show less educational decay than their counterparts in schools in the East and West, where classes only recently resumed, if at all.
Congratulations, seniors. You are graduating this weekend, having weathered an unprecedented mess brought on by the pandemic. You deserve credit for your patience and perseverance.
Also, the staff, faculty and administrators at local and regional schools deserve thanks for the many efforts and sacrifices they made to make this school year happen.
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