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Students, teachers step up to remote-learning challenges — with help — as school year begins
September 4, 2020
Matt Benoit
School districts have worked since spring to ensure they’re adequately prepared for the 2020-2021 school year. Many, including here in Whatcom County, are receiving local, state and federal funding to help build infrastructure for remote learning.
photo: Amy Nelson © 2020
Back to learning, back to school to happen in the shadow of COVID-19
August 20, 2020
Genevieve Iverson
Coronavirus has this fall replaced the excitement of starting a new school year — new books and pens, new lesson plans, and, most of all, classes and classmates — with an air of uncertainty.