Kids return to school part time

Katie Teachout, The Journal | Last updated Oct 15, 2020 2:9pm0

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Katie Teachout | The Journal Ritzville Grade School Paraeducator Jodie Esser checks first-grader Hudsen Stokoe's temperature Monday morning, while his brother, fifth-grader Karsten, waits his turn. Entering data into the school's software is paraeducator Melody Miller.

RITZVILLE – Kids are back on campus today.

Ritzville Grade School students getting off the bus Monday morning and waiting to be let into the building said they were happy to be back on campus, if only part time.

"I'm glad, other than having to wear this mask," Karsten Stokoe, heading into his fifth-grade classroom, said.

"2020 is the worst year ever," MaKenzie Quinn, another fifth-grader, said Monday morning.

Lind and Ritzville School Board members adopted changes at a special meeting last week, made to develop a phased-in return to the on-campus learning matrix.

"It's a more progressive, yet...