It’s been since March since Duncan Middle School students walked the hallways and learned in the classrooms.
Today was the first day of school. Sixth, seventh and eighth-grade students met their teachers and started the learning process, which went to distance learning for the last few weeks of the 2019-20 school year.
Still, the school year is unusual.
“It’s different because we have to wear masks,” seventh-grader Robert Banuelos said.
This week, students will not be assigned lockers to help with social distancing. Kai Bishop, sixth-grade student, said he was disappointed.
“It is weird,” Bishop said. “I was hoping to get lockers.”
Jacob Reed, another sixth-grader, said Duncan Middle School is a new experience. He said the mask have made things a bit unusual. Reed said he hopes students won’t have to wear masks the entire year.
The Duncan Board of Education approved a mask mandate for all Duncan schools earlier this month to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
