Trevor Peterson teaches an eighth grade math and science class outside Ridgway Secondary School. To allow for social distancing and air flow, many teachers at the school are teaching classes outside, using windows as whiteboards and clipboards and picnic tables for desks. Liz Teitz-Ouray County Plaindealer
Covid
Reopening Ridgway schools a laborious process
As she read through the state’s guidelines for reopening schools during the pandemic, Ridgway Elementary School music teacher Diane Brand tried to imagine what her classes would look like when school resumed.
She tried to picture how her students could play recorders, share drums or learn proper singing techniques, all while wearing a mask and sitting at desks or standing apart from each other. She wondered how she’d build relationships with those students with the new rules and restr...