Odessa, Part 3: The Band Bus Quarantine
April 09, 2021 06:45
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Last fall, as Odessa High School brought some students back to campus with
hybrid instruction, school officials insisted mask wearing, social distancing
and campus contact tracing would keep students and faculty safe. And at the
beginning of the semester, things seemed to be going OK. But then a spike in
coronavirus cases hit town, putting the school’s safety plan to the test.
In part three of our four-part series, we follow what happened when a student
quarantine stretched the school’s nurses to capacity, fractured friendships
and forced some marching band members to miss a critical rite of passage: the
last football game of their high school career. Read more
hybrid instruction, school officials insisted mask wearing, social distancing
and campus contact tracing would keep students and faculty safe. And at the
beginning of the semester, things seemed to be going OK. But then a spike in
coronavirus cases hit town, putting the school’s safety plan to the test.
In part three of our four-part series, we follow what happened when a student
quarantine stretched the school’s nurses to capacity, fractured friendships
and forced some marching band members to miss a critical rite of passage: the
last football game of their high school career. Read more
Last fall, as Odessa High School brought some students back to campus with
hybrid instruction, school officials insisted mask wearing, social distancing
and campus contact tracing would keep students and faculty safe. And at the
beginning of the semester, things seemed to be going OK. But then a spike in
coronavirus cases hit town, putting the school’s safety plan to the test.
In part three of our four-part series, we follow what happened when a student
quarantine stretched the school’s nurses to capacity, fractured friendships
and forced some marching band members to miss a critical rite of passage: the
last football game of their high school career.
hybrid instruction, school officials insisted mask wearing, social distancing
and campus contact tracing would keep students and faculty safe. And at the
beginning of the semester, things seemed to be going OK. But then a spike in
coronavirus cases hit town, putting the school’s safety plan to the test.
In part three of our four-part series, we follow what happened when a student
quarantine stretched the school’s nurses to capacity, fractured friendships
and forced some marching band members to miss a critical rite of passage: the
last football game of their high school career.
