ADAM BAKST | The Greenwood Commonwealth

Pillow Academy kindergarten assistant Delina Jones checks the temperature of Hayes Smith, a student in the 5K program, while his third-grade sister, Emma, waits her turn on the children’s arrival Monday for the first day of school. Pillow plans to check the temperatures of all arriving students each day as a COVID-19 precaution.

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Schools resume
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Tue,08/11/20-1:28AM , 428 Reads
Greenwood-area schools are focused on COVID-19-related safety procedures as they rev up for the 2020-2021 school year.

On Monday, Pillow Academy and Carroll Academy had their first full day of classes, and St. Francis of Assisi School started back with a modified schedule for its first week.

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Some protest uniform requirement for online classes
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Fri,08/07/20-12:10PM , 268 Reads
Many are left confused and annoyed as the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District announced Wednesday via Facebook that students doing distance learning must continue to follow their schools’ uniform policies.

The post yielded over 100 comments, questions, angry remarks and contemptuous memes.
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Students must participate, not just log in
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Fri,08/07/20-1:00AM , 272 Reads
The Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District says students must actively participate in class — not just log in — for the digital portion of the 2020-2021 school year.

Earlier this week, the school board approved a virtual attendance policy, which “requires attendance be taken daily while in distance learning.”
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Pandemic had impact on school district’s summer feeding program
By ADAM BAKST - Staff Writer
Thu,08/06/20-2:00AM , 227 Reads
The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the number of meals served to students during the Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District’s summer feeding program, according to the district’s head of food services.
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