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Reopening schools in Lincoln: Balancing educational harm of staying closed with risk of the virus

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Reopening schools in Lincoln: Balancing educational harm of staying closed with risk of the virus

From the Milestones in Nebraska's coronavirus fight series

• Margaret Reist
• Aug 2, 2020
• Aug 2, 2020 Updated Nov 25, 2020
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Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have their photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

• GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

• GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

• GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

• GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star

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Margaret Reist

School — starting in 10 days for thousands of Lincoln children — won’t be the school those students remember.

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LPS moves to staggered schedules for high schools when classes start

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Going back to school: One teacher's decision in a pandemic

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Milestones in Nebraska's coronavirus fight

See the top stories on coronavirus in Lincoln and Nebraska since the pandemic first affected the area in March.

Reach the writer at 402-473-7226 or mreist@journalstar.com.

On Twitter @LJSreist

“The health and safety of both students and staff, as it always is, is one of our fundamental and primary concerns. It is why in developing our plan, we collaborated with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department is the entity in our community with experts in epidemiology, infectious disease and public health.”

 — Matt Larson, associate superintendent of instruction

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• Updated May 27, 2021

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Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have their photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

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Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

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Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

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Lincoln High juniors with last names beginning with A through G line up to have photos taken for identification as part of readiness days last week. Unlike elementary and middle school students, high school students in LPS will begin classes on staggered schedules. 

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