First group of returning students begins classes
Justin Murphy – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle USA TODAY NETWORK – In the D&C on 1-6-21
The first yellow bus pulled up to Edison Career and Technology High School at 7:26 a.m. and discharged a pair of students, huddled against the cold and eager to get into the building.
It was a typical scene for an early Tuesday morning in January — except that the students, and the staff who greeted them, seemed to have a bit of a bounce in their step. For good reason: for the first time in 298 days, they were going to school.
About 325 Rochester City School District children returned to buildings across the city on Tuesday, the first wave of a districtwide return to partial in-person learning. They were students in certain specialized programs.
The 80 students returning to Edison are studying for a New York State Alternate Assessment diploma. Some students from East and Franklin high schools and the North STAR program are there as well, Principal Jacob Scott said.