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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

I was invited to come speak at school board … my message was primarily a message of gratitude to the school board … even though there was a long line of speakers who wanted to say how terrible a mask mandate was for our children. Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School. Resiliency.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

Kami Karr , senior at Redmond High School. Even when we were in elementary school, like with the stock market crash, everyone moved. And then you get into middle school, and then, like, the internet starts becoming a thing. Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School.

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

The Hechinger Report

My coping mechanism to respond to some of the uncertainty in the larger system is appealing to government or quasi government agencies as well as personal physicians that can help me just know that I’m doing the right thing. Maranda Seawood, student support specialist at Washington Elementary School.