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December 31, 2020
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
EnglewoodHerald.net
VOLUME 100 | ISSUE 45
Students to return in January District went remote in November; all students in all grades to return to full weeks BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Englewood Public Schools plans to bring students back to classrooms for full-day, full-week, in-person instruction after winter break, Superintendent Wendy Rubin said. The district is planning on a return date of Jan. 11 for all grades. “We didn’t want to mess around with ‘hybrid’ learning,” Rubin said, referring to part-time online instruction. “We’re a smaller district. We have a lot more flexibility in terms of how we can bring kids back.” Families who would like to opt out of returning to classrooms can continue to use the district’s allonline “eLearning” platform. The district, which serves about 2,650 students, joined numerous neighboring districts in going fully remote in mid-November as COVID case counts surged. The planned return remains dependent on COVID-19 transmission levels going forward. “As long as things keep trending downward, and as long as we don’t see fallout from Christmas and New Year’s gatherings, we can make this work,” Rubin said. Rubin said the fall semester went about as well as could be expected. SEE STUDENTS, P17
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Hank Binder returns from the rendezvous point with a fresh load of wreaths.
PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT
‘Hard to put into words’ Volunteers remember veterans at Fort Logan for Wreaths Across America BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The hallowed marble rows of headstones at Fort Logan National Cemetery were brightened the week before Christmas, as volunteers with Wreaths Across America honored the dead with bowfestooned balsam pine wreaths. SEE WREATHS, P11
Marble headstones are adorned with Christmas wreaths at Fort Logan National Cemetery.
TAKING A SECOND LOOK
Images to remember from the past year
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