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First day of 2020-21 school year in Cedar Rapids
Sep. 21, 2020 6:41 pm
Cedar Rapids schools began the 2020-2021 school year on Monday after being delayed because of COVID-19 and the Aug. 10 derecho. Students returned to school for the first time since March, when schools were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
David Fisher helps second-grader Ryker Fisher down after taking a photo on the first day of school at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Emerson Young is helped into her backpack by mother Lisa Young on Emerson's first day of kindergarten at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Parents dropped off children at the outside doors due to coronavirus protocols as students returned to school for the first time since March. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Instructional coach Rachel Faust (left) and alternative kindergarten paraeducator Christa Douglas open the doors and greet students for the first day of school at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Alternative kindergarten paraeducator Christa Douglas greets kindergartner Levi Dye and his mother Amber Dye on the first day of school at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. Parents dropped off children at the outside doors due to coronavirus protocols as students returned to school for the first time since March. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Principal Denise Pape greets students as they arrive by bus for the first day of school at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Instructional coach Rachel Faust pumps hand sanitizer for students arriving on the first day of school at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Principal Denise Pape greets students as they arrive by bus for the first day of school at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
ABOVE: A student rubs hand sanitizer on her hands as she gets off the bus Monday at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. (Liz Martin photos/The Gazette) RIGHT: Alternative kindergarten paraeducator Christa Douglas greets kindergartner Levi Dye and his mother Amber Dye on the first day of school Monday at Viola Gibson Elementary School. Parents dropped off children at the outside doors due to coronavirus protocols as students returned to school for the first time since March.
School counselor Chris Nelson offers hand sanitizer to arriving students at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Coopr [cq], a nine-month-old King Charles Spaniel, watches from the driver's seat as Brecken Moneypenny gets out of the car for his first day of second grade at Viola Gibson Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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