By Marcy Axness, TME

Spirits were high and smiles were wide (though hidden behind masks) as El Tejon Unified School District students enjoyed an eager back-to-school day on Tuesday, Feb. 9. All three district schools reopened for in-person learning this week, in accord with state guidance and safety protocols.

“Today was wonderful,” reported ETUSD superintendent Sara Haflich, who is also the principal of Frazier Mountain High School.

“It went so smoothly, and the kids were just so excited to be back on…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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It took many by surprise Tuesday, Feb. 9, to see students waiting at bus stops in the early morning, just as dawn was breaking. Frazier Mountain Park Road lit up with children’s voices, bright backpacks, and curious little faces behind masks at bus stops.

The long yellow buses took to the mountain roads, bringing children back to full-time, in-person school attendance for the first time in almost a year. All the El Tejon Unified School District schools opened up to in-person instruction.

School buses brought students to see their friends and teachers again. Above: Forrest, Evelynn and Greyson Miller are ready for class!

Top: Frazier Mountain High School students were happy to be back together: (l-r) Madison Glover, Sadie Thomason, Stori Haflich and Carlos Orellana. Above (l-r): At Frazier Park School, Greyson Evans’ temperature was taken before entering school grounds. Mrs. Penner put sanitizer on the hands of each student as they entered the classroom. Oliver liked his new ‘office’ in Mrs. Penner’s kindergarten class.

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