‘Thankful that we’re here’ — Catawba County phases early grades into in-person learning
The spring’s remote learning was emotionally tough for Gabriela Vazquez-Carmona, a sixth-grader at Tuttle Elementary in Catawba County. “I wanted to come back. I felt very isolated,” Gabriela said. Each week, she learns online for three days and comes to school for two, a schedule she now finds normal. This hybrid model of online and in-person learning is what the state calls Plan B, the model under which about half of the state’s public school districts, including Catawba, started the school year.…
