Hartford schools are using ahybrid learning model for the 2020-2021 school year amid the coronavirus pandemic,meaning students have the option to return toclass full-time either in person or online, according to the school district's website.
Student's chairs are stacked on top of desks in an empty classroom at closed Robertson Elementary School, March 16, 2020, in Yakima, Wash.
Students inpre-K through second grade, sixth grade and ninth grade were supposed to start on Tuesday as part of the city's staggered reopening plan; grades three through five, as well as seven and eight, are expected to start Wednesday.
High schoolers will be split into two groups the first of which will attend their first day of in-person learning on Thursday, and the second of which will begin in-person learning on Friday.
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