WITH SET-ASIDE FROM THE MASKS IT FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING IS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. DAY ONE DONE. LAKOTA WEST STUDENTS PILED OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THIS AFTERNOON, SOME A TTLILE SLORWE THAN OTHERS TO REMOVE THEIR MASKS. SUMMER BREAK IS OVER BUT LAOT HIGH SCHOOLERS SAY THEY’RE HAPPY TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL WITH FRNDIE >> I’M FEELING EXCITED BUT A LITTLE NERVOUS BECAUSE I’VE BEEN ON VLO FOR OVER A YEAR. KARI BRYCE JONES HAS ASTHMA SO LAST YEAR VIRTUAL LEARNING WAS A BETTERPT OION FOR HIM. NOW HE’S VACCINATED WHICHET SS HIS FATHER’S MIND AT EASE. >> YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN TOUGH BEING HOME SO WE FELT S MEIT FOR HIM TO INTEGRATE WITH STUDEN.TS >> I’M NOT AS WORRIED. KARI N: ADAM DOUGLAS ISN’T JUST A NEW LAKOTA EAST STUDENT, HE’S ALSO NEW TO THE COUNTRY. HE JUST MOVED HERE FROM JORDAN A FEW WEEKS AGO. >> FEELI GNGOOD, SOMETHING NEW IN MY .LIFE KARIN: WHAT’S NONEW,T LAKOTA’S MANDATORY MASK POLICY. >> WHEN THEY SAID WE WERE GOING TO HAVE MASKS MANDAOTRY, I’M LIKE, WELL, WE DID IT LAST YEAR AND YOU GET US TEDO IT, SO YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN. KARIN: LAKOTA DID SAY IF COVID NUMBERS STAY LOW DURING THE NEXT FE W WEEKS, THE MASK MANTEDA COULD BE REVERSED BUT STUDENTS AREN’T BANKING ON IT JUST YET. >> I FEEL LIKE WE’RE GOING TO. HAVE MASKS FOR AWHILE BCOV C -- BECAUSE COVID IS JUST GOING TO KEEP WRAPPING UP. THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE OUR STLA VARIANT AND I KIND OF WANT PEOPLE TO GET USED TO BEING CLOSE BUT STILL FAR AWAY ENOUGH THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO WOYRR KARIN: AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL AS YOUR YOUNGER SISTER, MAYBE A LITTLE DISTANCE IS A GOOD THING. >> IT’S EXCITING BUT SOMETIMES SHGEE TS ON MY NERS.VE >> OH YOU DO TOO. YOU DO TOO. KARIN: GOTTA LOVE THAT SISTEYRL LOVE. ASIDE FROM SCHOOL ITSELF KIDS AND EVEN STAFF TELL ME THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOOK FORWD ,AR I CAN SEE BANDMEMBERS OUT, FOOTBALL, PEOPLE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOMECOMING. AND A LOT OF THE KIDS I’VE SPOKEN WITH SAY THEY WILL DO WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE THO

Lakota students return to class, some for the first time in a year

Updated: 5:40 PM EDT Aug 18, 2021

Lakota students returned to school Tuesday. Despite having to wear masks, many kids said they were happy to be back in class with friends."I'm feeling excited but a little nervous because I've been in VLO for over a year," said Bryce Jones, a Lakota East student. Jones has asthma, so last year, virtual learning was a better option for him. Now, he's vaccinated which sets his father, Careem Jones' mind at ease."It's been tough being home, so we felt its time to integrate with students," Careem Jones said. Adam Douglas isn't just new to Lakota East, he's also new to the country. He just moved here from Jordan a few weeks ago."Feeling good, something new in my life," Douglas said. What's not new is Lakota's mandatory mask policy."When they said we were going to have masks mandatory, I'm like, 'Well, we did it last year and you get used to it, so you can do it again,'" said Lakota East student Kaitlin Dwomoh. Lakota superintendent Matt Miller told WLWT on Tuesday if COVID cases stay low during the next few weeks, the mask mandate could be reversed, but students aren't banking on it just yet."I feel like we're going to have masks for a while because COVID is just going to keep ramping up. This is not going to be our last variant, and I kind of want people to get used to being close but still far away enough that we don't have to worry," Dwomoh said.

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Lakota students returned to school Tuesday. Despite having to wear masks, many kids said they were happy to be back in class with friends.

"I'm feeling excited but a little nervous because I've been in VLO for over a year," said Bryce Jones, a Lakota East student.

Jones has asthma, so last year, virtual learning was a better option for him. Now, he's vaccinated which sets his father, Careem Jones' mind at ease.

"It's been tough being home, so we felt its time to integrate with students," Careem Jones said.

Adam Douglas isn't just new to Lakota East, he's also new to the country. He just moved here from Jordan a few weeks ago.

"Feeling good, something new in my life," Douglas said.

What's not new is Lakota's mandatory mask policy.

"When they said we were going to have masks mandatory, I'm like, 'Well, we did it last year and you get used to it, so you can do it again,'" said Lakota East student Kaitlin Dwomoh.

Lakota superintendent Matt Miller told WLWT on Tuesday if COVID cases stay low during the next few weeks, the mask mandate could be reversed, but students aren't banking on it just yet.

"I feel like we're going to have masks for a while because COVID is just going to keep ramping up. This is not going to be our last variant, and I kind of want people to get used to being close but still far away enough that we don't have to worry," Dwomoh said.

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