US schools during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Aziyah Samuels, 11, is the only student in her 6th grade class at John Hayden Middle School in Southeast Washington, DC, Feb. 5, 2021. After many contentious months, DC reopened school buildings with teachers and students this week.