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Jake Mertz

"Although the Delta variant of Covid-19 has been spreading recently, very little Covid transmission actually occurred within schools last year. It seems that in most cases the risk of educational and mental health setbacks that occur when students are kept home outweigh their risks associated with health complications due to Covid-19. Learning is best done in the classroom and I believe that it is necessary to balance the safety of our community with the education of our children." Jake Mertz, 17, senior, Cloquet