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School districts typically take summer time to clean and repair school facilities, plan for the following school year, and maybe take some time off for vacation. This year, however, many in the schools are busy trying to figure out how to educate kids while protecting them (and us) from the risks of the coronavirus.

The first day of school is right around the corner (sorry, kids), but the schools themselves aren't sure what is going to happen. Will there be kids in the classrooms? Or, will we continue "distance learning" the same way we finished out the last school year? Is there some compr...