‘Everybody Is Scared’: Longmont Teacher Hopes To Provide The Best Education Possible

From CBS Denver:

By Jeff Todd

July 30, 2020

LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – With three weeks before school starts, teachers like Autumn Jones say they’re putting aside a long list of concerns with coronavirus and preparing to provide the best education possible.

“Everybody is scared, in some way or another. Whether it’s for their physical health or their mental health,” Jones said. “We have to learn how to do that and to teach the content and we also have to know the principals of self-care and watch out for our own mental health. Our own stress levels as we encounter all these new challenges.”

Jones teaches middle school students in Longmont. Last week, the St. Vrain Valley School District said it would move forward with a hybrid-model of education when students arrive August 18.

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