On September 2, the Basin School will welcome as many as 22 kids back to class. They’ll return to an intimate place: The 126-year-old building has just two classrooms, one for kindergarten through third grade, and the other for fourth through sixth graders.
Stephanie Listoe, the school’s supervising teacher, will be waiting for them. She has been waiting, in fact, since March 13, when the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced instruction online.
Back then, like many teachers, Listoe had three days to adjust to a radically changed reality. This time, she has all summer. But there are at least as many unknowns: What course will the coronavirus take, and how might the state respond with more, or fewer, restrictions? How might kids and their parents react?
