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Students at Ellsworth Elementary in Vancouver, Wash., attend hybrid learning classes.

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a teacher watches as a young girls sorts blue figurines while learning to count — 1 of 20
Teacher Stacie Walczyk, left, works with Alexandra Villegas-Lopez in class at Ellsworth Elementary School in Vancouver, Wash., March 1, 2021.
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children line up, spreading their arms out and touching fingertip to fingertip — 2 of 20
Students stretch out their arms to ensure they are attaining proper distance as they leave the library.
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children standing at their desks in a classroom — 3 of 20
Fewer students in class and socially distant desk placements are some of the safety measures implemented for hybrid learning.
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a man wearing a mask, squatting in front of a bright blue classroom door, using a red rag to wipe the door and doorknob down — 4 of 20
School custodian Derek Smith cleans frequent touch points throughout the school on March 1, 2021.
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a view of an empty classroom through the door. on the door are multiple signs, one reading "ms. hodges is NSYCHronus learning live teaching in this classroom. please come back after 2:00" — 5 of 20
Fewer students in class and socially distant desk placements are some of the safety measures implemented for hybrid learning at Ellsworth Elementary School.
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a woman behind a plexiglass barrier sits at a library checkout counter. a boy slides his library book, encased in a plastic bag, under the plexiglass to check it out — 6 of 20
Media assistant Sandy Brenteson checks out a book to a student through a plexiglass shield.
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teacher sitting in front of a computer at her desk, wearing a mask and holding her thumbs up. room is empty — 7 of 20
Teacher Kathleen Cabe gives her remote students a thumbs up as she virtually teaches a first-grade class from Ellsworth Elementary School.
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A student touches elbows with a teacher as she leaves hybrid school.
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teacher, wearing a mask, hands clasped as she talks to a student. see the back of the students head as she listens — 9 of 20
Teacher Stacie Walczyk, right, works with Alexandra Villegas-Lopez in class.
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an empty gymnasium but it is filled with stacks of blue chairs and tables — 10 of 20
The gym is filled with extra chairs, tables and desks, a temporary holding area for furniture cleared out of classrooms to ensure social distancing.
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a light on the floor, with a sign above it reading bathroom, yes, light on, no, light off. — 11 of 20
A light indicates when the bathroom is available, ensuring that students can remain socially distant, even in the restrooms. Classrooms are also assigned specific restrooms for contract tracing reasons.
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principal wearing a black vest and plaid shirt, walking past a blue classroom door that is marked with a notice stating isolation area — 12 of 20
Principal Alex Schiewe walks past an empty isolation room, available should anyone show symptoms of illness.
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kids running across asphalt — 13 of 20
Recess is now structured socially distant play.
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a young girl with glasses, wearing a mask, sorting cards and blue figurines at a table — 14 of 20
Alexandra Villegas-Lopez works on a counting exercise in class.
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kids walking outside their school building, with a long row of windows behind them — 15 of 20
Students walk outside of the school to library or other activities, one of the safety measures implemented for hybrid learning.
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a young girl, raising her hand and wearing a mask. she sits at her desk with a pack of crayons nearby — 16 of 20
Lyric Sargent raises her hand in class.
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closeup of a taped arrow on the floor, and a yellow dot near it on the carpet — 17 of 20
Arrows and dots inform students where to stand, one of many safety measures implemented for hybrid learning at the school.
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shot of a child's feet as they are standing inside a red taped box, and about to kick a toy out of the box — 18 of 20
Even in physical education classes, students are given visual reminders such as taped squares to stand in so they can maintain social distance.
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kids playing on grass, standing next to cones with their hands in pockets or behind their backs. — 19 of 20
Recess is now structured socially distant play.
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students lining up outside a brick building with a large sign reading ellsworth elementary — 20 of 20
Students leaving hybrid school.
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