Medical Lake schools first-graders return to in-person classes Oct. 26

MEDICAL LAKE – First-graders will be returning to in-person learning five days a week at Hallett and Michael Anderson elementary schools, the district announced Oct. 19.

Superintendent Tim Ames said in an online newsletter that the district had success with bringing back preschoolers and kindergartners in-person. These students returned in person Oct. 12.

Kindergartners are in school all day, and first-graders will follow suit. Preschoolers are on half days at Michael Anderson, with some students learning Monday/Wednesday and others Tuesday/Thursday.

Ames said that the decision to bring first-...