Fatimah Ali spent the first days of April organizing a Zoom memorial service for a beloved third-grade teacher at Brooklyn’s Public School 9 who died of Covid-19. This week, Ms. Ali, the school's principal, hopes she can bring a similar sense of calm to another exceptionally difficult moment: the reopening of school on Tuesday.
Finding ways to make the building feel welcoming and safe for students who have been away for six months is as complex a challenge as Ms. Ali has faced in her career.
Like military planners, she and her staff have scrawled arrows and stick figures in purple ink on a makeshift map to indicate where students will enter and exit the building. She has asked the school custodian to trace blue, yellow and pink hearts on the pavement to indicate where students should stand, so that even lining up can feel joyful. And she has inspected each classroom to make sure desks are six feet apart — but also that the walls are decorated and vibrant...
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