Schools aim for normal year

s the bell rings the start of the new school year, the situation within the county’s educational buildings is set to remain largely the same as it stood at the end of May in terms of pandemic guidance. Though signs of social distancing will still be in evidence, Crook County School District is aiming for as normal a school experience as possible.

Good news too for sports fans as the fall season begins: spectators will once again be welcomed in full numbers to every home game.

“Our plan is to go into the school year the same way that we ended our last school year,” says Superintendent Mark Brod...