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Horizons K-8 Moves Classrooms Outside For In-Person Learning

Boulder's Horizons K-8's staff spent months trying to think of safe ways to get teachers and students back to in-person learning.

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Horizon K-8 students have been learning in tents next to their school. Each 'outdoor classroom' holds around 8 to 10 students.
Horizon K-8 students have been learning in tents next to their school. Each 'outdoor classroom' holds around 8 to 10 students. (Image courtesy of CBS)

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)– In order to return to in-person learning, schools have implemented a variety of new safety measures, including some outdoor lessons. In Boulder, Horizons K-8 is moving most of their classrooms outside. Isela Moore is an 8th grader at the school. She says she expected the classroom to look a little different when she returned to in-person learning, but even this was a surprise.

“I knew a little bit of the plan,” she said, “I think it’s a really good idea and it makes sense during these times.”

Her desk is now outside under a tent in the field next to the school.

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Horizons K-8 parents and community members raised more than $40,000 to not only buy tents, but new desks and chairs to keep students safe amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Image courtesy of CBS)
The Horizons K-8 community has been working with a University of Colorado scientist who specializes in air quality about how best to maintain safety but also add some walls for more protection. The school has also been monitoring air quality amid wildfire smoke. (Image courtesy of CBS)

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