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In this edition of Schooled, we are telling the stories of three students who were killed in the past year during the nation’s other public health crisis: gun violence.

Mayfair Elementary will close Thursday until April 1 due to “multiple positive COVID-19 cases,” according to a letter sent by the school principal.

A year ago, Tiffani Szabara was managing a restaurant and living a stable life with her four kids in a middle-class suburb. Then COVID struck.

Children in pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade will come back for two days of in-person instruction a week, joining young children at 102 other schools.

For the students who came on Thursday, all in kindergarten, it was their first day ever of in-person school, and the only normal they know.

The state’s vaccination supply is increasing to help meet Wolf’s goal. State officials are also helping counties set up clinics and mass-vaccination sites.

Billions will flow into districts across Pennsylvania, and they’ll have to spend it quickly. That creates critical questions for school leaders.

Willingboro Public Schools Superintendent Neely Hackett was among the panelists who discussed the highs and lows of virtual learning and what’s next for the district.

“Although the pandemic is far from over, beginning to welcome our students back … is a little bit of a light at the end of the tunnel,” said Superintendent William Hite.

The School District of Philadelphia is reopening for about 2,600 pre-K through second graders — the first time students are back in classrooms since last March.

Harry C. Sharp Elementary, Cramer Elementary, and Ulysses Wiggins schools will be shuttered come fall. A fourth school, Yorkship Family, will be repaired.

"PE With Joe" has gotten more than 100 million views on YouTube in the past year. That's in part because parents liked the workout as much as their kids.

The Philadelphia Board of Education has not approved a new charter school since taking over its governance when the district was returned to local control in 2018.

Pa. plans to operate nearly 30 COVID-19 vaccination clinics to inoculate school teachers and support staff, including bus drivers and cafeteria workers.

In roughly a week, all educators who signed up for a vaccine will have received at least one dose.