After First Quarter, North Carolina Public Schools Continue To Adapt To COVID-19

By Stacia Brown,

Published November 3, 2020 at 12:03 PM EST

A student and teacher, both wearing masks, sit in front of a laptop in a classroom — Piney Creek School students and teachers returned to in-person learning in August under Plan B.

Report cards have been distributed for the first time in the 2020-21 school year, and in many school districts across the state, students have yet to set foot inside a traditional classroom.

Among those who have returned, positive COVID-19 cases are a constant possibility. We鈥檒l hear more about how students, families and educators continue to face challenges and discover unique benefits to their school districts鈥� decisions on COVID-19. Host Frank Stasio talks to , NC Education Outreach Manager of No Kid Hungry North Carolina and mother of twin sixth graders in Rutherford County; and , teacher at Piney Creek School in Alleghany County. Then he is joined by 深夜福利 reporter Liz Schlemmer to hear about the experiences of teachers who wanted to teach remotely but were denied their requests.

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Stacia Brown

Stacia L. Brown is a writer and audio storyteller who has worked in public media since 2016, when she partnered with the Association of Independents in Radio and Baltimore's WEAA 88.9 to create The Rise of Charm City, a narrative podcast that centered community oral histories. She has worked for WAMU鈥檚 daily news radio program, 1A, as well as 深夜福利鈥檚 The State of Things. Stacia was a producer for 深夜福利's award-winning series, Great Grief with Nnenna Freelon and a co-creator of the station's first children's literacy podcast, The Story Stables. She served as a senior producer for two Ten Percent Happier podcasts, Childproof and More Than a Feeling. In early 2023, she was interim executive producer for WNYC鈥檚 The Takeaway.

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Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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