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A look at Vail teacher’s first day of school in virtual environment

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Robert Lindberg/AZPM Staff
Shannon Jelle waves to her 5th grade students during a video chat on their first day of class at Mesquite Elementary School on August 10, 2020.

After receiving more guidance from the state about how to safely reopen campuses, the new school year is off to a virtual start for the majority of Arizona’s students. Arizona 360 visited Mesquite Elementary in the Vail School District on the first day of class to see how educator Shannon Jelle was managing distance learning with her fifth grade class.