Faculty help guide students to their classrooms as they arrive outside on the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville.
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Physical education teacher Chris Kelly, at left, helps students arrive for the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville.
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Students hop off the bus to arrive for the first day of class on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville.
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Students are helped by faculty on arriving for the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville.
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Physical education teacher Chris Kelly shows a badge with his photo on it on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 as he helps students get settled on the first day of class at the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville. The Franklin Regional School District’s parent teacher organization helped get photo badges for faculty, to allow students to see the human face behind the mask.
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Students arrive for the first day of class on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at the newly renovated Franklin Regional School District’s Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville.
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Principal Jennifer DiFulvio guides students inside after they wave goodbye to their parents on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020 at the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School on Sardis Road in Murrysville.
Students in the Franklin Regional School District returned to classes Tuesday, and elementary students got to check out the newly renovated Sloan Elementary School.
The board last month pushed back the start date to Sept. 8 after state guidelines changed regarding the coronavirus. Students through eighth grade had three options for classes this year — five days per week in-class, fully online through the Franklin Regional Online Academy or a hybrid model.
High school students did not have the option to attend in-person classes five day a week because of an inability to provide 6 feet of social distancing in classrooms, officials said. They had to choose between the hybrid and fully online models.
The $54 million renovation project at Sloan features Innovation Centers and STREAM classrooms; spaces designed to support the creative, performing, and visual arts; and specialized support classrooms.
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