Grand Rapids welcomes students for in-person classes after months online-only
(World News USA)

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids fourth grader Penelope Lock is finally getting what she asked for on this year`s Christmas list: Going back to school in-person. The 9-year-old`s dad, Ian Lock, said Penelope struggled with taking classes remotely and not learning face-to-face with her teacher. She also missed seeing her friends at C.A. Frost Elementary School. So, when Grand Rapids Public Schools finally announced it would reopen for in-person learning in January after months online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lock family was quick to sign up. “She`s very happy to be here,” Ian Lock said about Penelope. “This was one of the items on her Christmas list, to be able to go back to school.”...