![Danielle Howard, principal of Ingram Pye Elementary School in Macon, greets students on their first day back to face to face instruction in November of 2020.](https://www.gpb.org/sites/default/files/styles/flexheight/public/2021-07/110920_back_to_school_07_0.jpeg?itok=bkRkmTrz)
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Danielle Howard, principal of Ingram Pye Elementary School in Macon, greets students on their first day back to face to face instruction in November 2020. In July 2021, COVID-19 cases among school-aged children were seeing a rise.
Credit: Grant Blankenship