Photos: What going back to school looks like in a pandemic
![Students give each other air hugs from across their desk.](https://img.apmcdn.org/b0a3aca836982fee3339a135775a7a35fc2f9b95/uncropped/11ab25-20200910-wildwood-elementary-first-day-school-01.jpg)
Kindergarten students practice air hugs Thursday while watching a video on how to "greet from 6 feet" during class at Wildwood Elementary in Stillwater, Minn. Students are socially distanced in the classroom and have plexiglass barriers between them and their table mates.
Evan Frost | MPR News
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It was an nontraditional first week of school for thousands of students across Minnesota. Some returned to school buildings — wearing face masks and social distancing — for the first time since the spring, when the state suspended in-person learning as the pandemic took off. Others logged on to their laptops from home for distance learning.
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