Parents and staff members filed into the Fleming school/community library on Thursday evening, Aug. 6 to hear back-to-school plans from the Frenchman School Board. With school set to begin in just a week, many were filled with anticipation on what the school day would look like upon students’ return for the first time since the global COVID-19 pandemic that hit earlier this year.

The Board began business with roll call, pledge of allegiance, prayer and approval of the agenda and following those house-keeping items, members jumped straight to the action item pertaining to the District’s plan to...