The 2020-2021 school year is officially over for the Paton-Churdan School District and Superintendent Kreg Lensch looks back on the unique year that it was.

Lensch describes the environment this school year had and how everyone had to, at times suddenly, make adjustments on the fly to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I can’t say enough good things about our students, our faculty and staff, and our parents. I have received so little negative response to anything we’ve done. I know this has been a highly politicized situation at times. By and large for the most part, as a district we’ve been met with a lot of cooperation, a lot of positive response. No matter where people stood, I think they got it and understood some of the things that we had to do. I’m just very appreciative of that.”

Lensch hopes more vaccinations will be administered to more individuals, including younger kids, prior to the start of the next school year.