The 2020-21 pandemic impacted school year has certainly come with its challenges but a pair of Clinton School leaders recently weighed in on how it has gone from their perspective.

On the WHOW Morning Show Monday, Clinton Junior High School Principal Jim Peck and Assistant Principal Leslie Albee told Regional Radio News, this year has been a net positive for them. If you go back to August, Peck and many others had questions about just how school would go and the overwhelming answer is that school happening has been very good to this point.

In August, the conversation around sending kids back to school revolved around if they would wear masks and respect the social distancing requirements and by all accounts, kids have adapted very well. Peck says they have very infrequent issues with those things and has tried to be upfront with their kids about why they are doing what they are doing.

An interesting trend is developing during this pandemic impacted school year - discipline numbers are down sharply in 2020-21. According to Peck, the nice weather of the last few weeks appears to have energized their students but in all, he believes there is a couple of reasons for the decline in behavior issues.

Disciplinary issues generally fall on the assistant principals and Albee says it has been interesting this year because oftentimes those conversations take place at a distance when sometimes they can require a bit more closeness.

Next week on Regional Radio News, we'll hear from Peck and Albee about the junior high school's plans for summer school for kids. 

Also, throughout this week on Regional Radio, hear from more Clinton school building leaders on the WHOW Morning Show.