A return to normalcy

For Sartell High School students, the transition into a “post-pandemic” environment has been underway ever since last year. For current seniors, the 2021-2022 school year was the first to be completely in-person, although there were some restrictions that were gradually loosened. Most notably, on February 14, 2022, the school district lifted the mask mandate, making it an optional choice for students and teachers for the first time in nearly two years. As of now, a student wearing a mask at Sartell High School is a very rare sight. Since the beginning of the year, the school has reopened all five lunch lines, and the pandemic luxury of a free breakfast or lunch is no more.