JCPS teachers start preparing classrooms ahead of first day

Jefferson County Public School students go back to school on Wednesday, but teachers are already back; preparing their classrooms for the first day.The district is starting the year in person. Physical education teacher Tiffany Martin says between NTI and in-person learning, there is a clear choice.”That face-to-face connection, being able to lead and guide in person is very important. You really don’t get that connection when you are in front of a screen,” Martin said.What better way to have students active, than at the new gymnasium, inside the brand new elementary school? “I went from a very small gym that was pretty much like a cafeteria that I shared to a humongous gym that has bleachers,” Martin said.Third-grade teacher Allison Shockley says because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she’s constantly preaching positivity to her students.”If we’re positive and we have the outlook…