Anyone Can Be a Hero

Overshadowing the typical new school year fanfare with its cute outfits and new pencil boxes was the “wait and see” game of Fall 2020 which saw all Ohio schools as involuntary players. Held in limbo by climbing case numbers of COVID-19 in a worldwide pandemic, we all awaited, with nervous anticipation, Gov. Mike DeWine’s verdict on the reopening of our schools. For some, there was a sigh of relief when permission was granted to reopen the schools, for others, terror for themselves and the students they served, but all were caught in the snare of the same question: What now?