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GOING VIRAL: Lessons Learned During The Pandemic Continued; LAMB Back Onstage and Online

By • Sep 16, 2020

Clockwise from the top right: The Behrens family, the Venturi children, the Reblitz family and Daisy Marquez (from YouTube video)

This week on The Exchange, we have an update on our project, "GOING VIRAL": Lessons Learned During the Pandemic."

We talk with the Behrens family, the Venturi family, the Reblitz family, and the Marquez family about how their children have been attending school in person or virtually. We also talk about how families are keeping safe at home and school. 

We also get an update on Sioux City School Board is addressing issues raised about the quality of virtual learning in the system.

  We also hear about a new grant that will help Nebraska residents gain access to mental health resources, thanks to a new 400,000 grant made possible by the CARES Act. Heartland Counseling Services, with offices in South Sioux City, is the recipient of the grant. We will find out how it will be used. 

Lamb Arts Regional Theater

And theater is once again live in Siouxland as of this weekend. We talk with Russ Wooley of Lamb Arts Regional Theater about its season opener, "Outside Mullingar" by award-winning screen and stage writer John Patrick Shanley. The show is also going to be available online.

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Sioux City School Board Member Dan Greenwell

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