Bring a chair and sunscreen: boarding schools prepare for students' return

Head of School Christopher Barnes walks through the campus of Midland School with Farm Manager Nick Tranmer, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Olivos, California, U.S., July 20, 2020. [Photo: REUTERS]

Students at a small boarding school in California received an unusual set of instructions this summer: return to campus in the fall armed with a portable chair, a sun hat and sunscreen.

Taking classes out into the open is one key part of Midland School’s plans to get its roughly 85 students back to in-person lessons, while reducing the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus.