After a holiday, two teacher in-service days and a day off for cold weather, students in Urbana were back in school today for the first time since last Friday. In Champaign schools, it was the second day of school this week.
Spencer Landsman, principal of Urbana's Leal Elementary School, said school was "business as usual" this morning. Other than an outside activity that had to be postponed Thursday and again today, Landsman said staff members "haven't had to make a lot of adjustments" in lesson-planning or for kids getting back into school routines.
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