Irvin: School turned pandemic panic into focus

The COVID-19 pandemic has demanded adaptation from nearly everyone, but Havre Public Schools staff and administration, along with educators around the world, have had to make big changes and Highland Park Early Primary School Principal Mark Irvin is no exception.

Irvin said the pandemic has made for a stressful year but still-rewarding school year in 2020-21 and while things are getting closer and closer to normal, the beginning of the pandemic brought a great amount of worry.

He said starting a school year in a format they were not used to put everyone in something of a panic state, with ever...