Before students begin in-person learning next month, their parents spent time this week at school being educated on the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District’s restart and recovery plans amid the continued public health emergency that prompted the closure of schools at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March. Similar sessions were conducted online for parents who chose virtual distance learning for the 2020-21 school year. 

As of mid-morning Aug. 24, about 80 percent of the entire student population will return for daily in-school…