Kathrynann Rienzi hasn’t changed much about her morning routine before heading to school to teach.
“I still get up and do everything I normally would do,” said the third-grade teacher at St. Mary Academy, now in her eighth year at the Catholic school in Stafford Township. “I shower, do my hair and put on a little makeup. Everything’s basically the same. The only difference is I dress down a bit more and I don’t have to commute from Howell to Manahawkin. Otherwise, not much has changed.”
It’s true. When St. Mary Academy went into remote-instruction mode after Diocese of Trenton Bishop David O’Connell…
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