State of Our Schools Special: What will learning be like this school year?

It's the brand new start of a school year - and unlike the past two years - things will be somewhat back to normal.

With COVID-19 still around, as well as polio and monkeypox cases, students, parents and educators alike are all on alert still as lessons get underway.

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Also on everyone's minds, safety in the classrooms, bully and mental health.

News 12's State of Our Schools special takes a look at all of these topics and more that our children will face this coming year.

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