{"id":2457900,"date":"2020-05-01T00:16:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T06:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/decision-day-looks-a-little-different-for-ahs-seniors-during-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-05-01T00:16:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T06:16:01","slug":"decision-day-looks-a-little-different-for-ahs-seniors-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/decision-day-looks-a-little-different-for-ahs-seniors-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision day looks a little different for AHS seniors during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Decision day is typically a fun affair. In more normal times, high school seniors from across the country would come to class each May 1 adorned in the colors of their future college or university, where they\u2019d share their plans for after graduation.<\/p>\n

But as schools remain empty because of the novel coronavirus, decision day for the 2020 graduating class has a much different feel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you would have asked me last fall what I thought senior spring would look like, I would have given you a much different picture,\u201d Aspen High School senior Maxine Mellin said. \u201cIt\u2019s been hard. We were always a pretty close class. Last summer and even the fall we\u2019d have tailgates together. We\u2019d always do things on the weekend together. It\u2019s definitely taken a toll.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mellin, much like her fellow senior classmates, has been anything but accepting of the situation, however. As the Aspen School District transitioned to online learning during the pandemic, the students found ways to keep some sort of normalcy, albeit virtually.<\/p>\n

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