Bobcat Bands Director Julie Gladden, left, and Yerger Middle School director Michael Herron engage in a little “social distancing” as they collect school district band instruments at the conclusion to the truncated campus school year resulting from the COVID-19 crisis. The “drive through” collection typified how much of the school year ended across all campuses of the Hope Public Schools, from graduation preparations at Hope High School to distributing and collecting Alternative Method of Instruction packets for students. — Ken McLemore/Hope Public Schools
