Editor’s note: This story is the first in a series about school attendance, told from the classrooms and hallways of Meadow View School in Bethel School District.
A crowd gathered at Meadow View School’s elementary doors at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, the first day of school.
Ryan and Sarah Sather stood with their second-grader, Natalie, outside the Bethel School District K-8 school. Natalie was excited to see her friends, and her parents were excited for her to continue excelling in all subjects…