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As the Wayne-Westland School District prepared to welcome students and staff back into the classrooms for in-person hybrid learning on March 1, it became clear that not everyone was comfortable with moving from the virtual-only classroom format. But the district had a plan to address anxiety. Last year, Superintendent John Dignan had already prompted some of the district's department heads to form a Mental Health Taskforce to assess the mental health needs in students and staff as they pertained to the pandemic and the uncertainty it brought to daily life.

Made up of school principals, so...