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K I E RA N K E S NE R ’09
Everything Old Is New Again by Rob Kahn
Spring 2019
A 19 th century French critic once famously observed “the more things
change, the more they remain the same!” Intended as a somewhat cynical observation at the time, the epigram has relevance for Landmark’s adjustment to a pandemic. It seemed to many in mid-March 2020 that everything had changed. Human connection was most central to our lives as educators and colleagues, yet overnight it became dangerous to connect. As we have adapted to our new realities, some expectations, structures, and routines of Landmark Elementary•Middle School (EMS) have mutated from their original forms, with a COVID-19 twist. 22
The Lantern
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