Shaw Middle School

Students advance to enter the brand-new Shaw Middle School building on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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Thu., Sept. 2, 2021

Students advance to enter the brand-new Shaw Middle School building on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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A student and a staff member walk down the shiny hallway of brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2 on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year.

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Spokane Public School District Superintendent delivers a speech at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2. for the first day of school and official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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Mike Wiser of the Spokane Public School District board delivers a speech at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2. for the first day of school and official ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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Masked students race up the stairs of the brand-new Shaw Middle School building on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year on Thursday, Sept. 2. School districts in Washington, not the state, will be able to decide going forward whether students should wear masks in the classroom, and classrooms in Spokane will be mask-optional starting Monday.

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Mike Keenan, Capital Projects (left) and Mark Dailey of Integrus Architecture prepare for the cermonial ribbon-cutting at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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Students advance to enter the brand-new Shaw Middle School building on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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Jon Swett, principal of Shaw Middle School, watches students advance to enter the building on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at the brand-new Shaw on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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City of Spokane Mayor Nadine Woodward delivers a speech at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2. for the first day of school and official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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Andrew Chanse, executive director of Spokane Public Library, delivers a speech at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2. for the first day of school and official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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On the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2., students are shown masked and in-person for classroom learning.

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Greg Forsyth director of Capital Projects, left, and Adam Swinyard, superintendent of Spokane Public School District, look at the children's features of the Spokane Public Library within the new Shaw Middle School building, as seen after the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. There is a sliding glass partition that separates the school library from the adult public library at back.

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Students and staff enter the brand-new Shaw Middle School building on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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A look into the Spokane Public Library within the new Shaw Middle School building, as seen after the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. There is a sliding glass partition that separates the school library from the adult public library, this view is looking toward the school side.

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The water's fine: A student, seemingly unaffected by the sprinkler that she is walking under, approaches the new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2 for the first day of school. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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Mark Dailey of Integrus Architecture (left) Andrew Chanse, director of Spokane Library (center left), Jon Swett principal of Shaw Middle School, (center right), Greg Forsyth, director of Capital Projects and Larry Swartz, CEO of Lydig Construction, conduct the ceremonial ribbon-cutting to open the new Shaw Middle School for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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Students file into the cafeteria on the way to classrooms on the first day of the 2021-2022 school year at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2. The Spokane School Board of Directors approved a $550 million budget for 2022-2023 on Wednesday night, as well as a labor contract that will cause classes to begin an hour late on Monday mornings throughout the year so teachers can hold planning meetings.

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Mark Dailey of Integrus Architecture (left with ribbon) and Larry Swartz, CEO of Lydig Construction, prepare for the cermonial ribbon-cutting at the brand-new Shaw Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 2. Students are masked and in-person for classroom learning in the Spokane Public School District.

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