Part 1: The School Year Begins

Odessa is a four-part audio documentary series about one West
Texas high school reopening during the pandemic — and the
teachers, students and nurses affected in the process.


For the past six months, The New York Times has documented
students’ return to class at Odessa High School from afar through
Google hangouts, audio diaries, phone calls and FaceTime tours.
And as the country continues to debate how best to reopen
schools, Odessa is the story of what happened in a school
district that was among those that went first.


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