Radio 101

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WFDD's Radio 101 has chosen to use initials in the following story due to the sensitive subject matter and to protect the students' privacy.

For many teachers and students, the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year was a surreal moment.

For M, and every other trans student, the daily roll call at the beginning of the class can feel like a punch in the gut.

With music venues closed due to COVID-19, teenage bands everywhere found themselves trying to figure out what this new normal would look like for them.

As a parent, this would be a nightmare scenario. Your child starts to get sick.

You wake up, grab some breakfast, get to that first-period class, onto the second period, then third, fourth, some after-school activities, homework, and then you rinse and repeat.

“March 13th for me started as just another normal day of school...”

The concept of mortality can be hard to grasp for children, especially young ones. On this Radio 101 story, student Samuel Woo explores how to move on with his life after a major loss rocks his world.

Our special Radio 101 series, "School, Interrupted," brings you stories about what gets in the way of a good learning environment. We finish the series addressing one of the biggest issues schools face everywhere: racial inequality.