In Salem, a handful of elementary school students get in-person help with school

Highland Elementary School students enter the school library for brief in-person classes on Oct. 20, 2020 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

At 9:15 a.m. on a recent morning, Highland Elementary School principal Christi Cheever stood outside the school’s side entrance.

The school’s online morning classes had already begun, but Cheever was waiting on a half-dozen students who were supposed to come into the library for extra help.

Two had already arrived on a school bus just before…