Stillman Middle School students walk through their campus courtyard to class during their first day back to school Monday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas as Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) welcome back all students to in-person classes since the COVID-19 pandemic resorted school districts to turn to virtual learning during the start of the 2020-2021 school year. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsivlle Herald via AP)
Stillman Middle School students walk through their campus courtyard to class during their first day back to school Monday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas as Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) welcome back all students to in-person classes since the COVID-19 pandemic resorted school districts to turn to virtual learning during the start of the 2020-2021 school year. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsivlle Herald via AP)
Stillman Middle School students walk through their campus courtyard to class during their first day back to school Monday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas as Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) welcome back all students to in-person classes since the COVID-19 pandemic resorted school districts to turn to virtual learning during the start of the 2020-2021 school year. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsivlle Herald via AP)
Stillman Middle School students walk through their campus courtyard to class during their first day back to school Monday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas as Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) welcome back all students to in-person classes since the COVID-19 pandemic resorted school districts to turn to virtual learning during the start of the 2020-2021 school year. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsivlle Herald via AP)
Stillman Middle School students walk through their campus courtyard to class during their first day back to school Monday, Aug. 17, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas as Brownsville Independent School District (BISD) welcome back all students to in-person classes since the COVID-19 pandemic resorted school districts to turn to virtual learning during the start of the 2020-2021 school year. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsivlle Herald via AP)
Evelyn Ramirez, left, and Analiesa Nicole Sosa attend Antonio Padilla’s sixth-grade science class Tuesday morning at Stillman Middle School in Brownsville. (Gary Long/The Brownsville Herald)