{
  "id": 13147072,
  "title": "How I built a COVID-safer school that’s become the heart of a more caring community",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/how-i-built-a-covid-safer-school-thats-become-the-heart-of-a-more",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-09T15:07:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sick Times",
    "slug": "the-sick-times",
    "url": "https://thesicktimes.org/2026/10/09/how-i-built-a-covid-safer-school-thats-become-the-heart-of-a-more-caring-community/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Lynne Morioka created the mask-required, \"outdoors first\" Hearts and Minds Learning Community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school aims to provide a safe, healthy, and nurturing educational environment for children, especially those with high-risk medical conditions like Long COVID. HMLC prioritizes community care with specific pillars, including outdoor learning, advanced indoor air quality, and mask requirements for all participants. The school has seen rapid growth since its inception in the fall of 2022, with a focus on meeting the needs of families navigating chronic health challenges.",
  "summary": "As much of the country rushed to “return to normal,” our family faced a different reality. Our oldest child has a high-risk medical condition, and local schools were rapidly abandoning public health precautions. The message was clear: There would be no safe, welcoming, or consistent space for our children to learn and grow. I created one. The post How I built a COVID-safer school that’s become…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}