Waitsburg School District Superintendent Dr. Jon Mishra reached out to The Times about offering some back-to-school suggestions for parents and students as they begin thinking about coming back to school.

-Start getting back into school year sleep patterns.

-Establish meal times that coincide with school meals. We don’t want kids missing breakfast, whether they eat at home or at school.

-Get out and get some activity.

-Pull a book off the shelf.

-Parents should start thinking about what the school year routine will look like and get ahead of it. It’s hard with harvest and fair and other things...