Open to in-person classes since August, North Lawndale’s Holy Family School has been a success story for years. During the pandemic, it offers students and parents a safety net in uncertain times.

Teacher’s assistant Ira Childs and his son Emanuel Latim, a seventh-grader, stand in Holy Family School in Chicago on March 9, 2021. Holy Family School in the North Lawndale community has been open during the pandemic and has had success with students going to selective college-prep high schools. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)