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A woman with golden hair wearing a blue vest poses for a portrait in a school hallway. — Ceucynth Cordero Ochoa in the lobby of P.S. 89, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Cypress Hills. Cordero, president of the school’s parent organization, launched a WhatsApp group that became a virtual gathering place during the pandemic. (José A. Alvarado Jr. for Chalkbeat)

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‘Una gran familia’: How WhatsApp helped a small Brooklyn school remain a big family in the face of isolation and grief

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Christina Veiga

| June 11, 2021, 10:00am UTC

Photos by José A. Alvarado Jr. for Chalkbeat