The ceremony was a celebration of the senior class’s perseverance amid the pandemic and community pride in Annandale’s diversity.

School officials are giving all students and staff KN95 masks and distributing at-home tests.

Other parents feel they have no option but to send their children to school and say they remain “deeply concerned” about possible exposures.

In Virginia, health officials issued guidance earlier this week recommending — but not requiring — face masks.

More than 109,000 students and staff in Fairfax County are back for in-person instruction this week.