Second-grade student Jose Byrd (black T-shirt with sun) and classmates try out eclipse viewing glasses that they decorated at Riverside Elementary School in Cleveland in this March 14, 2024 file photo. Teachers in or near the path of totality say they have worked to come up with educational and engaging lessons for the rare event. (AP/Carolyn Thompson)
More than 235,000 students in Arkansas will be out of school April 8, when a total eclipse coats the daytime sky across a large part of the Natural State in darkness.
