Starting and ending the fall semester weeks earlier than normal are among the COVID-19 adjustments being made at Howard College. Fall semester classes will begin on Aug. 17 and conclude with final exams Nov. 20-24. That schedule will allow students to complete the semester at the Thanksgiving break. “A lot of things are going to be different,” said Monica Castro, director of the college’s Lamesa campus at 1810 Lubbock Hwy. While the college plans to have some classes on campus here, others will be conducted online through Zoom. “We are scheduled at this time to have in-person classes here if the classes are small ...