The purpose of this study is to suggest implications for the future direction and role of school education by analyzing the experiences of middle school students after COVID-19. This study conducted a qualitative case study. We interviewd 11 students of Seoul Forest Middle School (pseudonyms) and observed the classes, teacher’s learning community. Findings of the study are as follows. First, after COVID-19, teachers “called” students to come to school so that they can be cared and participate in distance learning. Students who were called to come to schools had difficulties in learning even before COVID-19. Students who were called to school participated in distance learning in a safe place and continued learning. Second, students felt fear in between what they call “real class(learning before COVID-19)” and distance learning. This is because they sensed the gap of capabilities among students. Those students automously choose to come to school to continue learning based on teachers’ care. Third, students in transition year endured distance learning by ‘bearing up’. However students who were called to come to school started to feel that ‘I am now a middle school student’. Moreover, although they new the existence of students through distance learning, they rarely felt that they were learning together. However, since they started to come to school they expereinced that they can raise their hands and ask questions with friends. Likely, students in transition year were finding meanings of schools in both online and offline. Based on the results of this research, we suggested that learning should be understood in a relationship with caring. In addition, we maintained that the learning and caring should be understood as the basic rights of all students when discussing the role of schooling after COVID-19.