A southern Indiana school district is moving back into virtual learning just days after welcoming students back into classrooms due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.Officials with Scott County School District 1 made the announcement Tuesday on Facebook, informing parents that virtual learning would resume Wednesday.According to the school district in Austin, Indiana, the change is due to the "high rate of positive cases and the extremely high rate of students in quarantine."The school district said it hopes to return to in-person learning Monday, Aug. 23. Students only just returned to school last Tuesday."As always, the health and safety of our students is our number one priority. We will continue to monitor the positivity rate in our county and will react accordingly," officials said in the Facebook post.According to data from the state, Scott County is currently in the orange zone for COVID-19 spread. The positivity rate there is just over 12 percent.Due to the switch to virtual learning, Scott County School District 1 will be providing grab-and-go food pick-up sites again for breakfast and lunch.The school district is also asking all parents to notify schools if their students test positive for COVID-19 so they can keep track of return dates.Click here for updates from the school district.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A southern Indiana school district is moving back into virtual learning just days after welcoming students back into classrooms due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Officials with Scott County School District 1 made the announcement Tuesday on Facebook, informing parents that virtual learning would resume Wednesday.
According to the school district in Austin, Indiana, the change is due to the "high rate of positive cases and the extremely high rate of students in quarantine."
The school district said it hopes to return to in-person learning Monday, Aug. 23. Students only just returned to school last Tuesday.
"As always, the health and safety of our students is our number one priority. We will continue to monitor the positivity rate in our county and will react accordingly," officials said in the Facebook post.
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According to data from the state, Scott County is currently in the orange zone for COVID-19 spread. The positivity rate there is just over 12 percent.
Due to the switch to virtual learning, Scott County School District 1 will be providing grab-and-go food pick-up sites again for breakfast and lunch.
The school district is also asking all parents to notify schools if their students test positive for COVID-19 so they can keep track of return dates.
Click here for updates from the school district.