According to an analysis by Newsweek, at least 378 schools in more than a dozen states moved to remote learning for the remainder of 2021.
Nearly 300 schools in the U.S. will remain closed for in-person classes after the winter break in an effort to address growing concerns over the latest COVID surge of the highly contagious Omicron variant.
In-person learning at the district's 208 schools and centers is expected to resume on January 18, after the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. "This is the third school year affected by this pandemic," Dan Domenech, executive director of the School Superintendents Association, told."Just when we thought this past October—when we had about 98 percent of kids back in schools in person—that things were moving in the right direction, here we are right back where we were last year."
"I have been very reluctant to close schools, but given the current trends in COVID cases, it would be risky not to do so," Superintendent Kenneth Hamilton wrote in a Monday letter to the community.
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