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It's hard to keep up, so a thread *from the last 5 days* of Tennessee schools switching to remote or curbing in-person learning as COVID-19 cases rise. These latest decisions affect nearly 90K students
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Collierville Middle School is remote this week not just because of infections, but because of the large number of people who had to be quarantined as a result. @cville_schools https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/education/2020/11/15/collierville-middle-school-transitions-remote-learning-due-covid-19/6304467002/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_tn
Wilson County Schools is closing the whole district of 18,000 students on Friday because of "our projected inability to sufficiently staff schools due to impacts of recent COVID-19 related illnesses and quarantines" https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/2020/11/18/all-wilson-county-schools-closed-friday-because-teacher-shortage/6331844002/
McFadden School of Excellence in Murfreesboro switched to remote learning this week because so many staff were in quarantine. @WKRN https://www.wkrn.com/community/health/coronavirus/mcfadden-school-of-excellence-to-transition-to-remote-learning-monday/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_tn
Lebanon Special School District will move its 3,500 students from traditional in-person classes to a hybrid schedule at least until January https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/wilson/lebanon/2020/11/17/lebanon-city-schools-go-back-hybrid-model-covid-19-rising/6333385002/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_tn
. @rucoschools, the fourth largest district in the state, even dipped into its extra school days to close all schools and give teachers and students a chance to finish their quarantines without worrying about school https://www.dnj.com/story/news/2020/11/17/rutherford-county-schools-close-entire-week-thanksgiving/6333579002/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_tn
Same with Blount County ~10,000 students https://twitter.com/BC_Schools/status/1328493362538831873
Breathe.
OK, let's continue
Dickson County Schools (~8,000 students) is moving to all virtual learning Thursday https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/dickson/2020/11/17/all-dickson-county-schools-move-virtual-learning-thursday-friday/6328857002/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_tn
A middle school and high school in Warren County are learning all online after it appears more students have been infected outside of school https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/warren-county-closes-2-schools-after-disturbing-trend-in-covid-19-cases/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_tn
-- Maryville City Schools moved all ninth graders to virtual learning this week and half of sixth graders at one school
-- Alcoa High moved to virtual learning Tuesday through Thanksgiving, and the middle school is going online next week before break https://www.thedailytimes.com/covid19/covid-19-pushes-blount-county-schools-all-online-nov-23-24-alcoa-maryville-move-some/article_8ef48dd5-b4d7-50a5-a014-076a6e461272.html
-- Alcoa High moved to virtual learning Tuesday through Thanksgiving, and the middle school is going online next week before break https://www.thedailytimes.com/covid19/covid-19-pushes-blount-county-schools-all-online-nov-23-24-alcoa-maryville-move-some/article_8ef48dd5-b4d7-50a5-a014-076a6e461272.html
And TN's 2nd largest district in Nashville (~77K students not included in my total) is likely to follow suit after Thanksgiving unless there's a "dramatic turnaround." @wpln reports @MetroSchools now says there is indication of transmission within schools. https://wpln.org/post/metro-schools-plans-return-to-all-remote-learning-after-thanksgiving/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_tn
There's probably more we missed in our roundups, but I'm exhausted just thinking about it.
