LCSS officials: ‘We’re fighting to have school’ as COVID-19 exposures surge and class goes virtual
LEESBURG, Ga. – “We’re fighting to have school, I mean we are fighting to have school. We know that there is no better substitute than for our kids to be in school,” says Assistant Superintendent Kevin Dowling.
However the fight to keep kids in classrooms is losing to the amount of kids and staff being exposed to COVID-19. Forcing learning to the web.
“We don’t take a decision lightly to try to close the school or go all virtual. We only do so when we feel like the safety of our students and staff is in peril when you can’t cover everybody you don’t have the adequate supervision that you need.”
As of right now, students aren’t set to resume in-person instruction until after Christmas break. The announcement being made via letter from Superintendent Jason Miller Friday.
Dowling says they’re constantly monitoring data to determine when to go virtual or to stay open for in-person instruction.
“It’s going to depend on the data, it’s going to depend on how many more cases do we end up with, it’s going to depend on how many more staff members have to be out. Can we cover the spaces that are going to have to be open because of positive cases and quarantines and where do we sit as far as cases inside of the school.”
LCSS is constantly updating their COVID-19 data here.
