Another southwest Illinois school district is going remote due to COVID surge
Granite City School District 9 is moving to remote learning two days after the superintendent warned families that a spike in local COVID-19 cases could force students to stay home.
There will be no school on Thursday as teachers prepare for remote learning, Superintendent Stephanie Cann said in a letter to parents Wednesday. Beginning Friday, students will be remote, with plans to resume in-person learning on Jan. 24.
“As of right now, our area code has 1,220 more cases than the next closest community in Madison County creating a unique challenge for our district,” Cann wrote. “Today, we experienced a spike in the number of staff and bus drivers impacted by COVID. This decision will hopefully allow the worst of the Omicron spike to pass and reduce our numbers to be manageable as they were prior to the break.”
Other school districts in the metro-east have adapted their learning plans after winter break, either because of an increase in overall cases or because of staffing concerns.
- Belleville Township High School 201 is remote through this week because of staffing concerns.
- Cahokia School District 187 will be remote through Jan. 14.
- East St. Louis School District 189 is remote through Jan. 14.
- Edwardsville CUSD 7 is keeping its older students remote through this week, while K-5 students attend class in-person, as scheduled.
