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COVID update: another CCSD school reverts to on-line learning, football game is canceled

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Another school in the Clarke County School District has reverted to on-line learning after a positive test for coronavirus and subsequent contact tracing: Hilsman Middle School joins Fowler Drive Elementary, which sent students back to home learning earlier this week. This is the second week of in-classroom instruction for other schools in the Clarke County School District.

We expect to see later today the latest results of weekly coronavirus testing at the University of Georgia. UGA reported 87 new positive tests for COVID 19 last week.

Another Friday night football game is a casualty of coronavirus: the Oconee County Warriors game at Franklin County High School is on hold because of COVID concerns.

It was a coronavirus closure in Carnesville: the Franklin County Tax Commissioner’s Office, out of commission for two weeks because of a positive test for COVID 19, is open again.

Another Georgia school district is closing classrooms because of coronavirus: Cook County Schools will close school buildings effective tomorrow, closing for at least two weeks. More than 400 students in the school district in Adel are in quarantine.

Attendance at kindergartens is down: state education officials are reporting a drop of about 10 percent from a year ago. The coronavirus pandemic is cited as the reason.

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant

Tim Bryant hosts Classic City Today, 6-10 weekday mornings on 98.7FM & AM 1340 WGAU in Athens.

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