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CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – The COVID metrics are going to have to be a lot better than they are now, even as the Charlottesville School Board passed scaled-back recommendations by Superintendent Rosa Atkins for in-person learning starting next semester. COVID Advisory Committee member and CATEC Director Dr. Beth Baptist cautioned the numbers are way up 3 weeks after Thanksgiving, and her sit-downs with the TJHD indicate they not only anticipate similar for the weeks following Christmas and New Years, but they will likely be worse. She says that’s because of the 2-week break and longer duration people will be spending in groups outside their households. So, along with the School Board passing Atkins’ scaled-back plan, they also agreed with Atkins’ recommendation that the board meet every 2 weeks to determine which direction to go as the numbers change favoring or deterring in-person school.