However, Sullivan County, Johnson City and Tri-Cities Christian schools officials say they are not going to allow that; Hawkins and Carter schools to look at applications as they come; others still examining the issue.
While some schools are closed or open on a regular schedule during Monday, which a solar eclipse will occur in the afternoon, others are dismissing early for all students while one, Kingsport, is having early dismissal for high school and middle school students but not elementary students.
Schools in four local public systems got from "A" grades to "D" grades, all because of a 2016 law delayed by testing glitches and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lincoln and Johnson elementary schools are getting new heating and cooling systems, replacing ones at the end of their useful life, a school system official said.
About 1,000 students in Sullivan County, Kingsport and Bristol, Tennessee, public schools potentially were exposed to a type of E. Coli bacteria called O157:H7, a health official said Thursday.