KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Ketchikan s tally of active COVID-19 cases dropped from a record-high 241 to 210 on Wednesday, while Ketchikan Public Health officials added 36 new cases to the local
KETCHIKAN (KDN) — Ketchikan Public Health officials reported 51 new COVID-19 cases between Friday evening and Tuesday evening, according to an update on the KPH information dashboard.
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KETCHIKAN (KDN) — All three schools in the Craig City School District — Craig Elementary School, Craig Middle School and Craig High School —will shift to distance education on Friday
Posted by Eric Stone | Dec 11, 2020
Craig High School (KRBD file photo)
The school board for the community of Craig dramatically raised the number of COVID-19 cases it would take to trigger a move to distance learning on Wednesday.
Some teachers in the rural Prince of Wales Island community say the decision is arbitrary and unnecessarily puts them at risk.
Craig’s school board got an earful at its most recent meeting. Residents told the board they weren’t happy with the district’s move to all-distance education as COVID-19 cases spiked on the island.
“We need to be looking about how we get our kids back in school and how we keep our kids in school,” said local attorney Kristi Kuhnert.