RIGHT: Babe Sidon, a teacher at Ayers Elementary School in Martins Ferry, is vaccinated Wednesday.
STAFF IN Belmont County school districts received their COVID-19 vaccines last week, with health department staff, volunteers and school nurses conducting clinics daily at different sites.
During his Thursday talk, Gov. Mike DeWine said the four-week drive to offer at least the first of two vaccines to all school staff would be met by the vast majority of districts despite snow and ice storms. The overall goal is to have all students back in class full time by March 1.
Belmont County’s school districts have shared that aim and have stressed keeping their students in the classrooms as long as possible. Throughout the week, more than half the staff members in each district were vaccinated. Schools will now look to ways to redress any disruptions in learning this school year.
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MARTINS FERRY The Martins Ferry City School District’s investigation into who wrote a threatening message inside an elementary school bathroom discovered Monday is underway, said Superintendent Jim Fogle.
Two messages were written on bathroom stalls at Ayers Elementary School. One stated, “I left a bom(b). U have 15 minutes” and the other stated, “I left a bomb.”
Martins Ferry Police Chief John McFarland on Monday said it appeared to have been written by a child.
The school was evacuated and the children were walked over to the neighboring high/middle school building. Parents were alerted of the situation via the district’s Rider Watch emergency call system at about 11:50 a.m.