Lex 1 high school community divided on decision to return 4 days face to face
Lex 1 high school community divided on decision to return 4 days face to face By Emily Wakeman | February 20, 2021 at 5:54 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 6:26 PM
LEXINGTON, S.C. (WIS) - High schoolers in Lexington School District One will be heading back to the classroom four days a week beginning on March 1st.
The students will receive face-to-face instruction Monday through Thursday with Friday remaining an e-learning day. 9th through 12th graders have been in a hybrid model where students attend two days in person since the Fall.
SC teacher with muscular dystrophy says returning to classroom without vaccine could be deadly
SC teacher with muscular dystrophy says returning to classroom without vaccine could be deadly By Emily Wakeman | February 15, 2021 at 8:55 PM EST - Updated February 16 at 2:15 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Governor Henry McMaster and Superintendent Molly Spearman called for teachers to return to the classroom with or without the vaccine last week.
But one Richland Two teacher with muscular dystrophy says that teachers with pre-existing health conditions are facing the impossible choice between their health and their livelihood as they wait for the vaccine.
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LR5 students protest 5 day face-to-face learning By Miranda Parnell | January 25, 2021 at 11:20 PM EST - Updated January 25 at 11:20 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A group of students from Lexington-Richland 5 high schools showed up with masks, and signs Monday evening, asking for district leaders to keep their safety in mind as they look at moving back to five day face-to-face learning.
According to the districtâs website, all students will be returning to face-to-face learning on February 1st.
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âI never thought itâd be this big political issue, keeping people safe. Keeping people from getting sick, and it became one,â student Haley Dorsey said. Many students at the protest are asking that, at the very least, the district just keeps the four days in-person/one-day virtual schedule theyâre currently using.