The NC State Board of Education voted Thursday to adopt new guidance from North Carolina health officials encouraging schools to reopen for in-person learning.
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While many North Carolina public schools had resumed some level of in-person instruction by the Fall of 2020, by the end of 2020, a majority of those public schools reverted back to 100% virtual learning due to reported record high rates of community transmission of COVID-19. At the beginning of 2021, those public schools continued to implement the 100% virtual learning model. However, for the first time since the onset of COVID-19, Governor Cooper, along with State Superintendent Catherine Truitt, State Board of Education Chair, Eric Davis, and NCDHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen, has unequivocally, “strongly recommended” that “all public schools provide in-person instruction using the safety protocols outlined in the N.C. Strong Schools Toolkit.” Governor Cooper based his “strong recommendation” on the CDC’s research study finding that “school settings have low rates of transmission, even with high rate
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SOUTHEASTERN N.C. Ninety-seven staff and students in New Hanover County Schools tested positive for Covid-19 this week, including 20 individuals at Laney High School. One hundred and five people were assigned to quarantine for exposure within the buildings, according to the
Trask Middle, Murray Middle, Murrayville Elementary and New Hanover High are all reporting five or more cases this week.
In emails, spokespeople for NHCS and New Hanover County stated there are no identified clusters at this time. A cluster is confirmed when health officials determine five or more cases are linked by time or proximity, but Kate Oelslager, New Hanover County communications and outreach coordinator, said in an email the Covid-19 cases originated through contacts and events outside of the schools.