Cannon County Elementary School Cease On-Campus Learning
December 12, 2020
December 11, 2020
ALL Cannon County Elementary Schools – Auburn Elementary School; East Side Elementary School; Short Mountain Elementary School; West Side Elementary School; Woodbury Grammar School; and Woodland Elementary School will cease On-Campus Learning on Monday, December 14th, through Friday, December 18th – Cannon County Schools are OFF for Christmas Holidays from December 19th, thru January 3rd, 2021. Students will return to On-Campus Learning Monday, January 4th, 2021. ALL Cannon County Elementary School Students will be participating in Distance Learning during this time. Cannon County High School was already participating in Distance Learning until January 4th, 2021.
Director of Cannon County Schools, William F. Curtis stated, “There has been another major surge in the number of positive cases and specifically contacts of COVID-19 with students and staff at our Cannon County Element
County goes ‘red:’ Here’s what you should know
Staff Reports
Did the governor add any new guidance or restrictions this week?
With 36 of the state’s 92 counties in “red,” indicating severe community spread, Gov. Eric Holcomb said “the state of Indiana is on fire” during his weekly coronavirus update Wednesday. Counties in the “red” have a positivity rate of more than 15% and more than 100 cases per 100,000 residents, according to the state’s metrics.
In response to the uptick of counties in “red,” Holcomb announced a few new measures in an effort to slow the spread.
Hospitals in the state are asked to postpone non-emergency, in-patient surgeries scheduled between next Wednesday and Jan. 3. Holcomb and Dr. Kristina Box, state health commissioner, said this move will free up occupied beds, ease the stress on critical care units and help reduce the number of hospitals on diversion.