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The results of a CDC study on Marietta City Schools said adults are a major player in COVID-19 transmission in schools. (Shutterstock)
MARIETTA, GA Educators play a key role in COVID-19 transmission in schools, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study on Marietta City Schools.
Marietta City Schools was one of three districts in the country that partnered with the CDC to study how the virus is spread in schools to help improve the safety of in-person learning.
The study released Monday followed nine clusters of COVID-19 cases from Dec. 1, 2020 to Jan. 22, 2021 or 24 in-person school days involving 13 educators and 32 students at six elementary schools. About 2,600 students and 700 staff members attended elementary school in person in those 24 school days.
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PARKERSBURG Wood County Schools will be remote instruction today due to inclement weather, with no in-person classes.
Pleasants County Schools also announced its closure for today, with remote learning.
Belpre City Schools announced it would be closed today due to inclement weather, while Fort Frye, Marietta City, Frontier and Warren districts also announced their closures.
On Wednesday evening, Washington County Sheriff Larry R. Mincks issued a Level 2 Snow Emergency announcement. Under Level 2, roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow.
Roads may also be very icy. Only those who feel it is necessary to drive should be out on the roads. Contact your employer to see if you should report to work.
Marietta City Schools wants to give $1,000 bonuses to every school employee
Educators and employees with Marietta City Schools are getting bonuses.
MARIETTA, Ga - Employees with Marietta City Schools will be seeing $1,000 bonuses. And it s not just teachers, but for all district employees. Everybody gets a thousand [dollars] besides the superintendent, said Grant Rivera, superintendent of Marietta City Schools.
Rivera said the success of a school district takes everyone working together, so all the employees should get the same $1,000 bonus. It will cost the district about $175,000 but Rivera said they deserve it. I say thank you to the governor for the school-based bonus, the reality is we re not leaving everyone else out, they re just as important to our success, said Rivera.
At a glance:
¯ Marietta City Council’s Streets Committee reviewed a 2020 traffic signal removal study of three Marietta intersections on Thursday: ¯ The Franklin and Market streets’ intersection in the Fourth Ward. ¯ The Second and Scammel streets’ intersection in the Second Ward. ¯ The Acme and Phillips streets’ intersection in the First Ward.
¯ Marietta City Council is not expected to advance legislation on the signal removals on Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. but may advance legislation for removal of the red-yellow-green traffic signal in the Fourth Ward by mid-March.
Engineering conclusions of a 2020 traffic signal removal study resulted in a call for further discussion about resident and local business impacts Thursday in Marietta City Council.
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