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River Elementary School, one of the buildings in the Switzerland of Ohio School District in Monroe County, is one site where COVID-19 vaccinations will be given to staff next week.
WOODSFIELD Schools in Monroe County are preparing their staff members to receive COVID-19 vaccines starting next week, but the Harrison Hills City School District got a jumpstart on the process.
Harrison County’s school, employees originally had been slated for vaccinations next week as well, but they were able to receive their vaccinations early.
Harrison Hills Superintendent Dana Snider said the first round of vaccines already has been administered.
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CEDARVILLE, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine continues to focus on COVID-19’s impact on schools with the goal of achieving full-time, in-person attendance for students by March 1 with new resources available for school districts.
DeWine began his Tuesday conference with a report from Ohio Department of Education Superintendent Paolo DeMaria outlining the impact of the pandemic on students.
“We know the pandemic has really been disruptive in some ways for all the children,” DeWine said. “In the spring, all Ohio children were out of school. And during this academic year, some kids have been entirely remote, some have been entirely in the classroom and some have been a combination of the two. … It’s been a strain even for the kids who have been totally in the classroom the whole academic year.”
ST. CLAIRSVILLE The heavy snowfall this week is not expected to slow the weekly COVID-19 vaccination process for Belmont County senior citizens. This week
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Bridgeport Exempted Village School District Board of Education President Jerry Moore, right, and Superintendent of Schools Brent Ripley review school facilities in earlier days. School districts in the area have been working to educate students during the coronavirus pandemic and will continue to await vaccinations for staff. The latest information from the governorâs office places Monroe and Harrison countiesâ school districts vaccine schedule in the third week of February, and Belmont and Jefferson countiesâ in the fourth week. (File photo)
By ROBERT A. DEFRANK
For the Sunday News-Register
ST. CLAIRSVILLE Ohio’s school employees have the opportunity to receive COVID-19 vaccinations in February, but local counties are not high on the list.
CADIZ Two local school districts Harrison Hills and Bridgeport are back in regular session.
After more than a month on a hybrid learning plan, the Harrison Hills City School District returned its students to full-time, in-person instruction Monday.
More than 1,200 students resumed on-site classes five days a week following the board of education’s decision to revise its safety plan. The board voted in favor of the revision during a special meeting Friday evening.
Superintendent Dana Snider said that due to a decrease in the county’s COVID-19 caseload and the benefits of in-person learning, the board revised the school’s original plan. In addition, the district’s teachers are scheduled to begin receiving the coronavirus vaccine early next month as a part of the state’s Phase 1B rollout, she said.