St. James Plaindealer Last Thursday, members of St. James school district staff and Watonwan County Public Health meet to put together a plan for returning to remote learning, as cases in Watonwan County continue to reach their highest levels. "The numbers in the county, school, and zip code have gone up exponentially," opened Superintendent Dr. Steve Heil. The week of Nov. 9th, the district sent home 36 students. Four kids at Armstrong, 15 from the middle school/high school, and 17 from Northside. Ten staff were sent home, including five from the middle school/high school. As of Thursday last week, eight students from Armstrong had to be sent home, 41 from the middle school/high school, and 24 from Northside. A total of seventeen staff members were sent home, with, three from Armstrong, nine from the middle school/high school, and five from Northside.