Fort Caroline Middle moving online due to ‘multiple cases of COVID-19′
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Citing “multiple cases of COVID-19,″ Fort Caroline Middle School is transitioning entirely to online learning through Duval HomeRoom beginning Thursday, according to a news release from the Duval County School District.
The school plans to stay online through Monday. Additionally, there will be no after school activities or other extracurricular events through Monday.
A message sent to families of students from Principal Chelvert Wellington states that the school will be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. He said the Department of Health will contact students and staff personally if there is a need for someone to quarantine for a longer period.
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Fort Caroline Middle School students will start their day Thursday by logging onto their computers.
The school announced Wednesday that it would switch to online instruction until Monday, citing multiple COVID-19 cases. Because of the number of recent cases and the impact on our school, we will transition all students to online instruction through Duval HomeRoom, Principal Chelvert Wellington told families. My team and I stand ready to help make this transition as smooth as possible.
Duval County Public Schools has closed schools and transitioned them to temporary virtual instruction before. The district uses a 20 percent impact threshold to determine when the switch to online learning should happen. That threshold measures how many students and faculty are impacted by COVID-19 exposures not necessarily that 20 percent are COVID-19 positive.