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Large virus spike closes 2 Oklahoma City schools for year
May 18, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) A “large” COVID-19 outbreak at separate Oklahoma City middle and fifth-grade schools prompted school district officials Tuesday to close both campuses for the last week of the school year and return students to at-home learning.
Oklahoma City Public School District officials did not say in their announcement email to parents how many COVID-19 cases and exposures had occurred at Taft Middle School and the Taft Fifth Grade Center at Linwood. Parents were only told: “This decision was made in consultation with Oklahoma City-County Health Department and out of an abundance of caution after a large number of positive COVID-19 cases and close contact exposures were reported” from the two campuses to district administrators.
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Taft Middle School closes building due to large number of COVID-19 cases, close-contact exposures Share Updated: 8:30 PM CDT May 18, 2021 KOCO Staff Share Updated: 8:30 PM CDT May 18, 2021
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Show Transcript NEW TO THE NEWSROOM IN THE PAST TWO HOURS TAPPED MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OKLAHOMA CITY WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AND THAT’S BECAUSE OF A LARGE NUMBERF O COVID-19 CASES AND POSSIBLE EXPOSURES AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING STAR
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 8:30 PM CDT May 18, 2021 KOCO Staff Taft Middle School will close its building, and students will move to synchronous instruction for the remainder of the school year after Oklahoma City Public Schools officials said a large number of positive COVID-19 cases and close-contact exposures were reported.The decision means Taft students, as well as the Taft Fifth Grade Center at Lindwood, will le