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Marietta City Schools teachers line the sidewalk of Academy Drive on Monday on the route leading to the school board office where some of the districtâs board of education attended the regular business meeting in person. (Photo by Janelle Patterson)
After classes conclude this week, Marietta City Schools students will stay home the first two weeks of instruction in 2021.
Superintendent Will Hampton asked the district’s board of education on Monday to approve the option to remain fully remote for all students following the winter holidays.
He recommended the return of Cohort 1 to buildings on Jan. 19 and Cohort 2 on Jan. 25.
(Graphic by Janelle Patterson)
In less than three weeks, more than 200 households between Adams and Salem townships will have access to national-standard internet speeds off of two antennae to be installed on the Highland Ridge Water Tower.
How?
On Thursday, the Washington County Commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding to allocate federal CARES Act stimulus dollars to the Southeast Ohio Broadband Cooperative with the financial support of $50,000.
David Brown, a founding member of the cooperative, was notified by the Times on Thursday that the allocation passed.
“That money is going to go to putting up our very first site and we have chosen (that site) based on what we found out from the speed test and availability,” explained Brown.