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(Griffin-Spalding County, GA) School district goes virtual after 3 bus workers die [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Virus: School district goes virtual after 3 bus workers die
By JEFF AMY
September 7, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — Another Georgia school district is switching to virtual learning, after two school bus drivers and a bus monitor died from COVID-19 in recent weeks.
The 9,700-student Griffin-Spalding County school system made the announcement late Monday, citing a disruption in student transportation.
Districts across Georgia are struggling to line up enough drivers and monitors to keep buses running. In Savannah, some bus drivers staged a sickout for the second day on Tuesday after a similar protest on Friday.
At least 210,000 Georgia students in 54 districts and charter networks have had their school schedules disrupted because of COVID-19. Some districts have taken days off, some shifted to every-other-day schedules and some sent home individual schools or grades. That’s more than 12% of Georgia’s 1.7 million public school students.
The number of COVID-19 patients in Georgia hospitals remains above 6,000, the highest level since the start of the pandemic. ...
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By JEFF AMY
September 7, 2021
ATLANTA (AP) — Another Georgia school district is switching to virtual learning, after two school bus drivers and a bus monitor died from COVID-19 in recent weeks.
The 9,700-student Griffin-Spalding County school system made the announcement late Monday, citing a disruption in student transportation.
Districts across Georgia are struggling to line up enough drivers and monitors to keep buses running. In Savannah, some bus drivers staged a sickout for the second day on Tuesday after a similar protest on Friday.
At least 210,000 Georgia students in 54 districts and charter networks have had their school schedules disrupted because of COVID-19. Some districts have taken days off, some shifted to every-other-day schedules and some sent home individual schools or grades. That’s more than 12% of Georgia’s 1.7 million public school students.
The number of COVID-19 patients in Georgia hospitals remains above 6,000, the highest level since the start of the pandemic. ...
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/health-education-georgia-coronavirus-pandemic-atlanta-0cd4f0c3355e344abbf307137591eaa7
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