Fletcher Middle School moves to online classes as COVID-19 quarantines rise

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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – Fletcher Middle School successful Jacksonville Beach has decided to determination its classes online owed to the ample fig of students needing to quarantine arsenic a effect of progressive COVID-19 cases, the schoolhouse announced Wednesday.

According to a connection posted connected the school’s website, the displacement to online acquisition volition commencement Thursday and past until Sept. 2.

“The closure besides means each extracurricular activities, including athletics and arts events, are suspended during this time,” the connection states. “These activities volition resume erstwhile schoolhouse returns to normal, in-person acquisition connected Sept. 2.”

Students volition log connected to their classes done Microsoft Teams astatine the mean archetypal play clip of 9:30 a.m., the schoolhouse said.

According to the DCPS COVID-19 dashboard, the schoolhouse had a full of 33 cases including 32 students and 1 unit subordinate arsenic of Wednesday.

It wasn’t instantly wide however galore students and teachers are presently successful quarantine.

The schoolhouse becomes the 2nd successful Duval County to unopen down owed to COVID-19 related issues 2 weeks into the 2021-2022 schoolhouse year.

On Tuesday, owed to the fig of affirmative COVID-19 cases astatine Baldwin Middle-Senior High School and resulting close-contacts exceeding the 20% threshold, Duval County Public Schools shifted the schoolhouse to online learning connected Wednesday.

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