SPRINGDALE -- Springdale Public Schools will shift to remote learning for all of next week because of covid-19.
The district plans to return to in-person instruction Dec. 7, Rick Schaeffer, spokesman for the district, said Tuesday morning. Students were already scheduled this week to attend school remotely Monday and Tuesday.
Teachers are teaching from the school buildings, but students are working at home, Schaeffer said.
The district is closed today through Friday for Thanksgiving.
The School District had a cumulative 754 cases, including 131 active cases as of Monday, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. The data includes students, staff and faculty. Active cases are those who haven't recovered.
The district needed to shift to online learning in part because it is struggling to have enough substitute teachers to cover staff who are quarantined, Johnny Key, the state's education commissioner, said Tuesday during Gov. Asa Hutchinson's weekly news briefing.
Springdale had 759 students in quarantine and 58 faculty or staff members in quarantine in addition to those who tested positive as of Friday, according to the School District's website.