Whatcom sees 614 COVID cases and a death, as this school district returns to remote learning
Jan. 22—As Whatcom County had 614 new COVID-19 cases and one COVID-related death reported by the state on Friday, Jan. 21, and the Blaine School District reported via Facebook that all students in the district — pre-K through 12th grade — will return to remote learning next week.
Monday, Jan. 24, was already a previously scheduled teacher workday, according to a Facebook post Friday announcing the move, but classes will not be held in classrooms Tuesday, Jan. 25, through Friday, Jan. 28.
"As everyone is now well aware, our county is seeing an unprecedented number of COVID-19 cases due to the spread of the Omicron variant, and our schools are being heavily impacted by this. Last week the number of positive cases on our campuses nearly doubled, with a current reported number of 118," Superintendent Christopher Granger wrote in a Thursday, Jan. 20, letter before Friday's announcement.
In that letter, Granger announced that six classrooms at Blaine Primary School, eight classrooms at Blaine Elementary and all middle school students (grades 6 through 8) were moving to remote learning due to the high numbers of cases seen in schools.
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