Des Moines schools day care program closes due to virus
Aug. 4, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines Public Schools is among the thousands of school districts scrambling to determine how to both teach students and protect this coming school year them from a new surge of coronavirus cases across the country.
A district summer day care program was abruptly shut down this week following several positive COVID-19 tests within the program. District officials announced Tuesday that the MetroKids program at Hubbell Elementary School is closed until at least Aug. 9, and the school will undergo extra cleaning during the closure, KCCI reported.