Scott Hart
SALINEVILLE Students at Southern Local are going to have to wait just a little bit longer to return for in-person classes.
The school district, which was the first to go back to remote classes in November, had been planning a return for Tuesday, Jan. 19. However, Superintendent Tom Cunningham said the board felt the case numbers were still too high and they chose to hold off for one more week.
Classes are now set to resume on Monday, Jan. 25.
Cunningham said with Monday, Jan. 18 a holiday and Friday, Jan. 22 already planned as a Zoom day, the students were only really going to be there three days next week anyway. Southern Local’s board voted on Nov. 19 to go back to online classes after starting the 2020-21 school year in person.