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CHARLESTON With some counties continuing to offer remote learning despite a mandate for in-person learning, the West Virginia Board of Education decided Wednesday to wait until next week before taking action against those counties.
“They are not going to do it that way. It’s not going to happen … I cannot accept that,” said state Board of Education President Miller Hall. “They’re going to get it done. If they don’t, we’ll do it for them.”
The state board announced its emergency meeting Tuesday, the same day public and private schools were allowed to reopen for in-person instruction per an executive order by Gov. Jim Justice.
President Joe Biden is pledging to reopen most K-12 schools within 100 days an ambitious goal as Covid cases surge and teachers across the country fight some plans to reopen.
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CHARLESTON With some counties continuing to offer remote learning despite a mandate for in-person learning, the West Virginia Board of Education decided Wednesday to wait until next week before taking action against those counties.
“They are not going to do it that way. It’s not going to happen … I cannot accept that,” said state Board of Education President Miller Hall. “They’re going to get it done. If they don’t, we’ll do it for them.”
The state board announced its emergency meeting Tuesday, the same day public and private schools were allowed to reopen for in-person instruction per an executive order by Gov. Jim Justice.
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