This is the Communications Department with an important message.
Due to staffing issues and in an effort to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, all CMCSS traditional students will transition to remote learning tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16th through Friday, December 18th.
Coronavirus
As a reminder, Monday, December 21st is a pre-planned, district-wide remote learning day before Winter Break, so traditional students will not return to buildings until Monday, January 4th.
With remote learning, students will not report to the school building as they will access learning via the laptops provided by the district. Athletics and extracurricular events will be cancelled or postponed. Teachers will communicate with students on how to access lessons. For more information on remote learning, visit cmcss.net/remote.
Clarksville Now
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Clarksville-Montgomery County School System will transition all students to remote learning beginning tomorrow, Dec. 16, according to an email sent to families Tuesday morning.
In the email, CMCSS cited staffing issues as well as COVID-19 concerns as reasons for their decision to stop in-person classes.
All traditional, in-person students will switch to remote learning from Wednesday, Dec.16, until Friday, Dec.18.
Monday, Dec.21, was already scheduled as a districtwide remote learning day, meaning that traditional students will not return to CMCSS buildings until Monday, Jan. 4.
“CMCSS employees have been working tirelessly to make adjustments, remain flexible, and think outside the box to keep in-person learning possible for traditional students over the past four months. The decision to transition to remote learning was not taken lightly and was made in response to the conditions of the pandemic. We remain hopeful that
ShutterstockHighest active case count ever reported in Clarksville was on Monday, Dec. 14.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – While the COVID-19 vaccines begin making their way to hospitals across the country this week, Montgomery County remains in the virus’s grip, reporting the highest number of concurrently active COVID-19 cases on Monday, Dec. 14.
The Tennessee Department of Health reports there are are currently 1,395 active cases in Montgomery County, adding 307 new, positive cases to its total Monday.
But keep in mind that tests are reported in batches, and the statistics often do not accurately reflect the true number of cases reported on that particular day. Montgomery County Director of Health Joey Smith stresses the importance of viewing the 14-day trends with greater importance than the single-day reports.
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