Riverbend Elementary will move to remote instruction after increase in staff absences Riverbend Elementary - photo by Scott Rogers
Beginning Wednesday, December 16, Riverbend Elementary School will move all in-person students to remote instruction for the final days of the semester, the Hall County School District announced on Tuesday afternoon.
The school district made the announcement a day after district officials said all in-person students at Hall County middle and high schools would switch to at-home learning from Wednesday, Dec. 16, through Friday, Dec. 18, which is the last day before the winter break. Prior to that announcement, the system had canceled in-person instruction for five schools: Cherokee Bluff High, Cherokee Bluff Middle, Chestatee High, C.W. Davis Middle and East Hall High.
As East Hall High School prepares to allow in-person students back on campus next week, Chestatee High School students will move to a blended learning model after an increase in COVID-19 cases on campus.
In addition, Cherokee Bluff Middle and High School will remain on the blended learning model through Wednesday, while CW Davis Middle School in-person students will learn from home through Tuesday. Parents will be notified the day prior to the scheduled return if there are any changes. There was not a significant reduction in quarantine numbers and positives cases in each of these three schools to warrant a return to in-person instruction, said Stan Lewis, Director of Community Relations & Athletics for the Hall County School District.