K-12 schools now number one source of COVID-19 outbreaks in Michigan
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K-12 schools are now the largest source of new COVID-19 outbreaks in Michigan. In the first week of March, the state recorded 47 separate outbreaks at K-12 schools in which a combined 221 students, teachers and staff tested positive for the virus.
The same week, 24 more outbreaks took place at daycare centers and “youth programs,” a category that includes school sports. Together, the 71 school- and youth-related outbreaks accounted for more than 40 percent of all new outbreaks in Michigan during a week in which about 7,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported and more than 100 people died from the disease.
Detroit public schools say there aren’t enough teachers to meet the demand as schools reopen Monday
All schools, grade levels will return to classrooms; online option still available
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The DPSCD said there are not enough teachers who are willing to go back into classrooms to meet the demand.
An estimated 40% of the roughly 50,000 DPSCD students have opted to return to classrooms for in-person education, but only 20-30% of teachers have agreed to teach face-to-face.
Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti estimates only 1,000 students will have full face-to-face instruction.
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Some parents spoke out and said they don’t want their children to be taught on a screen in a classroom.
Around 20,000 students in the Detroit Public Schools Community District are expected back in classrooms on Monday.
DPSCD suspended in-person learning when COVID-19 cases spiked in November. Now that community positivity rates have dropped well below 5%, the district decided it was time to re-open its doors, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said.
Credit Detroit Public Schools Community District
“I think it’s a sign, optimistically, of moving closer to the other side of this pandemic, and moving back to what we are used to doing, which is working with our students in person,” Vitti said. “But it’s going to take awhile for Detroit to get where I think other districts will be with in-person learning, because we still have work to do with reassuring our families that it’s safe, and bringing our teachers back.”
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