COVID-19 has forced Janesvilleâs Lincoln Elementary School to turn to virtual classes starting next week.
In-person teaching is expected to resume after winter break, starting Jan. 4, the Janesville School District announced Friday.
The change is prompted by students and staff on quarantine because they tested positive for the coronavirus or for being close contacts of people with positive test results.
District spokesman Patrick Gasper would not say how many staff or students at Lincoln are affected by COVID-19.
Gasper did give numbers for infections and close contacts for all 12 elementary schools combined: Eight students and 13 staff members have tested positive, while 150 students and 49 staff members are on quarantine after having close contactânot necessarily at schoolâwith an infected person.