Gainesville City Schools to move online for final days of semester Gainesville High students make their way across campus to their next classroom Monday, Nov. 16, 2020, during a class change. - photo by Scott Rogers
Students in the Gainesville City School District will finish their semester from home, after the district announced Tuesday morning that it will cancel the final days of in-person instruction.
Wednesday, Dec. 16, will be the last day of face-to-face instruction, the district says.
District officials say an increase in COVID-19 cases and exposures in Gainesville and Hall County, as well as other locations where staff live, have meant the system has “reached a tipping point” and is unable to provide coverage in all of its major departments.
The Hall County School District has now added Riverbend Elementary School to the list of schools that will move to a blended learning format for the remainder of the week. As of Tuesday afternoon, RBES was the only elementary school impacted by COVID-19 absences enough to prompt the closure of the building for in-person learning. School district officials continue to monitor the rate of absenteeism
The last day of school prior to the holiday break is Friday, Dec. 18.
Original story Mon., Dec. 14 7:24 p.m.
GAINESVILLE – Effective Wednesday, December 16, all Hall County School District middle and high school students will shift to blended learning
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.