SC teacher with muscular dystrophy says returning to classroom without vaccine could be deadly
SC teacher with muscular dystrophy says returning to classroom without vaccine could be deadly By Emily Wakeman | February 15, 2021 at 8:55 PM EST - Updated February 16 at 2:15 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Governor Henry McMaster and Superintendent Molly Spearman called for teachers to return to the classroom with or without the vaccine last week.
But one Richland Two teacher with muscular dystrophy says that teachers with pre-existing health conditions are facing the impossible choice between their health and their livelihood as they wait for the vaccine.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Students are back in the classroom on Tuesday in many school districts across the Midlands, with Lexington School District Two and Richland School District Two returning to their five-day-a-week, face-to-face models.
For Lexington Two, all grade levels returned to the five-day, face-to-face model. Richland Two is currently in its Phase Two learning model, which includes five-day, face-to-face instruction for Kindergarten through 5th graders, as well as a hybrid model for 6th through 12th graders.
Dec 15, 2020
(Columbia, SC) Two Richland County school districts are returning to virtual learning after winter break.
Richland County School District One and the Richland Two School District will both be reverting to eLearning.
District One hopes to return to a hybrid model by January 19th, and Richland Two wants to return to in-person instruction by then.
Richland Two has also canceled all after-school activities and sports starting today and lasting through January 3rd.