Tuesday was supposed to be Columbus City Schools’ second day of a new blended learning model that divides pre-K and elementary school students into two groups, with each attending in-person classes two days a week. Middle and high school students will return to class when the distrct can find them transportation.
Other districts canceling all classes Tuesday include Columbus Catholic Schools, Dublin City Schools, Gahanna-Lincoln Schools, Hilliard City School, Olentangy Public Schools, Reynoldsburg City Schools and Westerville City Schools .
South-Western City Schools canceled in-person classes but was still proceeding with Virtual Learning Academy classes. Pickerington City Schools has canceled all in-person learning, but all students will be learning virtually on Tuesday.
COVID-19 cases in schools still grow leading up to holiday break
By Susan Tebben - Ohio Capital Journal
A Butler County school tops the reported student cases in schools as the state’s districts head into their holiday breaks.
Some schools have seen significant case increases in the last month, even with breaks for Thanksgiving and various hybrid online and in-person learning models.
Lakota Local Schools reported 357 total cases in the most recent statewide school COVID-19 report, moving past Franklin County’s Dublin City Schools, who reported a total of 305 cases throughout the district.
Lakota conducted some in-person classes since the beginning of the school year, but on Dec. 14, the district’s board of education voted to change that starting in January.
And this month he’s going to do a concert for local charity Westerville Caring and Sharing.
The live concert, which will take place at 4 p.m. on Dec. 20 on the Westerville Community United Church of Christ s YouTube channel, isn’t unusual for Doty. The church s interim pastor loves to sing and said he misses performing, which the pandemic has made difficult to do.
What is more unusual is that a pastor would be such a talented opera singer.
Doty, who lives with his wife in Wadsworth in northeast Ohio and stays in Westerville a few days a week, found his passion for opera in college at Bowling Green State University, where he went to become a band director. The only problem? He didn’t own a tuba, which he played and needed to major in music, and the instrument cost $3,500.