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High school students in Springfield Public Schools will go to class in person four days a week beginning February 1.
According to the district, high school classes will move to in-person for all students on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will still be a virtual learning day so facilities can be cleaned. Currently half of SPS high school students attend on Monday and Tuesday and half on Thursday and Friday.
District officials say the decision came after “a detailed review of COVID-19 health data following Winter Break” in collaboration with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department.
Those who are currently in full-time virtual learning will be able to continue that mode of education.
Thirty-seven more Greene County residents have died of COVID-19, according to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department. The 37 deaths were reported
Posted By: Nicole Rodriguez January 14, 2021 @ 4:26 pm Coronavirus, Local News, News
Missouri has started the next phase of the vaccination process, starting with shots for first responders, emergency workers, and health care workers who weren’t eligible during the first round.
On Monday, people age 65 and older and those at high risk for getting sick will officially be able to get the vaccine.
But the Springfield-Greene County Health Department says even though the governor’s office has approved giving out the vaccine to high-risk individuals, you won’t be able to get it yet.
Local health officials are still waiting for the first vaccines to arrive.
Posted By: Nicole Rodriguez January 14, 2021 @ 4:26 pm Coronavirus, Local News, News
Missouri has started the next phase of the vaccination process, starting with shots for first responders, emergency workers, and health care workers who weren’t eligible during the first round.
On Monday, people age 65 and older and those at high risk for getting sick will officially be able to get the vaccine.
But the Springfield-Greene County Health Department says even though the governor’s office has approved giving out the vaccine to high-risk individuals, you won’t be able to get it yet.
Local health officials are still waiting for the first vaccines to arrive.
Posted By: Jason Rima January 13, 2021 @ 1:47 pm Coronavirus, Local News, News
Springfield Greene County Health Director Clay Goddard plans to retire at the end of February.
Goddard is leaving to take a job as senior director of public health transformation at the Missouri Foundation for Health.
He spent 25 years with the department, beginning as a college intern.
Assistant Health Director Katie Towns will be the acting health director.
Here’s more from the health department:
After 25 years with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, Director of Health Clay Goddard is announcing his intention to retire at the end of February.
He has taken the position of Senior Director of Public Health Transformation at Missouri Foundation for Health. In this role, Goddard will draw on relationships with local and state public health leaders, knowledge of Missouri’s public health system and national best