San Andreas, CA — Calaveras County Schools have decided to switch to distance learning before their Winter Break due to the increase in COVID-19 cases. As reported here there were 54 new cases since Tuesday’s update. Since last Friday there have been 86 new cases. Calaveras County Superintendent of Schools Scott Nanik says “In consultation with our health department we have been looking at the dramatic increase in COVID numbers across all our sectors and especially in schools and the numbers are growing at dramatic rates.” Describing it as becoming a very real challenge to stay ahead of the cases that were developing, Nanik notes COVID-19 cases weren’t spreading at schools, they were developing outside of schools but coming into the schools because kids were showing up sick.