La Vernia High School campus goes to virtual-only learning due to increase in COVID-19 cases About 15% of the school had been required to quarantine in recent days Published: Updated: Tags: LA VERNIA, Texas – The La Vernia Independent School District has closed its high school campus for the rest of the week due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases on campus. The students will utilize online-only learning through the end of the week. They will be off for winter break starting Monday and could potentially return to campus on Jan. 6. “We only moved the High School to all virtual for the remainder of the week due to an increase in both COVID-19 positive cases and necessary quarantines. When we made the decision yesterday, our High School was experiencing substantially greater percentages than our other campuses,” said Superintendent Dr. Henley Cole.