Local school systems struggle with returning to in-person learning The Dispatch As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase school systems in the area are struggling to balance the need to return students to the classroom with protecting them and their staff from exposure to the virus. While several school districts have already resumed in-person learning under an altered schedule, other districts have chosen to remain fully remote until the end of the third nine-weeks in March. Lexington City Schools Lexington City School students will not be returning to in-person learning on Jan. 17 as originally planned. Members of the Lexington City Schools Board of Education voted during their meeting on Tuesday night to remain in Option C, all remote learning until the end of the first semester in March.