NOLA-PS releases list of 5 things to know about switch to virtual learning Share Updated: 10:30 AM CST Jan 6, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 10:30 AM CST Jan 6, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript AND WILL JOIN US LIVE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. WE BEGIN THIS NEWSCAST WITH BREAKING NEWS THAT IMPACTS SCHOOL AGE KIDS HEARD NOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL GO BACK TO DISTANCE LEARNING THIS WEEK. THAT DECISION MADE JUST MINUTES AGO. WDSU’S JENNIFER CROCKETT HAS THE LATEST ON THIS CHANGE AND HOW -- AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE AREA. JENNIFER TRAVERS, WE TOLD YOU AT 4:00 THINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY AND THEY HAVE. AFTE JUST ONE DAY OF IN PERSON LEARNING, NOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS MADE THE DECISION TO GO VIRTUAL AND THEY CITE THE HIGH LEVEL OF COVER 19 IN NEW ORLEANS AS THE REASON. THEY WILL RETURN TO DISTANCE LEARNING. THEY REQUIRE ALL SCHOOLS TO GO VIRTUAL BY THURSDAY. ST. TAMMANY HAS NOT DECIDED TO CLOSE THEIR CAMPUSES THOUGH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS COULD HAVE TO GO VIRTUAL AT ANY TIME. THE PRESIDENT OF THE TEACHERS UNION IN JEFFERSON SET 80% OF ITS MEMBERS WANT TO GO BACK TO DISTANCE LEARNING, BECAUSE OF SAFETY AND ALSO CONSISTENCY. >>TO ME AT ALSO OFFERS THE BEST EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AT THIS TIME. A LOT OF THE INCONSISTENCIES OF HAVING TO QUARANTINE, OR HAVING ABSENT TEACHERS OR STUDENTS, IT SEEMS VIRTUAL, WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME AND HAVE CONSISTENCY FOR STUDENT JENNIFER: BACK HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, NOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SAID ALL IT SCHOOLS WILL REMAIN VIRTUAL UNTIL