Norfolk School Board pauses plan to return to in-person instruction Children at school classroom and last updated 2020-12-21 12:03:25-05 NORFOLK, VA â On December 16, the Norfolk School Board voted to revise its previous decision to support a return to school plan. The decision to revert back to in-person instruction is now based on the status of the recommended three core indicators outlined by the CDC. The board will consider case incidence per 100,000 persons within the past 14 days, percent positivity (RT-PCR test) during the past 14 days, and the school divisionâs readiness to implement key mitigation strategies. When case incidence per 100,000 and percent positivity both reach the moderate risk of disease transmission level (yellow) for 14 consecutive days in the City of Norfolk, the school division may begin implementing its phased approach to in-person instruction as previously approved: