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MYRTLE BEACH — As thousands in Horry County and across South Carolina reconsider their format of school instruction before the second semester, medical experts are casting a wide net in questioning the effectiveness of plexiglass used as dividers in classrooms, calling the measure a “placebo” and pointing to the lack of data to determine the true impact. In mid-November, the Horry County Schools Board of Education unanimously voted to use nearly $5 million in state funds to install plexiglass throughout the district to try and combat the spread of COVID-19 in classrooms, someth...

MYRTLE BEACH — Nearly 200 students were moved into quarantine at St. James Elementary School last week — roughly 25.1 percent of the entire student body — after a roving staffer tested positive for COVID-19, a source close to the situation confirmed to the Post and Courier Myrtle Beach. An additional nine staffers were also moved into quarantine. The Post and Courier also obtained an internal email that indicated that 193 St. James Elementary School students had been contacted due to the positive case. When approached about the situation and asked if the district entertained th...

As both Horry and Georgetown school districts see a measurable uptick in positive COVID-19 cases, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced an additional 140 cases in