Widespread illness shuts down Leslie County school district
The students and faculty members in the Leslie County school district just got an extended Thanksgiving break.
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The students and faculty members in the Leslie County school district just got an extended Thanksgiving break.
“Due to sickness in our schools and community, we have decided to cancel school for the rest of the week,” a Tuesday message on the Leslie County Public Schools Facebook page said.
The school district reported 187 cases on Tuesday, a rise from the number of cases reported the week before.
School systems recently returning from summer break are already experiencing large numbers of COVID-19 cases in the midst of another wave of the disease.
Citing a rise in illness-related absences of students and teachers, school districts in Texas and Kentucky have canceled in-person classes this week.