Several school districts in Michigan canceled classes Monday as COVID cases continue to rise across the state, with some districts opting for remote learning.
As COVID cases rise across the state, including a 36 percent infection rate in Detroit, the Detroit Public Schools Community District announced its schools will be closed through at least Wednesday and is considering a shift to remote learning.
"This high rate of infection will inevitably mean that a return to in-person learning on Monday, with nearly 8,000 employees and partners and nearly 50,000 students, will lead to extensive COVID spread placing employees, students, and families at risk, along with excessive staff shortages due to positive and close contact scenarios," Vitti said on the district's website.
Face masks sit on a table outside of Schoolcraft Elementary for students and parents to wear when entering the building on the first day of school on Aug. 30, 2021 in Schoolcraft, Michigan. Several school districts in Michigan have canceled classes Monday because of spiking COVID cases in the state.Ann Arbor Public Schools in Washtenaw County will go to remote learning Wednesday through Friday.
In Pontiac, about 30 miles northwest of Detroit, public school classes will be online until Jan. 18. The moves follow the state's reporting of more than 25,800 new virus cases and 338 deaths on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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