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Georgia District to Begin Year Online Amid Staff Virus Cases

A Georgia school district will begin the year entirely online after more than 90 staff members were quarantined due to possible coronavirus exposure or infection.

Barrow County Schools officials announced Wednesday that the district about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta would abandon plans to have both in-person classes and distance learning when the school year begins Aug. 17.

The superintendent said that if schools were to open right now, the district would be “hard-pressed” to sufficiently staff them. He said the district took precautions during its preplanning period, but dozens of employees were still infected or exposed. Officials say they're working to return students to classrooms.

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