Chapin Elementary going virtual this week due to COVID surge. Here are the details
Another Midlands school is going virtual this week as educators continue to struggle with the latest surge in COVID-19.
Chapin Elementary School will go virtual for the rest of the week starting Wednesday, the Lexington-Richland 5 school district announced Tuesday.
“Chapin Elementary School is currently experiencing a high number of students and staff impacted by COVID-19 isolation and quarantine,” the district said in an email. “As a result, Chapin Elementary School will temporarily shift all students from in-person instruction to virtual.”
In-person classes will resume Tuesday after the Martin Luther King Day holiday.
“School District Five did not make this decision lightly, as a shift in the instructional model impacts all families,” the email reads. “District Administration has made this decision based on the school’s ability to provide effective instruction, safety, and supervision for all students.”
In the meantime, students will log in to a Google Classroom each morning at 8 a.m. for virtual lessons from their teachers.
Extra-curricular activities will also be canceled for the rest of the week, and will resume on Tuesday.
Free meals for students will also be distributed each morning in front of the school from 11 a.m. to noon on virtual days.
Chapin Elementary is the latest school to move classes online after a post-holiday spike in COVID-19 cases. Nearby River Bluff High School has also gone virtual this week to mitigate the spread of the disease, and several other districts in South Carolina have moved all schools to virtual this week.
This story was originally published January 11, 2022 at 12:38 PM.
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