Students returned for the new school year at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights on Aug. 24, but new positive COVID-19 cases over the weekend led officials Monday to temporarily switch to remote learning.
Six weeks after starting the school year in person, St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights closed its doors Monday and switched to remote learning because of a “higher than acceptable” COVID-19 incidence rate within the school community, officials said.
New positive COVID-19 test cases among those in the school were reported over the weekend and during the overnight hours Monday, reaching “our threshold for keeping our students and faculty safe,” school President Brian Liedlich and Principal Karen Love wrote in a letter to parents.
School spokesman Jim Mitchell did not say whether the positive COVID-19 tests came from students or faculty members.
Officials plan to resume classes in two weeks, on Oct. 19, but said conditions will dictate that decision.
For now, all classes are remote, and students will be expected to follow their block schedule via Zoom video conferencing. All extracurricular activities, including athletic practices and games, are suspended.
Most of St. Viator’s 837 students chose the school’s in-person learning option, with a few choosing remote, when the academic year began Aug. 24.
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Editorial note: They made a good go of it for six (6) weeks, and if all goes well they’ll be back in classrooms in two weeks.
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