BlahBlah Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Bremond and Buckholts ISD will be closed until Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachc45 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Destry said: So, if the word “COVID” had never been used, would there be shutdowns if the word flu was used instead ? Yes. It isn't about the COVID, its about attendance, Teacher availability, support staff availability...... Many things cause shutdowns, not just Covid. I've seen schools shut down for flu many times in my career. Swine Flu shut down the entire state education system not so long ago. Including baseball and softball playoffs, Track Regionals, Golf etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neveragain Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 As stated by several posters, schools have closed in the past for two reasons: Too many students out or too many key staff members out. If you don't have enough bus drivers or cafeteria workers or substitute teachers you simply can't do school. Regardless of which disease is the main driver, you have to figure in the "usual" absences like paternity leaves, stomach bugs, etc. and if it is a small district that adds up quickly. I heard one superintendent say they had 33% of their employees out on Thursday. Yes, waiting until Tuesday will help districts with too many staff absences, especially with the new CDC protocols that can get an adult back to work in 5 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dropkick Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Chapel Hill Elysian Fiels Etoile Gary Grand Saline Jacksonville Kenard Kilgore Martinsville Mount Vernon Mt. Enterprise Nacogdoches New Diana New Summerfield Overton Pewitt Quitman Rains Rusk Sulphur Springs Whitehouse Wills Point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelvisPresley Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 1:34 PM, neveragain said: As stated by several posters, schools have closed in the past for two reasons: Too many students out or too many key staff members out. If you don't have enough bus drivers or cafeteria workers or substitute teachers you simply can't do school. Regardless of which disease is the main driver, you have to figure in the "usual" absences like paternity leaves, stomach bugs, etc. and if it is a small district that adds up quickly. I heard one superintendent say they had 33% of their employees out on Thursday. Yes, waiting until Tuesday will help districts with too many staff absences, especially with the new CDC protocols that can get an adult back to work in 5 days. when Texarkana ISD was out a couple weeks ago, I know we had been between 62% and 68% that week for students...so!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelvisPresley Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Just now, PelvisPresley said: when Texarkana ISD was out a couple weeks ago, I know we had been between 62% and 68% that week for students...so!!! I didn't check on the total district for staff, but our campus was in that 30 to 40% out...and not able to cover with subs...so it was getting ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChefBoy63 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Mainly small schools on the closure list. Big schools have more subs to cover. I know when I was at a small school we had maybe 6 subs that were available during the week. Has to be tough at those schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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