As states scramble to contain a fresh surge of COVID-19 cases that may only worsen with the holiday season and the emergence of the Omicron variant, schools are once again shutting their doors to curtail the spread of the deadly disease.
“The pandemic has harmed children not because of the virus, but because of what adults have done to them,” Adalja added.
“The decision to shift the entire school to virtual instruction for the next week did not come lightly,” the school’s Principal Tiffany Johnson The trio of schools closing, all in Prince George’s County, said they would move to virtual learning after “this week, we saw a high of 155 cases reported in a single day,”“The recent surge of cases locally, nationally, and statewide is beginning to impact our ability to deliver instruction at various schools, leading to entire grades in quarantine and some school buildings to close,” Dr. Monica Goldson added in the letter.