Lansing School District will start new year online due to COVID-19 surge
LANSING — Lansing School District students will open the new year with one week of virtual instruction because of the area's COVID-19 positivity rate, district officials announced in a news release Saturday afternoon.
"Due to the Covid-19 positive rate in the Lansing area and out of an abundance of caution the Lansing School District will be conducting virtual education the week of January 3, 2022, through January 7, 2022," the release said.
According to the release, teachers will be conducting classes from school buildings while students learn from home. School officials will contact families without necessary technology about providing equipment and login information.
More details will be released soon regarding food distribution and extracurricular activities, the release said. The plan does not affect Capital Area K-12 Online.
As of Dec. 26, Ingham County's positivity rate was hovering around 14% to 15%, slightly down from an all-time high of just above 18% earlier that month according to Ingham County Health Department data. Over the prior 30 days, about 22% of the county's COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in people 19 years of age or younger.
As of Dec. 25, about 6,500 children — about 31% of kids ages 5-11 countywide — have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Ingham County. Vaccinations for the age group began in early November.
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Contact reporter Jared Weber at 517-582-3937 or jtweber@lsj.com.
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: Lansing schools to start year with one week online, officials announce
