FAIRVIEW, Tenn. (WTVF) — Fairview Middle School will be closed Friday, August 20 due to faculty/staff illness.
Williamson County School Board member Eric Welch made the announcement on social media Thursday evening.
The school is not able to adequately staff the building and classrooms due to the number of illnesses. He said 23 of the 77 faculty and staff members assigned to Fairview Middle are scheduled to be out due to illness.
Read the full announcement below:
"Fairview Middle School will be closed tomorrow, Friday, August 20th because of faculty/staff illness and an inability to staff the building and classrooms. FVMS will be using one of the stockpiled, inclement weather days. There are 10 days built into the school calendar. This is the first inclement weather day used this school year, leaving nine days for Fairview Middle. Remote learning is not available this year, because of new State guidelines. Today, 187 of the 560 students enrolled were out due to illness. Tomorrow, 23 of the 77 faculty and staff members assigned to Fairview Middle are scheduled to be out due to illness. For that reason, tomorrow, Fairview Middle will be closed and using one of our 10 inclement weather days. Again, remote learning is not an option this school year, because of new State guidelines forced on the district."
School board member Rick Wimberly tweeted Thursday that 187 of the 560 students enrolled were out due to COVID, and that 23 of the 77 faculty and staff members assigned to Fairview Middle were out today with COVID.
Fairview Middle to be closed tomorrow because of COVID cases (187 of 560 students, 23 of 77 faculty). We'll have to use one of ten weather days for them and no remote learning can be offered because of new State requirements. #WCSedu
— Rick Wimberly (@RickWimberly) August 19, 2021
As of Aug. 16, the district reported that 11 staff and 29 students were isolating with a confirmed positive case.
When talking about inclement weather days, the school board says each school gets 10 total for the entire year, and they will be down to nine after today. Remember, remote learning is not an option because of new state guidelines requiring schools to be in-person.
In Williamson County, there is not a mask mandate for middle and high schools. There is a mandate in place for elementary schools, but there is an opt out option for parents due to Gov. Lee's recent executive order.
But staff and visitors are still required to wear masks at the elementary level. Vaccines are available for kids 12 and up.
As of Thursday, Williamson Medical Center says there is an increased demand on their COVID inpatient floors and intensive care unit, noting every critically ill patient is unvaccinated. Of the 36 COVID hospitalizations, only four are vaccinated, according to the medical center.
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