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You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Following his recommendation that schools pause in-person learning for about a month to help quell rising novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases within the community, Governor John Carney on Tuesday issued a call for schools to return to hybrid learning with in-person instruction soon.&nbsp;After advising their closure through January 8, 2021, Carney recommended schools target Monday, January 11, for reopening, backed by recommendations from the leaders of Delaware's Division of Public Health and state Department of Education.&nbsp;“As we have said many times, we do not believe there is a public health reason to close schools,” said Carney, Dr. Karyl Rattay and Secretary Dr. Susan Bunting in a letter issued Tuesday. “We have spent the past four weeks helping schools try to address the operational challenges they are experiencing. And we can all agree that students learn best when they're in school. For all of these reasons, we are recommending that districts and schools make every effort to return to hybrid learning on January 11.”Full hybrid instruction should also prioritize younger and more vulnerable students to circumvent operational challenges, officials said.&nbsp;“It’s a testament to the hard work of students, educators and staff that the number of COVID-positive students and staff is so low,” the letter read. “Moreover, data from our epidemiologists shows that the vast majority of cases affecting students and staff originated outside of the school building. The few cases thought to result from in-school spread are frequently observed to be in settings where mask-wearing was not consistently practiced.”Throughout the recommended closures, officials said they've conducted the following steps to determine when would be an appropriate time to reopen."We took a pause two weeks before Christmas, preceding the Christmas holiday break and almost two weeks after Christmas, to meet with teachers and educators across our state, to meet with school superintendents to address data concerns and really, to demonstrate what every governor and every public health agency in the country and around the world knows, which is that schools are safer places," Carney said during his weekly press conference Tuesday. "Among the safest in our community."Coronavirus case numbers are higher now than when schools first went remote early in the pandemic. The difference? Now, public health officials said they have data that shows spread is not occurring in school settings. Rattay cited a study conducted in Mississippi that showed, of 400 students who tested positive for COVID-19, they were most likely to have attended gatherings like weddings, parties, playdates, or funerals, but not more likely to have attended in-person instruction at any facility.&nbsp;The state as also debuted a brand new dashboard which provides more school-specific information, including a district-level breakdown of COVID-19 cases tied to in-person learners and staff, to help alleviate parental concerns about COVID in the educational system, be it public, private, or charter.&nbsp;"We've been hearing from the public and those in the school setting that they want more of that data" Rattay said. "They want more of that data that helps them understand what's going on in the school setting cumulatively, and by week. And so what this particular area of the dashboard shows you is either by school district--public districts, charter, or private--it tells you the number of in-person contagious cases...in the past week, and cumulatively."Read the full letter to&nbsp;district leaders, educators and parents:WDEL's got you covered: For all of WDEL's latest novel coronavirus COVID-19 coverage, including a list of symptoms and important numbers, locations for confirmed cases, and stories relating to the pandemic, visit&nbsp;.Get our latest headlines delivered right to your inbox. Sign up now!Powered byCopyright © 2022 Forever Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Forever Media and Its affiliates and their Radio Station(s) do not and shall not discriminate, in any manner on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or age respecting their recruiting, employment or advertising practices. &nbsp;| &nbsp;|Powered by from .

You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Following his recommendation that schools pause in-person learning for about a month to help quell rising novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases within the community, Governor John Carney on Tuesday issued a call for schools to return to hybrid learning with in-person instruction soon.&nbsp;After advising their closure through January 8, 2021, Carney recommended schools target Monday, January 11, for reopening, backed by recommendations from the leaders of Delaware's Division of Public Health and state Department of...

Carney calls for students to begin returning to the classroom starting Monday

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