Back to School: Remote Learning

All schools in the Salt Lake City School District are temporarily moving to remote learning after Gov. Spencer Cox put a hold on Test to Stay events.

The current record-setting spread of COVID-19 the omicron variant has caused attendance at schools around Utah to nosedive and put a strain on state testing resources. That led Utah Gov. Cox and other state leaders to send a letter to schools that temporarily suspended test-to-stay requirements for schools. 

As the historic omicron surge runs through Utah classrooms, nearly a dozen schools were forced to test their students to determine who stays in person. Viewmont High School in Bountiful enforced that protocol Tuesday.

The rising number of omicron cases is now forcing schools to screen which students can attend in person. News Specialist Tamara Vaifanua tells us how some schools have hit the threshold for Test to Stay protocols, and others are pretty close.

Edgemont Elementary School in Provo is moving to remote or online learning due to an outbreak of COVID-19 cases.

A University of Utah student, who is sick with COVID-19, said she's concerned the school isn't doing enough to prevent quarantined students from getting behind in their coursework. KSL-TV spoke with a university official about their guidelines.

Just weeks before the start of the school year, the Salt Lake City School District announced the addition of four, at-home learning days to the calendar so that teachers can receive professional development.

Enrollment numbers show thousands of Utah children missed out on kindergarten last year because of the pandemic, which could impact their learning for years to come. So, will they be ready or not as students head back to school?

Thousands of students in the Jordan District will start the school year remotely, and it has nothing to do with masks or the spread of COVID-19. Bingham High School is undergoing a major renovation and, like many other projects, construction is behind.

As some school districts in Utah near the first week of the 2021-22 school year, the debate about masks is lingering as Utah's recent rise in COVID-19 cases has some hospitals filling up ICUs.