//Upstate school district will not return to classroom because of spike in COVID-19 positivity rate, officials said

Upstate school district will not return to classroom because of spike in COVID-19 positivity rate, officials said

Due to a spike in the COVID-19 positivity rate, Laurens County School District 55 will continue with e-learning during the week of Jan. 10.The district originally planned to return to face-to-face instruction on Monday after a “post-holiday recommended quarantine period.”“Unfortunately, the high percentage of positive tests (over 30% of everyone tested) prompted local leaders to request that LCSD 55 reconsider those plans,” officials said.Superintendent, Dr.