» Virus surge sends one Fulton school online,

Latest data shows at least 55 students/ staff quarantining.

An elementary school in southern Fulton County has paused in- person learning because t oo many t eachers and staffff are quarantining due to COVID- 19.

Fulton Count y Schools announced Wednesday that Colle ge Park Elementary would re main i n re mote l earning t hrough Friday, Dec. 18.

“At this time, no additional positive cases have been confirmed,” according to the district’s Wednesday post on Facebook.

Coronavirus- related closures of individual schools have been sporadic but not uncommon, but it is rare for the district to specify that the number of cases among teachers/ staff is causing the closure.

Before the district started welcoming students back to physical classrooms, a group of teachers protested the return and claimed it was unsafe.

District officials fifirst moved College Park Elementary to virtual- only learning on Monday, Dec. 7.

The latest data shows at least 55 students/ staff at the school are quarantining due to the virus. District data also shows that two College Park Elementary students/ staff had tested positive.

Officials have said that the numbers are limited to what contact tracing can link to the schools and are not exact because not everyone participates in contact tracing.

In all, 293 students/ staff were quarantining district ideas of Sunday, Dec. 6.

The district is close to wrapping up its survey to see which families are comfortable sending their children to in- person schooling for the next semester.

Officials said they would review the results until Dec. 18.

COURTESY OF FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS College Park Elementary School.