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WHEELING -- Wheeling Middle School students will learn remotely next week after the building was closed due to staffing issues, Ohio County Schools officials said Friday.
The school district decided to wait until later Saturday -- when revised state maps of coronavirus risk assessments are released -- to see if they must close the district as a whole and have all students learning remotely.
Ohio County Schools is listed as “yellow” on the West Virginia Department of Education's map, a designation that permits in-school classes to take place.
There has been a strong increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases in the county this week, however. This is likely to change the standing of Ohio County Schools.
Superintendent Rick Jones expects Ohio County Schools to be “on the bubble” between “gold” and “orange” on the map.
The “gold” level would still permit in-person instruction to take place, while an “orange” determination would require the district to go to all remote learning.
No assemblies or large group activities are permitted under either “gold” or “orange” designations.
Updated maps are released on Saturday evenings.