Grady schools shifting to remote learning for week

GRADY — Citing an increase of positive cases among staff and students, Grady Municipal Schools announced Monday it would shift to remote learning for the week.

Superintendent Elnabeth Grau told The News the district hates not having in-person learning, but it was a call that had to be made.

“It seemed like the cases were escalating,” Grau said. “We needed to let it run its course and get out of the building for a few days. Since this was a short week (with Labor Day), it seemed like the best call to make. We have to look at whether we’re able to get substitute teachers. We have four teachers who are out, plus some other support staff, and we didn’t have enough subs to cover the classes.”

The teachers impacted, she said, have few or no symptoms and are able to teach virtually.

Grau is hopeful the shift will only be for the week, but will have to evaluate the situation on Friday.