STANLY COUNTY, N.C. — Stanly County Schools announced they will switch to fully remote learning following the death of a third grade Stanly County teacher who died from COVID-19.
The district said the decision was made due to an increase in community spread of COVID-19 throughout the school system. Stanly County schools will move to virtual learning for a two week period starting Wednesday, October 14, until November 2, with teachers returning October 30.
This comes after a third-grade student at Norwood Elementary School tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday and Julie Davis, a teacher at the school died after a quick battle with the virus, according to school officials.
On Monday, Stanly County Schools and the Health Department said that the 49-year-old teacher did not get coronavirus at the school, but her family thinks otherwise.