{"id":16585,"date":"2022-01-20T19:10:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/?p=16585"},"modified":"2022-01-20T19:10:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:10:23","slug":"breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2022\/01\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: MPS to move virtual next week, no school Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Jan. 20, MPS announced through a Special Edition Superintendent Communique that all MPS schools will move to virtual learning on Tuesday, Jan. 25, and Wednesday, Jan. 26, with no school taking place on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the announcement, there were multiple factors that contributed to the decision to temporarily close in-person learning, with one reason being understaffing due to a rise in COVID cases sweeping through the district. MPS has also seen a rise in cases because of the use of close-contact tracing as a way to detect positive cases in schools. Currently, some schools in MPS have some of the highest cases numbers in the state. According to the MPS website, there are 185 staff and students combined with positive COVID cases and 503 close contacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the new Communique it states, \u201cthe District has made no secret that MPS is firmly committed to in-school instruction. As educators, we know face-to-face learning is best for students and is preferred by students, parents, teachers, and staff. However, in order to keep in-person learning viable, consistent, and continuous, and with MPS professional staff in our classrooms, we feel it is best to utilize a flexible calendar over the next few weeks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although cases are high now, a decline in cases is expected to come in February.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10918,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2699,2700,83,943,2727],"class_list":["post-16585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-dhs","tag-mps","tag-pandemic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Breaking News: MPS to move virtual next week, no school Monday - UPDATE ONLINE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2022\/01\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking News: MPS to move virtual next week, no school Monday - UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/update.midlandps.org\/index.php\/2022\/01\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UPDATE ONLINE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DHSUpdate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-21T00:10:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-01-21T00:10:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katie Hagen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DowHighUpdate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katie Hagen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katie Hagen\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6cb20cecdc3a5e4c606069df319d3ed6\"},\"headline\":\"Breaking News: MPS to move virtual next week, no school Monday\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-21T00:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-21T00:10:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"coronavirus\",\"COVID-19\",\"DHS\",\"MPS\",\"pandemic\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NEWS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\\\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking News: MPS to move virtual next week, no school Monday - UPDATE ONLINE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-21T00:10:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-01-21T00:10:23+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/index.php\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/breaking-news-mps-to-move-virtual-next-week-no-school-monday\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/update.midlandps.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"UPDATE ONLINE\",\"description\":\"H.H. 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