24 Columbus City Schools to go remote Friday due to staffing shortages

Michael Lee, The Columbus Dispatch
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Twenty-four Columbus schools to use remote learning on Friday due to staffing shortages, the district announced late Thursday.
Twenty-four Columbus schools to use remote learning on Friday due to staffing shortages, the district announced late Thursday.

Columbus City Schools announced Thursday afternoon that 24 schools will remain in or transition to remote learning on Friday due to staffing issues.

The number of schools is five more than the district closed on Thursday, and 13 more than when students returned from winter break on Monday.

The following schools will not hold in-person classes:

  • Beatty Park Elementary School

  • Buckeye Middle School

  • Burroughs Elementary School

  • Devonshire Alternative Elementary School

  • Dominion Middle School

  • Duxberry Park Alternative Elementary Schoolo

  • East Columbus Elementary School

  • Fairmoor Elementary School

  • Hilltonia Middle School

  • Huy elementary School

  • Independence High School

  • Johnson Park Middle School

  • Maize Elementary School

  • Moler Elementary School

  • Oakland Park Alternative Elementary School

  • Oakmont Elementary School

  • Parsons Elementary School

  • Sherwood Middle School

  • South High School

  • West Broad Elementary School

  • West High School

  • Windsor STEM Academy PreK-6

  • Woodward Park Middle School and 6th Grade at Walden

  • Yorktown Middle School

More: Which Columbus-area schools have gone remote?

In addition to the message, the district wrote parents can pick up students' Chromebook computers between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

While students will be remote, teachers and staff will be in-person at the schools for the day. Furthermore, three schools will return to in-person, including Linden-McKinley STEM Academy, Walnut Ridge High School and Whetstone High School.

Superintendent Talisa Dixon said at Tuesday's board meeting that when it comes to staff shortages, the district "will continue to face these issues for the foreseeable future." The closures have been mainly due to COVID-19, the flu and seasonal sicknesses, she added.

Related: More Ohio children infected with COVID in December than any month since pandemic began

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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus City Schools: 24 buildings stay or transition to remote