The Colbert County School System has made changes to its back to school plan.
School will start on Aug. 24 with one schedule for students, and then another format will take effect Aug. 31.
Here’s the schedule beginning Aug. 24:
Traditional pre-K and kindergarten:
Aug. 24: ONLY students with last names beginning with letters A-H report to school.
Aug. 25: ONLY students with last names beginning with letters I-P report to school.
Agu. 26: ONLY students with last names beginning with letters Q-Z report to school.
Aug. 27: ONLY Male Students report to school.
Aug. 28: ONLY Female Students report to school
Traditional grades 1-12:
Aug. 24: ONLY students with last names beginning with letters A-H report to school.
Aug. 25: ONLY students with last names beginning with letters I-P report to school.
Aug. 26: ONLY students with last names beginning with letters Q-Z report to school.
Aug. 27: ONLY GROUP A students return to school.
Aug. 28: ONLY GROUP B students return to school.
Here’s the change that takes effect Aug. 31:
Mondays & Tuesdays: Students in Group A attend in-person classes. Students in Group B do remote learning.
Wednesdays: All students do remote learning so facilities can be cleaned.
Thursdays & Fridays: Students in Group B attend in-person classes. Students in Group A do remote learning.
CLICK THE LINK AT THE TOP FOR THE FULL PLAN
TUSCUMBIA — Four more Colbert County schools are under full masking mandates for 10 calendar days after they surpassed the threshold of three or more positive COVID-19 cases in each school.
Superintendent Chris Hand said Colbert Heights High School, Colbert Heights Elementary School, Cherokee Elementary School and Leighton Elementary have all gone to mask mandates since each school has reported more than three positive cases.
So far, only Hatton Elementary School in Leighton has been forced to close.
Hatton Elementary students were given coursework to study during the isolation period, Principal Nick Cottrell said.
Colbert County High School is also under a full masking policy.
Emily Lanier, lead school nurse for Colbert County Schools, said Colbert County High School reported eight students tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the masking policy.
Lanier said she did not have individual positive test results for each of the four schools that went under mask mandates as of Tuesday. She said she would have those numbers at a later date.
Cherokee Elementary School Principal Tiffany Fuqua referred questions about the number of COVID-19 positive students to the central office.
She confirmed the school went under a mask mandate on Monday.
Leighton Elementary School Principal Vickie Osborn said the school has three positive COVID-19 cases.
Efforts to reach Colbert Heights Elementary School Principal Alvie Shaw and Colbert Heights High School Principal Katie Dalrymple were unsuccessful on Tuesday.
Lymos McDonald, the school system's COVID officer, had left the office and did not have the individual school numbers available Tuesday afternoon. He said the schools are continuing their cleaning processes, which include disinfectant foggers.
McDonald said traveling football teams will take a fogger with them to disinfect the visiting locker room, even if it was sanitized before they arrive.
He said Colbert County schools will sanitize stadium facilities, including locker rooms, before visiting teams arrive.
So far, only New Bethel Elementary and Cherokee High School are operating without a masking policy within the Colbert County School System.
Leighton Sanitation Dept. has announced that routine weekly garbage pick up will be on Saturday 12/26/2020.
The Leighton Sanitation Department has announced that trash pick up that is usually collected on Thursday morning will be collected on Friday morning after the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Guidelines for attending high school football games
Ace from Ace Eaton Designs & Production designed and developed the new Leighton Police Department website this month July 2020!
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