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Nevada county ditches plans for classroom teaching for now

Virus Outbreak Nevada Schools
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FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2020, file photo, students return to Greenbrae Elementary School in Sparks, Nev., for the first time since March with mandatory masks and social distancing to help guard against the spread of the coronavirus. The Elko County School Board has decided to follow the lead of the largest school district in the state in Las Vegas and begin the new school year in rural northeast Nevada with only distance learning to help guard against the spread of the coronavirus. A hybrid model that combines classroom instruction with remote learning got off to a rocky start this week in Washoe County when Monday's scheduled reopening was postponed due to dense smoke from California wildfires resulted in unhealthy air quality in Reno and Sparks. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)
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ELKO (AP) — The Elko County School Board in Nevada has decided to follow the lead of the state's largest school district in Las Vegas and begin the new school year with only distance learning to help guard against the spread of the coronavirus.

The board voted unanimously to push back the beginning of the school year until Sept. 8.

School resumes next week in Las Vegas on a strictly remote basis until the Clark County School Board determines COVID-19 trends have improved enough to satisfy multiple criteria.
That includes a downward trajectory of documented cases over a 14-day period.

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