The omicron variation of COVID-19 is as of now causing interruptions as schools continue classes in their third spring during the pandemic. However, dissimilar to during past floods of the infection, there’s less craving among overseers, guardians and policymakers for remote learning-much to the disappointment of certain educators and students.

So how precisely do school regions anticipate having continued classes amid a rise in Covid-19 contamination that is resulting in educators being out sick?

Heads of schools are resorting to spot fillers such as administrators, paraprofessionals, and substitutes. However, there are insufficient bus drivers, and other staff.

According to a study conducted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education, two-thirds of 100 Metropolitan School Districts reported having face-to-face classes as of last week while 11 traced schools moved to online learning. The most recent figures from Burbio’s K-12 School Opening Tracker show almost 3,200 schools didn’t propose face-to-face classes for at least one day during the prior week. That is down from 5,400 schools encountering face-to- face learning interruptions the first seven days of January. Read more of the original article here.