Two counties – Wayne and Johnston – have both had recent spikes in COVID-19 cases. Last week, both school districts were in Plan B, with students rotating into schools for in-person class. As Liz Schlemmer reports for WUNC, recent decisions by those school boards highlight the patchwork nature of school reopening plans across the state.
Southeast of Raleigh, two neighboring counties – Wayne and Johnston – both saw recent rises in COVID-19 cases. Both school districts had been operating in Plan B, with students rotating into schools for in-person class. Then last week, the Wayne County school board voted to move its youngest students to in-school Plan A in January, while the Johnston County school board opted to move all its students to all-online Plan C until January.
Two neighboring school boards, in two days, went in completely different directions.