School district to transition to remote learning

For the entire spring semester.

New information tonight -- we're hearing from parents in boaz after the school system there chose to move entirely to remote learning starting tomorrow.

Right now -- the plan is to stay remote until december 7-th.

Waay31's megan reyna has more on what led the district to make this call -- and the mixed reaction from parents.

Megan says:"starting tomorrow -- 1900 students who were learning in the classroom will now be learning from home.

One father whose son is a senior here at boaz high school says he's concerned this will affect his overall education.

" cox says:"this should be the best time of my son's life being as a senior and he's missing out on all these opportunities like senior prom and stuff like that."

Adam cox has two kids in the boaz city school system.

Both are enrolled in traditional learning... which he says is better for their future.

Cox says:"you know if a student has any problems, it's easier to be there right with the teacher than learning online."

Right now across the school system -- there are 18 active covid cases... and 170 people are in quarentine.

However -- superintendent todd haynie said the main reason they chose to switch to remote learning temporarily was because of the number of teachers and support staff affected.

He said it's made the entire situation difficult to navigate.

Nats for anna miguel -- she placed her elementary student in virtual learning from the start of the school year -- anticipating this would happen at one point.

She also wants to protect the vulnerable.

Miguel says:"my parent's had heart attacks, the other one is diabetic, and then having their smaller child, you think of their immune system not being developed."

Miguel says virtual learning has been working well for her child.

She hopes others are able to adjust and understand why the district made the decision to go remote.

Miguel says:"i knew coming up with this season, it was going to be out there and a lot of people aren't taking as much protocol anymore, i knew it was going to happen, so i just wanted to be more safe."

For cox -- while he may not agree with the decision, he's accepting of it.

Cox says:"i understand that completely, but you know they should think about our kid's future, too."

Megan says:"while the plan right now is to return to in- person learning december 7 -- that could change depending on how this virus plays out here in marshall county.

Reporting in boaz mr waay 31 news."

Right now - marshall county is one of those counties at "very high risk" for the spread