Fayette High to remain on hybrid schedule

After recently modifying their schedules due to ongoing COVID-19 cases, all but one of Fayette County’s middle and high schools will resume daily in-person instruction starting Feb. 2 for student who have chosen that option. Fayette County High will stay on a synchronous hybrid schedule through Feb. 8. Spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach said FCHS had nine students and staff who tested positive as of Jan. 28, and 19 people are in quarantine.

Assistant Superintendent Mike Sanders told the Board of Education on Jan. 25 that the entire school system had 33 positive COVID cases and 317 students and staff in quarantine. Plans to vaccinate employees are pending; a recent staff survey brought 2,085 responses, with 1,691 saying they would like to get the vaccine through the school system and 394 saying they would not. Sanders said some of the “no” replies were from individuals who were already vaccinated. However, no date for vaccine delivery and administration has been determined yet.