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Omicron Surge: Oakland Charter School Closes For Week Because Of Teacher Shortage
Students had already arrived on campus Tuesday when the decision was made to send them home.
By CBS San Francisco Staff:
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Officials at the Oakland School for the Arts announced Tuesday they were cancelling classes for the remainder of the week because a shortage of teachers caused by positive COVID cases and quarantines in the wake of exposure to the virus.
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Principal Mike Oz posted a letter to students and parents apologizing for the charter school’s emergency closure, but said he had no choice given the growing number of cases during the omicron surge.
“Due to a staff shortage as a result of quarantines due to exposure to, or infection with, COVID-19, we regret to inform you that we are unable to continue to provide person-to-person instruction to students and need to institute an emergency school closure for the remainder of this week,” he wrote. “We have exhausted all options for obtaining staff coverage.”
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