VIDE Public School Updates for October 11-18

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — The following are important updates for Virgin Islands Department of Education schools for Oct. 11-18.

• All public schools will be closed Mon., Oct. 11 in observance of the Columbus Day holiday. Virgin Islands-Puerto Rico Friendship Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day will also be celebrated on Oct. 11. All schools will reopen on Oct. 12.
• The Claude O. Markoe Elementary School will resume in-person learning on Oct. 12. The campus reverted to virtual learning on Sept. 27 due to COVID-19 exposure. The V.I. Department of Health has conducted a series of COVID-19 testing of students and staff and deemed the school safe to resume in-person learning. The campus has been sanitized using CDC-approved products.
• The annual TEACH “Together Educating America’s CHildren” Conference will be held in the St. Thomas-St. John District on Oct. 15. Schools are closed for St. Thomas-St. John students that day.
• The annual TEACH “Together Educating America’s CHildren” Conference will be held in the St. Croix District on Oct. 18. Schools are closed for St. Croix students that day.

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