SCS increasingly isolated as state’s only district without in-person classes
Houston High School students were socially distanced on the first day of school on Aug. 17, 2020. Shelby County’s six suburban school systems are using a mix of in-person and online classes that depend on the child’s grade level. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The state’s largest school system – Shelby County Schools – becomes the only school system in the state to have no in-person classes as Metro Nashville Schools resumes some in-person classes Thursday, Feb. 4.
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