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11/11/20, 6:11 PMRaleigh & Durham areas’ COVID-19 cases spike along with NC | Raleigh News & Observer <br />Page 3 of 9https://www.newsobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article247060012.html <br />Wake County reported 20 cases at its schools this week. <br />On Monday, some middle school students will return to in-person learning in Wake <br />County. The News & Observer previously reported that an estimated 6,000 of the <br />district’s 160,000 students will be on campus Monday. Like PreK-3 and K-12 special- <br />education students in regional programs before them, middle schools students will <br />return to classes in a rotation of one week in school and two weeks of remote <br />learning. <br />Wake County PreK-3 students and K-12 special-education students will begin daily <br />in-person classes on Nov. 16, while fourth and fifth graders will start the three-week <br />rotation. <br />Staff and students must cover their faces, undergo temperature screenings and stay <br />6 feet apart whenever possible. <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools moved last week to start returning a very small <br />number of students to classrooms. About 60 students with disabilities who attend <br />adaptive classes are set to return to the classroom on Dec. 7, with in-person classes <br />in the morning and remote classes in the afternoon, The News & Observer reported. <br />Some working students who take evening classes could also soon return to the <br />classroom. <br />The district also announced that K-12 students will continue virtual learning until at <br />least Jan. 15. <br />At Orange County Schools, preschool and special-education students returned to the <br />classroom Oct. 27, while most K-12 students are scheduled to return in small groups <br />beginning January 2021. <br />Students at Durham Public Schools are also scheduled to begin returning in January. <br />COVID-19 IN JAILS, NURSING HOMES <br />On Friday, Franklin County announced that its jail is undergoing a COVID-19 <br />outbreak. As of 2 p.m. Friday, 30 inmates and two staff members had tested positive <br />for COVID-19 at the Louisburg facility. <br />In a press release, the Franklin County Health Department said it is working with <br />All-access digital <br />subscription <br />Connect to local news for just $1 a month for 3 <br />months <br />VIEW OFFER