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Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, Marion Community Schools elementary buildings will be on a 2-hour delay virtual learning day schedule. 
 
Giant Online Academy students and onsite students will follow the following virtual delay schedule for Tuesday, January 26, 2021.    

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On Nov. 24, the Marion Community Schools Board of School Trustees approved the continuation of e-learning Fridays through the rest of the 2020-21 school year calendar, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The board had previously approved e-learning Fridays for the first semester.

Marion Community Schools is adding two e-learning days to its calendar as we shift into the winter and holiday season. There will be no onsite classes on Monday, Nov. 23, and Tuesday, Nov. 24. (Thanksgiving break begins Wednesday, Nov. 25.)

Marion Community Schools was informed Monday, Nov. 16, that two students who were last at Allen Elementary School on Wednesday, Nov. 12, have been diagnosed as COVID-19 positive.  

At the elementary level, with the difficulty of enforcing consistent social distancing, Marion Community Schools utilizes cohorting (keeping groups of students together and avoiding cross contact as much as possible). Because of this, our plans have included quarantining entire classrooms in the event of a positive COVID diagnosis.

Marion Community Schools was informed Sunday, Nov. 15, that a staffer who was last at Justice Intermediate School on Thursday, Nov. 12, has been diagnosed as COVID-19 positive.  

In connection with this positive case, 2 additional staffers and 7 students were determined to be school related close contacts and have been informed and instructed to quarantine. (Click here for current COVID-19 quarantine information.)

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11/25/20 UPDATE: The Indiana Department of Health has classified Grant County in the red category, meaning there is an active and widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in our community.

The Grant County Health Department has asked that schools continue to restrict spectator attendance at school activities to parents and guardians only, up to two per student participant. No school events will be open to the public at this time.

Many events have been postponed or canceled due to quarantines here or at other participating schools.

Marion Community Schools is participating in a groundbreaking new program, Grant County Elementary Unified Robotics, part of the Champions Together program of Special Olympics Indiana. This weekend, students will be participating in the very first Unified Robotics event!