Vermilion Parish School System still conducting ‘face-to-face’ learning

As of now, the Vermilion Parish Public School system will continue to have face-to-face learning.
With the rise of COVID 19, some school systems around the state are going to virtual learning.
As of Monday, there were 600 parish public school students (out of 9,700 total students) who have missed the last five days due to COVID. Of those 600, 500 will be back to school on Wednesday. The students will have to wear a mask at school for another five days.
On Friday, Superintdent Tommy Byler gave a three-minute video update on the state of the parish, dealiing with COVID.
He said central office is keeping and eye on the number of students and employees who have to miss school due to COVID.
“The number of COVID cases are rising in our parish, state and world,” Byler said. “We are keeping a close count. If we have to go full virtual, we will.”
Byler advised parents in the video that if they do not feel comfortable sending their child or children to school because of COVID, call the school and inform the school why the student is missing.
This week in St. Landry Parish, Breaux Bridge High and Grand Pairie Elementary went to virtual learning last week. They were scheduled to return to the classrom this week.
Breaux Bridge High had no face-to-face to instruction all last week.
Last week schools in Baton Rouge parish also went 100 percent virtual
Byler said if Vermilion Parish had to go 100 percent virtual, it can because the school system has enough computers for each student to bring home.
The Vermilion Parish public school system has fewer number of COVID cases than many surrounding school systems. Byler said the COVID total is less than 5% of the entire school system.
There are two parish schools that are considered to be “hot spots.” That means there are more COVID cases than other schools. Byler did not want to release which two schools were COVID hot spots.