The Tri-Valley school district will begin the second semester with a full week of remote learning before returning to their current delivery method.

Dr. David Mouser, Tri-Valley Superintendent, says students will begin the second semester with remote learning the week of January 4-8. Students will return in person on January 11.

Dr. Mouser says the remote break after Thanksgiving proved to help aid the district's mitigation efforts. By going remote the district prevented students who were asymptomatic from potentially spreading the disease.

The Tri-Valley school board at its next meeting will discuss the possibility and timeline of returning all students to full-time in-person instruction.

Dr. Mouser says while other districts will come back fully in person after the holiday break, he believes Tri-Valley's approach will prove to be effective with keeping the number of positive cases down.