Warren G. Harding High School announced Thursday, Nov 12. is transitioning all of its students to online/remote learning only effective Friday, Nov. 13.

Teachers and related support staff will report to work.

The district anticipates keeping this schedule in place for at least two weeks with the earliest return to in-person learning on Monday, Nov. 30.

Over the past 24 hours, Warren City Schools has experienced an increase in COVID-19 data at Harding and has received confirmation in the last 24 hours of a staff member and two students testing positive with Coronavirus.

According to the district, the cases do not appear to be related, and contact tracing is taking place. Anyone determined to been at risk for exposure to the virus will be notified by an administrator or school nurse within the Warren City School District. If contacted, stents or staff will be directed to quarantine, and will receive additional communications from the Warren City Health Department.

At this time, an additional six students have been quarantined and have already been contacted.

The decision to modify instruction for students was made by Superintendent Steve Chiaro and Harding Principal Dante Capers after analyzing current data.

For more information about how this schedule will look, students and families can view the YouTube post from Chiaro and Capers.