AUSTINTOWN, Ohio - Austintown Local Schools has announced on Monday that it will temporarily be transitioning to remote learning due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases affecting instruction and transportation.

According to a letter from district Superintendent, David Cappuzzello, remote learning will begin Tuesday, Jan. 11 and continue for one week.

The district encourages students to bring home any books and/or supplies with them that may help them work effectively from home.

Cappuzello added that sports and extracurricular activities will remain as normal as this is "an instructional issue and not a student issue."

The district will return to in-person learning on Tuesday, Jan. 18.