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The state will seek a waiver from federal requirements that students in grades three through eight and in high school be tested in reading, math and science.
The patient was a man in his 70s who contracted the virus from an unknown source, according to a press release from the Virginia Department of Health. The man’s cause of death was respiratory failure.
The governor said the unprecedented move “will help slow the spread of this virus," even as it poses a hardship on many families who must scramble to make arrangements for child care.
Other school districts are weighing similar decisions, trying to balance the effect of a longterm closure on students and families with the need for public health measures to contain the spread of the virus. State officials have left it to local superintendents to decide.
One supporter said the Virginia Beach Teachers Association was for teachers who are “right of center.” The group missed the deadline to declare itself as a political action committee.