Houston County first school district in Middle Georgia to bring students back to school

Thursday was the first day of school for Houston County students.

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Shelby coates will join us shortly as we practice social distancing.

To our top story tonight at five: it's the first day of school for houston county students.

And this year will look a lot different due to the covid-19 pandemic.

Mossy creek middle school principal andy gentry says out of almost 800 students, nearly 200 selected virtual learning.

Gentry says all in-house teachers will be available for virtual learning students whenever they need help.

Gentry admits he and administrators will have to put in extra time to restructure some of the schools protocols to prevent catching or spreading the virus.

Of course we are social distancing on everything that we are doing, we are disinfecting, we are hand sanitizing, we are washing hands and so all of that just takes time.

We even seen today that there are some places that we have to put in a little more time gentry says all individuals