Daviess County schools move to remote learning

The move comes after 170 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the county in two days.

Of the sullivan county health department.

Daviess county schools went back to remote learning today.

The daviess county health department announced the decision... along with a list of other restrictions in the county.

The restrictions are the result of 170 "new" covid-19 cases reported in just two days.

The decision to move to remote learning caught many school leaders by surprise.

One school struggling to catch up was barr-reeve.

Superintendent travis madison says while the process may have been frustrating, they understand the reason behind the decision.

"in talking with the county officials last night and even again this morning, they're just trying to do the best they can do to mitigate the case numbers and mitigate the spread of this.

As we all are."

Daviess county schools will remain on remote learning until