Billings School District officials are trying to keep schools staffed and open, with 70 to 80 percent of staff positions currently filled, said Superintendent Greg Upham during a recent school board meeting. At least 349 students were reported as newly sick with COVID-19 during the week of Jan. 16-22. At least 93 staff members became sick during that week. “Seventy percent gets a little dicey, and it depends how many substitutes will take the position, so we do have the appropriate amount of substitutes. Sometimes they won’t take the position, which creates a problem,” Upham said Monday.

Source: Forbes January 25, 2022 21:53 UTC