The Horatio School District has decided to close Horatio Elementary School onsite instruction after two students tested positive for COVID-19. The district's contact-tracing identified several staff members and two kindergarten classrooms that must be quarantined until December 1st.

As a result of minimal availability of substitutes and the number of staff members that will be quarantined, the PK-6 Horatio Elementary will pivot to online instruction and elementary teachers will continue to teach virtually beginning Wednesday, November 11. Onsite instruction will resume on Tuesday, December 1st as the district already has a digital day planned for November 30th.

The district will continue to partner with the Arkansas Department of Health and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to provide a safe and healthy environment for onsite instruction.