Parts of Logan schools to reopen Monday

Parts of Logan Municipal Schools will reopen to in-person classes sooner than expected after at least two COVID-19 cases were reported there.

School superintendent Dennis Roch wrote in a letter posted on the district’s website Wednesday that Logan elementary and middle-school classes would resume in-person learning on April 26. That would be the 10th day of quarantine for students and staff who came in close contact with a COVID-positive person.

Roch wrote, however, because of “an elevated risk” of an additional 14-day state-mandated shutdown at Logan High School, high-school classes would continue remote learning until May 3, as originally announced last Thursday.

The New Mexico Activities Association and the state’s Public Education Department also cleared Logan’s basketball teams to resume practices April 26.

The Logan ZIP code has seen an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the past week, with seven reported.

Logan Middle School on April 20 and Logan Superstop on April 17 also had reported two cases and one case, respectively, on the state’s COVID-19 rapid response database.