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While Gov. Greg Abbott ordered all schools to stay closed for the rest of the year, he has formed a strike force to help ease the state's economy open.
School campuses will stay closed the remainder of the year but online learning will continue, according to the Tyler Morning Telegraph. Many schools are also still waiting on guidelines for graduations and how to finish the school year.
“I was not surprised,” Grace Community School Head of School Jay Ferguson told the Morning Telegraph. "I was disappointed because I was hoping we were going to be able to be together as a school for the last coupe of weeks, however I do think the governor is making good decisions. I’m looking forward to seeing those (guidelines) like everyone else. We have graduation ceremonies planned and would like to comply with whatever those guidelines are.”
Abbott also announced a strike force committee that will recommend how to open the economy, according to Morning Telegraph. One step of the committee was to open retail businesses for curbside pickup and to loosen restrictions on elective surgeries.
Abbott said that from this point, COVID-19 responses will focus on the communities that continue to see it spread rather than the entire state.
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