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Cannon County Schools will be CLOSED Monday, February 3rd, 2020 and Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 due to illness. "Absences of students has increased to near thirteen percent (13%) range on Friday, January 31st, 2020, however staff absences have increased dramatically to 36 staff members being absent on Friday, and we are having major difficulty finding substitutes," stated Cannon County Director of Schools Mr. William F. Curtis on Friday, January 31st, 2020. "We hope this respite over the weekend, and the two days off, will help, and our attendance will improve next week. Cannon County Schools will be back in session on Wednesday, February 5th, 2020."
Cannon County Schools' Students and Staff absences due to illnesses are currently being monitored by School Officials. "Absences of students has been hovering around the ten percent (10%) range for the past week, however staff absences have steadily increased in recent days," stated Cannon County Director of Schools Mr. William F. Curtis on Thursday, January 30th, 2020. We are closely monitoring our attendance rates and checking with local health care providers regarding the rates of flu and other illnesses in the Cannon County area. We appreciate parents/guardians keeping a close watch on their students, and if students exhibit symptoms, such as a fever, to keep children at home and away from other children."
"Some bordering counties have closed due to sickness rates being much higher in those counties. In Cannon County, our toughest day so far in the past few weeks as to student absentees was last Friday, January 24th, 2020 when 252 total students or 12% of students were absent. We have remained close to the 10% threshold with Monday, January 27th, 2020 - at 229 students absent or 11% of the total school population; Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 - at 226 students absent or 11% of the total school population; Wednesday, January 29th, 2020 - at 193 students absent or 10% of the total school population; and Thursday, January 30th, 2020 - at 172 students absent or 9% of the total school population. While there has been a decrease in students sick in the past few days, the number of Teachers and Staff out has increased from only eight (8) Teachers out on Tuesday, January 28th, 2020 to nineteen (19) out on Thursday, January 30th, 2020."
Director Curtis elaborated, "We will be carefully monitoring this developing situation, and will be very vigilant and proactive for our students and staff personnel. If any changes occur, we will let parents/guardians, students, staff, and community know as soon as possible through our Bright Arrow Alert message system to all who have signed up and the message is sent out to recipients, local Cannon County Media are informed, and then the Nashville TV Stations. The steps to sign up to the Bright Arrow Alert System are as follows:
How to sign up for Bright Arrow Alerts:
Here are the steps:
1. Go to http://www.ccstn.net/
2. Click on RESOURCES
3. Click on Bright Arrow Self-Signup
4. Click on Register New User
5. Fill in your information - Email Address and Enter a password
6. Fill in your First Name, Last Name, Login Password, Login Password verification, Cell Phone Company, Email, and Hit Apply, OK, or Test. You will then get a Complete Page will come up depending on what you selected.
7. Now you will get the first alerts that the Director of Schools will send out regarding school closures for weather and other important Cannon County Schools information!!
8. To Unsubscribe, Simply log back in using your password and Unsubscribe!
The School District hopes this helps parents/guardians, students, grandparents, and community members understand regarding these decisions and determinations that are made regarding school closure events.
