How many positive COVID-19 cases would close a school? It depends. - Gainesville Times

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How many positive COVID-19 cases would close a school? It depends.

Administrators say too many variables to use numbers alone

Gainesville High School students walk to the school entrance Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, on the first day of in-person classes for Gainesville City Schools. - photo by Scott Rogers

09092020 GAINESVILLE 1.jpg — Gainesville High School students walk to the school entrance Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, on the first day of in-person classes for Gainesville City Schools. - photo by Scott Rogers

There’s one question that has been eating away at University of North Georgia professor Matthew Boedy more than any other since the university announced its return to school plan this summer: What would it take for a school campus to close down this fall?