Coronavirus surge closes schools on Eastern Shore

Schools shuttered in rural Dorchester County on the Eastern Shore of Maryland this week amid a rise in coronavirus cases, more than a month after students began a gradual return to in-person classes.

The county is the first to retreat from classroom learning in Maryland since state officials began urging school systems in late August to reopen school buildings for the fall.

Dorchester County School Superintendent W. David Bromwell said about 20 percent of the school system’s 4,700 students were on campus part time — a number slated to more than double next week under a hybrid-learning plan for pre-K to grade 12...

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