EDUCATION + SCHOOLS

Mount Ogden Junior High School moving to online classes Nov. 4

UPDATED: NOVEMBER 3, 2020 AT 9:17 PM

OGDEN, Utah — Mount Ogden Junior High School (MOJHS) will move to online classes starting Wednesday, after confirming 15 positive COVID-19 cases in the school.

It is unknown if the cases are all students or faculty at this time.

15 cases means Mount Ogden Junior High now meets the threshold for how many COVID-19 cases there can be before the school can no longer hold in-person classes. To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the school has decided to move to online classes.

The school will start online classes from Nov. 4 to Nov. 18.

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