Earlier this month, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed an executive order allowing parents to opt their kid out of a school's mask mandate.
WSMV-TV in Nashville reported that Rutherford County Schools Communications Director James Evans said that shutting down the schools next week,"will allow several staff members who are on quarantine to clear those quarantines and return to operate the classrooms."
CDC data also shows that less than 50 percent of Tennessee's population are considered fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
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