Today’s closure of McKinleyville Middle School in the wake of significant staffing shortages due to COVID is likely a harbinger of what’s to come in the coming weeks as the Omicron variant makes the rounds in the community. Humboldt County is showing all the classic signs of entering into a surge of COVID cases driven […]
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COVID Caused Staffing Shortage Closes McKinleyville Middle School
McKinleyville Middle School was closed today due to a COVID-19 caused “significant staffing shortage.” An email from Superintendent Heidi Moore-Guynup went out to parents around 7 p.m. yesterday stating that Dow’s Prairie and Morris Elementary were currently open. “We are hoping to be able to safely return to in-person instruction on Thursday, January 6,” the […]
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Times-Standard: Alder Bay Short on Staff Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
The Times-Standard reports that the Alder Bay Assisted Living Facility in Eureka is facing staffing shortages in the wake of a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility that has left two residents dead. The story quotes Alder Bay’s administrator Mark Stephenson as saying everyone is receiving their needed care but “staffing is a serious issue.” Seven […]