Special to El Rrun-Rrun
After Sen. Eddie Lucio joined the appeal by board members of the Brownsville Independent School District to allow the district to delay face-to-face instruction for the regular student body until 2021, some details about previously unknown COVID-19 infections on its grounds.
Let's keep it short and sweet. This is what Superintendent Dr. Rene Gutierrez wrote the Texas Education Agency as reasons to extend distance learning until safe the new year.
* At least 11 BISD employees have died of COVID-19.
* There have been 179 positive cases among its nearly 7,000 employees.
* The district has had to close six departments due to the virus.
* It has also closed 16 campuses since the outbreak for mitigation.