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OGDEN, Utah – Multiple schools in the Davis School District will be entering a soft closure due to confirmed COVID-19 cases. What does a ‘soft closure’ of Utah schools look like?  Bountiful, Farmington, Layton, and Viewmont high schools went into soft closure Friday after reaching a threshold of confirmed COVID-19 cases that moves students from in-person instruction to remote learning, according to a press release. School District officials say students will return to school for in-person instruction Monday, Jan. 25. Classes will not be held on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and district professional development day on Jan. 18 and 19 respectively, district…

OGDEN, Utah — According to Ben Lomond High School Principal Steve Poll, students struggling to find success in school are in that position for one of three reasons — they are not able to do their work, they won’t do their work or they don’t come to school. The school has made a concerted effort to identify students who fall into the first category due to a language barrier and connect them to support, Poll said. And that effort has paid off.