Orange County

Horizon West Middle School pivots to online learning due to positive COVID-19 cases

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — An Orange County middle school is pivoting to online learning due to positive COVID-19 cases.

Students at Horizon West Middle School will not go to campus Wednesday.

Instead, they will learn remotely on LaunchEd@Home through Thanksgiving break.

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District leaders said there were eight positive COVID-19 cases. Nearly 200 students and staff members were forced to quarantine.

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Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.