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Runge Independent School District

Runge Independent School District, or Runge ISD, is an American school district in Runge, Texas.

COVID-19

On August 21, 2023, ISD superintendent Hector Dominguez announced that its schools would be shut down until August 29 due to a "recent surge of positive COVID-19 cases" in the district.[1] A "COVID-19 tracker" hosted on Runge ISD's website showed that there were 10 "active cases" among staff members at the time of the closure.[2][3]

  1. Velasco, T., & Neaves, A. (2023). COVID shuts down school district in Karnes County for the rest of the week. KENS 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20230825193549/https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/karnes-county-covid-shuts-down/273-83094a25-87f9-4f98-a3d7-227fe4942853 ↩︎

  2. Abrams, C. (2023, August 25). Runge ISD Announces Campus Closures Due to Staff COVID-19 Cases. The Texan. https://web.archive.org/web/20230826182735/https://thetexan.news/issues/education/runge-isd-announces-campus-closures-due-to-staff-covid-19-cases/article_108509cc-436b-11ee-a6cc-0731d9ca9996.html ↩︎

  3. COVID-19 Tracker. (2023, August 21). Runge ISD. http://archive.today/2023.08.26-035613/https://www.rungeisd.org/vnews/display.v/SEC/COVID-19 Tracker ↩︎