david begnau in miami. >> another concern, covid in schools. struggling to finalize reopening plans because of new outbreaks. elizabeth, new jersey, for instance, just announced it will hold all classes remotely and as meg oliver reports, that's not what the governor wanted to hear. >> reporter: in cherokee county, georgia, a second high school closed today due to high covid cases, 1100 students and staff in quarantine, 200 quarantined will be will be. >> became fruitless to continue to try to do what was impossible, so they're spending the next five weeks making remote can. >> he's a spokesperson for the school district whose board moved to take classes entirely on line. he told us more than 400 teamers have already opted out of in-person classes over health concerns. among them, first grade teacher, marie tichenor. she applied for an exemption are now authorized to start in person. >> reversing course after first announcing they begin the year dijly. that prompted families to protest in favor days after this photo sur fashioned of a jam packe