Zionsville Community Schools and Lebanon Community Schools are closing due to COVID-19 concerns. Both districts are closing their buildings at 6 p.m. today and will be closed to students through spring break.

Students will not have classes on Friday, and both districts will do eLearning starting Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27 when spring break starts in both districts.

The districts stressed that there will be no after-school activities, events or use of the buildings during that time.

School leaders said that they'll share more information about logistics of eLearning with families soon. Zionsville families will receive that information via email by 6 p.m. Thursday and Lebanon families will get more information at noon Friday.

Scott Robison, superintendent of Zionsville Schools, said the district has used eLearning since 2012 and has already used it this academic year at all levels so the only change would be using it for an extended period of time.

He added that any families interested in meal assistance can pick up packages from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Friday at the district's educational services center, door 11, at 900 Mulberry Street.

For Lebanon students, Friday's email to families will include information about eLearning expectations and technology support including what to do if students don't have a device or internet access. Students who receive free and reduced meals can pick up single meal kits on Friday at Hattie B. Stokes Elementary. Breakfast will be available from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and lunch will be there from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The district will give more details on future meal pickups.

The districts said they made the decision with the guidance of the Boone County Health Department.

"This is an unprecedented time," Robison said in an email to parents Thursday, "and while I know this decision is a difficult one for many families, we take this action in effort to protect against the sort of community spread of coronavirus that has killed vulnerable individuals in many places around the globe."

Zionsville and Lebanon officials said there are no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the schools and the closures are a way to reduce the spread of the virus.

Earlier in the week, health officials confirmed one positive test for the coronavirus in Boone County, where both of these districts are.

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These districts are the second and third in the Indianapolis metro area to move to eLearning. Five districts in Wayne County will close March 23, at the direction of the Wayne County Health Department, according to FOX59.

Avon Community Schools announced Monday it would move to eLearning for two weeks leading up to spring break after one student tested positive for the coronavirus and a second student began showing symptoms.

This story will be updated.

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