Students at the Escanaba Jr and Sr. High School will begin alternating day schedules starting Monday. School Superintendent Coby Fletcher says they will divide the student body in half to lower the number of students at the school building during the day.

On Friday, all students from the 6th through 12th grades will meet online for an abbreviated schedule to give staff more preparation time.

Fletcher says the goal of the new schedule is to lower the number of quarantines that can affect the attendance of students and staff at school.