Three more Valley schools close temporarily due to COVID-19

PALMER — Three more Mat-Su Borough School District schools will be closed during this school week due to COVID-19.

Machetanz Elementary was the first to be closed due to a positive tests among students. The school was closed Aug. 28, but reopened on Monday to in-person instruction for students. On Monday night, MSBSD officials updated mitigation plans, closing Colony High School and Colony Middle School for the rest of the week. Pioneer Peak Elementary is also closed until Wednesday.

Colony High and Colony Middle school students will return to the school buildings on Tuesday, Sept. 8. This is a developing story. Continue to see frontiersman.com for more.