Utah teachers union demands that Gov. Gary Herbert move junior high and high schools online while COVID-19 cases break records

(Tribune file photo) Heidi Matthews, president of the Utah Education Association, speaks on July 29, 2017. She has recently called on Gov. Gary Herbert to close secondary schools while COVID-19 cases spread uncontrolled throughout the state, with several records smashed on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.

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