The Vigo County School Board is taking action to help their students in staff for the future.
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Now...a return to school was one of several covid-19 related topics tonight at the vigo county school board meeting.
Board members went into detail about some changes your kids could see when the new school year begins.
News 10's sarah lehman is live in our newsroom.
In tonight's top story she breaks down some of those potential changes.
The vigo county school coroporation had to close upbruptly a few months ago.
Now -- the school board is taking action.
They're trying to fix some things they found out didn't work when remote learning started.
More than 200 people tuned in to the school board meeting facebook live.
That's as they made some big decisions for the next school year.
"the educational enviornment since really the start of march has been one of disruption and reaction."
When the covid 19 pandemic hit -- the vigo county school corporation did the best they could.
To keep to their students and staff safe.
But -- they have noticied some flaws in the system.
Now, they're working to figure out what is going to be best for the district moving forward "we have moved some things forward that will allow us to be forward thinking rather than in a reactionary mode."
Things like switching from trimesters.
To semesters.
"what is best for our students and given the learning loss over the summer and then magnifiy that may, april and part of march i think it provided the best oppurtunity for us to make that move."
Working on getting high school students chrome books.
"obviously with what we've experinece this past spring and how we finished school i believe our students would have been better served if they would have not just had remote learning packets.
But if they would have also had technology in their hands."
And making sure they will be okay financially -- if property taxes don't come in like normal.
Last meeting the board approved tax anticipation warrants.
This time they approved applying for the indiana bond bank's advance funding program.
The corporation would only choose one of these options in the end "we want to keep both doors open so that we have more options to choose from."
The corporation also passed an emergecny maksing policy.
That means all employees... visitors... and students are and visitors... employees... all that means maksing policy.
Emergecny also passed an corporation the from."
The corporation also passed an emergecny maksing policy.
That means all employees... visitors... and students are required to wear a mask in any school or at school events that's when social distancing is not in place.
That starts right now until at least july 30th.
As far as your students returning to school.
They said they would recovene in the summer to talk about that plan.
Right now -- they don't know what that's going to look like.
Live in the newsroom sarah lehman news 10 back to you.
Vigo county health leaders are working to learn more about an issue affecting children across the country.
It's called mis-c.
That's also known as "multi system inflammatory syndrome" in children riley hospital for children in indianapolis has treated at least four patients with this illness.
Vigo county health commissioner darren brucken says symptoms can range anywhere from rashes and fevers to organ failure.
Right now officials are still working to learn what exactly causes mis-c.
However...dr. brucken says it's highly likely it's connected to the coronavirus.
About 80-percent of the kids have tested positive for covid-19 either through antibodies or a live virus.
"it's disheartening to see people running around here without masks on because that is one of the ways to keep the limited spread.
The only way to keep your kid safe is to make
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