Lee's Summit parents, students protest for in-person learning to start school year

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Can.THOUSANDS OF PEOPLEARE HEADING TO KANSASCITY THIS WEEKEND FOR AWRESTLING TOURNAMENT-- AND IT HAS HEALTHLEADERS CONCERNED.ORGANIZERS GOT THEGREEN LIGHT THREEMONTHS AGO AND LOCALLEADERS SAY THEY CAN'TREVERSE COURSE.TONIGHT 41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER ANDRESGUTIERREZ IS GETTINGANSWERS AS TO HOWHEALTH LEADERS WILLKEEP PEOPLE SAFE --AND WHY PARENTS SAY --IT'S FAIR GAME TO BETHERE.Tommy Sevilla/Son Competing inRocky Mountain Nationals youthwrestling eventSports have been shut downand we've had to resort tolooking to other states tocompete.TOMMY SEVILLA AND HISFAMILY ARE FLYING FROMCALIFORNIA TO KANSASCITY TO WATCH THEIR SONLUKE WRESTLE AT THEHYVEE ARENA.Tommy Sevilla/Son Competing inRocky Mountain Nationals youthwrestling event/If we thought that we weredoing an injustice to thecitizens of Kansas City bycoming//then we wouldn'tcome.HIS 9-YEAR-OLD IS AMONGTHE 25-HUNDRED KIDSAND TEENS FROM 40DIFFERENT STATESPARTICIPATING THE"ROCKY MOUNTAINNATIONALS YOUTHWRESTLING EVENT THISWEEKEND.CITY AND HEALTHLEADERS ARE RAISINGCONCERNS AS THE AREACONTINUES TO SEE ANUP-TICK CASES...Dr. Rex Archer/Kansas CityMissouriHealth Department, Director/it wasn't an easy decision.

Butsince we would actually haveto change our order to prohibitit.

We decided that no, it willgo on, they will do these extraprecautions.

We will monitor itAndres Gutierrez/Reporting/The city mandate doesn'trequire minors to wear amask, but Dr. Archer saysevent organizers are makingeveryone who walks throughthese doors wear oneregardless of ageTHE HY-VEE ARENA CANSEAT MORE THAN 8-THOUSAND, BUT FOR THISEVENT THEY'RE CAPPINGIT AT ONE-THOUSAND.THOUGH THEY'LL BE MOREFOOT TRAFFIC IN THENEIGHBORHOODBUSINESSES WANTVISITORS TO PREVENT THESPREAD OF COVID-19.Christopher Ciesiel/TheCampgroundWe don't want to be the placethat just wants to make moneyand throw caution to the wind.We're trying to be as safe aswe can.

And I don't know, Ireally hope that those parentsand kids are going to be doingthe same.Tommy Sevilla/Son Competing inRocky Mountain Nationals youthwrestling event/we're very, very cognizant andcautious towards ourchildren's health concerns.But at the same time, there'salso a psychological andmental element that you alsohave to be concerned with.And these kids can't becooped up foreverIN KANSAS CITY.

ANDRESGUTIERREZ.

41 ACTIONNEWS.WE REACHED OUT TOHYVEE ARENA -- AND THEORGANIZER OF THETOURNAMENT TODAY FORA COMMENT.