8 a.m. COVID-19 update

8 a.m. COVID-19 update

AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS ARE REOPENINGTODAY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STATELINE IN KANSAS OSKALOOSA VALLEYFALLS AND WEST FRANKLIN HAVETHEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL TODAYTHE MISSOURI SIDE THE CENTERSCHOOL DISTRICT STARTS TODAY ALLONLINE AS WELL.OPPORTUNIST AND BARRY AND THETRENTON AT LEAST SEVEN SCHOOLBOARD MAKES THEIR DECISION ONHOW TO SCHOOL YEAR WILL STARTIT.ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT GRADE YOURCHILD IS IN KG STILES.MATT EVANS IS LIVE THIS MORNINGAT AT BREAK DOWN THE DECISION.HEY, MATT.GOOD MORNING TO YOU.ROB THE LEES SUMMIT SCHOOLBOARD.VOTING LAST NIGHT 5 2 2 TO GOAHEAD AND LET SOME OF THOSEYOUNGER STUDENTS COME BACK TOIN-PERSON CLASSES BEGINNING ONSEPTEMBER 8, BUT IT THE OLDERSTUDENTS LIKE EXAMPLE HERE ATLEAST IN THE NORTH HIGH SCHOOLWILL BEGINNING THE SCHOOL YEARWITH ALL VIRTUAL LEARNING INPLACE.SO GRADES PRE-K THROUGH THIRDGRADE, THEY’LL BE ABLE TO STARTIN PERSON LEARNING TO START THEYEAR, BUT FOURTH GRADE THROUGH12TH GRADE, THEY WILL BEGIN WITHTHAT VIRTUAL LEARNINGEXPERIENCE.THIS IS OF COURSE ALL BEGINNINGWHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS THEDAY AFTER LABOR DAY ON SEPTEMBER8 THE SCHOOL BOARD SAYING THATTHEY’LL BE CONTINUING TO LOOKINTO THE COVID-19 AND THATVIRTUAL MODEL IT WILL YOU FORTHOSE OLDER KIDS UNTIL THERE’SNO LONGER SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITYSPREAD OF COVID-19 HERE IN LEE’SSUMMIT.THEN THEY’LL BE SWITCHING TO AHYBRID MODEL WHICH STUDENTSBEING SPLIT INTO A COUPLE OFGROUPS AND ALTERNATING DAYS INSCHOOL BUILDINGS.THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO ALLOF THIS MANY SPECIAL PROGRAMSLIKE COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIALAND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORALPROGRAMS.THOSE WILL BE PROVIDINGIN-PERSON.SERVICES DURING THE SCHOOL YEARREGARDLESS OF THE GRADE LEVELTHE LEAST OF THE SCHOOL BOARDSAYING THERE’S A FEW REASONS WHYTHEY DID THIS MADE THIS DECISIONLAST NIGHT.ONE OF THOSE REASONS IS THEY AREFOLLOWING THE ADVICE FROM THEJACKSON COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT.THEY ALSO SAY THAT IT’S A THELESS LIKELY FOR THOSE YOUNGERKIDS TO POSE A SIGNIFICANTTHREAT TO SPREAD COVID-19 ANDTHEN THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSTHEY ARE ABLE TO PROBABLYPROVIDE SOME MORE SOCIALDISTANCING MEASURES THAN THEYWOULD HAVE SOME OF THESE LARGERSCHOOLS LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOLSAND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THEDISTRICT.ONLY SOME OF THIS MORNING MATTEVANS KMBC 9 NEWS MATT.THANKS.LET’S LOOK AT COVID-19 CASES INTHE KANSAS CITY AREA.WE EXPECT UPDATES TODAY FROMHEALTH OFFICIALS IN BOTH, KANSASAND MISSOURI 923 NEW CASESREPORTED TUESDAY IN THE NINECOUNTY, KANSAS CITY METRO.102 THOSE CASES COME FROM KANSASCITY, MISSOURI.THAT IS THE LARGEST INCREASE INA WEEK HEALTH OFFICIALS.SAY KANSAS CITY WAS JUST ASKED.JUST REPORTING CRITERIA ACCOUNT