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Monday 4 p.m. COVID-19 Update

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Monday 4 p.m. COVID-19 Update
Monday 4 p.m. COVID-19 Update
Monday 4 p.m. COVID-19 Update

KELLY: THE POSITIVITY RATE INKANSAS CONTINUES TO INCREASE.RIGHT NOW 18% OF COVID TESTS ARECOMING BACK POSITIVE.THAT’S COMPARED TO MISSOU, WHICH IS 13%.THE U.S. AVERAGES 5%.KANSAS IS REPORTING 1600 NEWCASES AND NEW DEATHS SINCEFOUR FRIDAY.MISSOURI IS REPORTING 906 NEWCASES AND ONE NEW DEATHS SINCESUNDAY.RIGHT NOW, GROUPS OF UNIVERSITYOF KANSAS STUDENTS ARE ASKINGALL K.U.

STUDENTS TO SKIPCLASSES TODAY.IT’S TO PROTEST THE SCHOOLCONTINUING CLASSES IN THE MIDSTOF THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC.KMBC 9’S KELEIGH GIBBS IS LIVEIN LAWRENCKELEIGH: ORGANIZERS OF THEPETITION SAY THERE ARE MORE THAN500 STUDENT INFECTED WITHCORONAVIRUS.AS A RESULT, THERE HAVE BEENGROUPS OF ORGANIZATIONS HERE ONCAMPUS, STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS,LAUNCHING AN ONLINE PETITIONASKING THE SCHOOL TO CLOSE DOWNTHE CAMPUS.KU STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFFALL UNDERWENT MANDATORY COVID-19TESTING LAST MONTH AS THEY BEGANRETURNING TO CAMPUS FOR THE FALLSEMESTER.BUT THIS PETTION ARGUES THECAMPUS SHOULD BE CLOSED, EXITTESTING SHOULD BE PROVIDED TOALL STUDENTS FREE OF CHARGE ANDHAZARD PAY SHOULD BE PROVIDED-- SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FORTHOSE WHO MUST CONTINUE TO WORK.SIERRA I BELIEVE I WOULD BE IN: SUPPORT OF THAT BECAUSE IT ISVERY SCARY RIGHT NOW AND LIKE ISAID.CASES ARE SURGING IN KANSAS ANDIF WE NEED TO REISSUE THE STAYAT HOME ORDER, WHICH, OF COURSENOBODY WANTS THAN SO BE IT, BECUASE ITS NOT JUST FOR MYSAFETY, YOUR SAFETY, IT’S FOREVERYBODYS SAFETCLAYTON: I’M OVERALL HAPPY I’M,BACK IN SCHOOL LIKE I DO NOTWANT TO HAVE TO SIT THROUGHANOTHER SEMESTER OF ONLINE.I WAS EVEN CONSIDERING TAKING ASEMESTER OFF IT IT WAS GOING TOBE NOTHING BUT ONLINE.KELEIGH: AND WHILE TODAY IS AHOLIDAY, THERE ARE CLASSESSCHEDULED HERE ON CAMPUS.REPORTING IN LAWRENCE, KELEIGHGIBBS, KMBC 9 NEWS.KELLY: CLASS TODAY IS PART OFTHE MODIFIED ACADEMIC YEAR, DUETO THE PANDEMIC.MORE THAN 30 FREE STATE HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE NOWIN QUARANTINE.ACCORDING TO THE LAWRENCE WORLDJOURNAL A MEMBER OF THE TEAMTESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.THE LAST TIME THE STUDENT WASWITH THE TEAM WAS AT THURSDAY’SPRACTICE.THE STUDENT DID NOT ATTENDFRIDAY NIGHT’S SEASON OPENERAGAINST DE SOTO.THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISWORKING WITH THE SCHOOL ANDSUGGESTS ONE COACH AND 36PLAYERS GO INTO QUARANTINETHROUGH SEPTEMBER 17.FREE STATE’S FOOTBALL GAME ONTHURSDAY AGAINST LINCOLN PREPACADEMY IS STILL ON ASCHEDULED.LARA: MORE STUDENTS WILL HEAD TOSCHOOL THIS WEEK.THE OLATHE SCHOOL DISTRICTBEGINS CLASSES TOMORROW.WILL START THE NEW YEAR ONLINE.ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WILLSTART IN A HYBRID LEARNING PLAN.-- HYBRID LEARNING.STUDENTS WILL BE IN SCHOOL TWOTIMES A WEEK AND LEARN AT HOME 3-- THREE TIMES A WEEK.THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI PUBLICSCHOOL DISTRICT WILL ALSO STARTTHE NEW YEAR TOMORROW WITHVIRTUAL LEARNING FOR ALLSTUDENTS.THE DISTRICT WILL MOVE TOIN-PERSON LEARNING ONLY AFTERCOVID CASES FALL FOR 14-STRAIGHTDAYSSTUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH THE3RD GRADE WILL BE THE FIRST TORETURN TO CLASS.OLDER STUDENTS WILL RETURN TOSCHOOL IN PHASES UNDER BLENDLEARNING PLANS

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