The Moscow School District will never re-open until there is a vaccine. It doesn’t matter if 0% of their students are at risk.
Framework established by state board, but moving parts make planning difficult for Moscow School District
The Idaho State Board of Education issued guidance this week for the state’s K-12 schools to reopen in the fall, but local school district officials say there is still work to be done before they are prepared to resume live instruction.
Despite new guidance, Moscow Education Association President Lacey Watkins said specific strategies for how reopening for in-person classes will be managed are still in the works.
“We’re still not sure what practices or policies are going to be put into place to keep children safe; to keep (teachers) safe, so we still feel like we’re waiting — and August is just around the corner,” she said. “We want to be with our students, we want to be in the classroom but we also want safety needs met and it needs to be really crystal clear.”
The state board on Thursday approved a framework to help districts to decide when and how to reopen. The framework is broken into three categories related to community spread.
Community spread is key to schools reopening plan
The Idaho State Board of Education issued guidance this week for the state’s K-12 schools to reopen in the fall, but local school district officials say there is still work to be done before they are prepared to resume live instruction.