Area school districts take right approach

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Area school districts take right approach

Mon, 09/21/2020 - 10:54
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The Excelsior Springs and Richmond school districts are among the area school districts that have taken the right approach to the coronavirus. The districts opened with plans in place to address the virus. Those plans include: • Conducting education as normally as possible, with children in seats, but with mask-wearing and social distancing requirements established to protect the health of all involved; • Requiring quarantines for all students, faculty and staff displaying COVID-19 symptoms or coming in contact with the virus, as experienced in recent weeks by the Excelsior Springs and Richmond football teams; • Offering a combination of in-school and online learning, as needs require; and • Going online totally if an outbreak of the virus is too severe to allow for inschool learning, as seen on some college campuses. These steps represent social and health consciousness, and that increasingly rare trait – common sense. For too many people, wearing masks, social distancing and…

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