SJSD 2020-2021 School Year (6-22-20)

SJSD 2020-2021 School Year (6-22-20)

Plans for the 2020-2021 school year... students across the district haven't been in the classroom since mid-march when the coronavirus pandemic shut schools down across the country... and now, the district trying to figure out how this next school year will work..

Kq2's chris roush explains... <<it's one of the top questions facing communities country as reopening continues...schools do moving that's what st.

Joseph school district are trying to figure out now.(sot, doug van zyl: build the airplane while it's flying.")superintendent says school officials have situation like this pandemic before..."it is a little overwhelming, but i think it's everyone because we are all in the same boat.

I think good on everyone's part, but the something is said today, it changes tomorrow.")businesses to reopen...with social guidelines...it's another for reopen when space is limited and social distancing is a lot harder to do...(sot, doug van zyl: "there really haven't been that many instituions the size of a school district that have gone into the next normal.")and that's the equation the school district attempts to solve...what is the new normal...(sot, doug van zyl: "it's going to be different when we try to get people into a building, from picking up kids on a school bus in the morning or parents dropping them off to then what does it look like when you get everyone in the building and someone shows signs, all of those are components.")van zyl says the district will work with the health department if students or staff show coronavirus symptoms...he adds they'll keep in close contact with monitor potential (sot, doug van zyl: "a family member that may be and the company as a spike or the family member is liklihood of the child being exposed and bringing it to definitely have to take that into continue to monitor.")district officials plan ready in the next few weeks, but also realize to be changes to it along the way... "we're not going to be able to be the schools that we were before.

Things are going to have to several different levels.")chris roush... van zyl says the district is also preparing for a second wave of the virus coming through that could force schools to go to online learning yet again, but he adds he hopes it doesn't get to that point... a plan is expected to be released to the public in mid