OK Board of Education to hold special meeting

OK Board of Education to hold special meeting

TOMORROW... TO DISCUSS THECOMING SCHOOL YEAR..WITH SO MUCH UNCERTANTY FORBOTH PARENTS AND TEACHERS..HOW EDUCATORS WILL MOVEFORWARD WITH THE UPCOMINGSCHOOL YEAR-- IS A HOT TOPICACROSS THE COUNTRY... ANDHERE IN OKLAHOMA..

AS CASESCONTINUE TO SPIKE..

TWOWORKS FOR YOU'S ERINCONRAD... BRINGS US MOREFROM STATE SUPERINTEDENT JOYHOFMEISTER........LKLV: THE DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION WILL BECONSIDERING SEVERAL ITEMS...ONE OF THOSE..

A COVID-19ALERT SYSTEM THAT WOULDGOVERN OPERATIONS AND SAFETYRESPONSE IN SCHOOLS ACROSSTHE STATE... --- IT'S ANUNCERTAIN TIME FOR BOTHPARENTS AND STUDENTS INOKLAHOMA AS THE NEW SCHOOLYEAR GETS CLOSER.

AS WELL ASEDUCATORS- AS THEY PLAN FORBEST AND WORST CASESCENARIOS.

-- SOTUnknown 3:20 I've never seenpeople work so hard districtleaders teachers, principalsare trying to move heavenand earth to get kids backinto school, and intoclassrooms, -- THE OKLAHOMADEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'sMEETING THURSDAY MORNINGwill ADDRESS A NUMBER OFITEMS- INCLUDING PUBLICCOMMENT OVER THE COVID-19PANDEMIC AND BACK-TO-SCHOOLPLANS..

-- SOTSUPERINTEDENT JOYHOFFMEISTER in a time of aglobal pandemic.

People wantspecificity.

And it may beimpossible for us to givethat, because truly thescience is stillinvestigating and we arestill learning, and we needto be able to shift to whatthe science tells us is theright way to protect ourkids.

And so I would ask forpatience in that and knowthat we're all in thistogether, -- ONE OF THEITEMS the board plans todiscuss- A COVID-19 ALERTSYSTEM FOR SCHOOLS.

--- SOTHOFFMEISTER so theDepartment of Health, theState Department of Healthhas a map it's like a heatmap, and it's a COVID- 19alert system by county, andit has a seven day rollingaverage per capita of casesactive cases.

So what we'redoing is looking at a fullspectrum from green to redwith a safety set ofprotocols for schools, andthose would not be a onesize fits all, but wouldlook at Green as being thegoal, and where we want tobe with recommendations, butthen as we move into thatcaution level, or even adanger zone, we need torespond to that.

---- WHILEstate SUPERINTEDENTHOFFMESITER SAYS THEY AREPREPARING FOR BOTH IN-PERSONAND VIRTUAL LEARNINGOPTIONS.

GETTING BACK INTOTHE CLASSROOM IS THE BESTOPTION- AND SHESAYS-OKLAHOMANS CAN MAKETHAT HAPPEN..

---- SOTHOFFMEISTER So we're askingright now while it's stillJuly, that Oklahomans wear amask.

When Oklahomans wearmasks, in all thesecommunities across thestate.

We will see thetransmission lower, orstabilize so that we can goback to school in person,face to face with our kids,and then stay in school.That's the goaL.

---- INTULSA- ERIN CONRAD 2 WORKSFOR YOU.TOMORROW'S SPECIAL MEETINGWILL BE STREAMED LIVE ON THEOKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION FACEBOOK PAGESTARTING AT 9:30 AM."Now, your 2 Works for You