School Boards Meet Monday

School Boards Meet Monday

Back to school coverage continues --- right now at 9:30 --- the debate to get students -- into the classroom - continues across the tri- state.

We have reporters on both sides of the ohio tonight.

Megan diventi is in hopkins county - where school districts are looking at what's best for students.

Dawson springs -- voting tonight to go 100- percent virtual -- to start the term.

This pandemic is changing many both around the world and back here at home and schools are no exception.

Tonight the dawson springs community making a decision about how to proceed when starting school this year??i just think for our school and our district i just think it the best way to go right now?

It's a decison that hasn't been easy---- for the district of six- hundred and 25 students.

Just really out of concerns for safety for students and our staff and a lot of our students go home to parents and grandparents that have health situations and other things so just really a way for us to try and protect everybody involved?

The ongoing battle with covid-19--leaving educator in the bluegrass on edge.

Even more so in the small town -- that became the tri-state first hot spot - during this pandemic.?you know one of the big concerns i have is you know the numbers are going up and folks are not supposed to be congregating?

On monday evening--the dawson springs independent school board--- voting to start the year entirely virtual---on september 1st.

The extreme call -- comes as hopkins county schools approve a split plan -- that will have children at school for two days a week and learning from home for three.?it not worth it to have a child get sick.

If we could just push it back another month; 6 weeks; 8 weeks.

I just feel like i kind of...i one of those parents and most of my friends are those people that are just like we need to do what best for the kids?

Marybeth drennan has two children attending dawson springs schools----?at the end of the day, i trust our school to do what right and i feel this is the right way to do it?

Students will work and learning from home -- in much of the same way -- as they are instructed by their teachers at school---?it going to be a challenge, but we have one of the finest teams in the state and i confident wel be able to pull it off and it will be high quality and it going to be a good year??i told it will be later in the fall that the school board will decide how to proceed for the remainder of the school year.

Reporting in dawson