Fremont-Mills School District temporarily moves to remote learning amid outbreak

Fremont-Mills School District temporarily moves to remote learning amid outbreak

14 -DAY-AVERAGECOVID-19 RATE OF16 POINT 7PERCENT, ONE OFTHE HIGHER RATESIN THE STATE.THE COUNTY HAS ATOTAL OF JUST 121CASES, BUT MOSTHAVE BEENREPORTED IN THELAST MONTH.37 PERCENTPERCENT OF THEPOSITIVE CASESARE AMONGSTTHOSE AGES 18 TO40.FREMONT-MILLSCOMMUNITYSCHOOLS IS IN THATCOUNTY.IT STARTED THEYEAR IN PERSON,BUT HAS NOWTRANSITIONED TOREMOTE LEARNINGAFTER STUDENTSSTARTED TESTINGPOSITIVE FOR THEVIRUS.3 NEWS NOWREPORTER KENTLUETZEN HAS MOREON HOW THEDISTRICT ISADAPTING, ANDMOVING FORWARD."THAT'S THE SCARYPART OF THIS IS WEDON'T KNOW WHATTOMORROW WILLBRING." FREMONT-MILLSSUPERINTENDENTDAVID GUTE SAYSTHE DISTRICTSTARTED THE YEAROUT WITH IN-PERSON LEARNING,PLANNING FOR APOTENTIAL COVID-19 OUTBREAK."ON SEPTEMBER15TH WE STARTEDGETTING OUR FIRSTCASES OF COVIDREPORTED TO US INOUR STUDENTPOPULATION" GUTEADDED WITHIN ASPAN OF 2 WEEKS,THE DISTRICT HAD ATOTAL OF EIGHTEENCASES.ON TOP OF THAT,FREMONT COUNTY'S14-DAY-AVERAGEPOSITIVTY RATEWAS AROUND 17PERCENT FALLINGABOVE IOWAGOVERNOR KIMREYNOLDSTHRESHOLD FORSCHOOLS TO MOVEREMOTE.STAND UP: AS OFLAST WEEK, GUTESAYS 52% OF THEHIGH SCHOOLWOULD HAVE BEENIN QUARANTINEWHETHER OR NOTTHEY MOVED TOVIRTUAL LEARNINGTHAT'S MORE THAN100 STUDENTS INTHE 7TH THROUGH12TH GRADELEVELS.REYNOLDSRELEASED NEWQUARANTINEGUIDELINES FORSCHOOLS, STATINGTHOSE WHO WEREWEAR MASKS ANDCOME INTOCONTACT WITH APOSITIVE CASE,DON'T NEED TOQUARANTINE."A COMMONFRUSTRATION THATWAS EXPRESSED TOME WAS AROUNDTHE GUIDELINESFOR QUARANTININGSTUDENTS ANDTEACHERS WHOHAVE BEEN INCONTACT WITHPOSITIVE CASES."THERECOMMENDATIONIS NOT MANDATORYAND DISTRICTSSTILL HAVE THEFINAL SAY ON THEIRQUARANTINEPROCEDURES.HOWEVER, ONETHING THAT IS STILLMANDATORY IN THESTATE - IS PUTTINGFALL SPORTS ONPAUSE IF A DISTRICTDECIDES TO MOVEREMOTE.3:53 "WE JUST HADSOMEUNFORTUNATECIRCUMSTANCESTHAT KIND OF CAMEOUR WAY." TRACYMALCOM,FREMONT-MILLSVARSITYVOLLEYBALLCOACH- AND MOMTO HUSKERRECRUIT SETHMALCOM, SAYS THEATHLETES ARETRYING TO STAYPOSTIVE DESPITEMISSING GAMESAND PRACTICES.5:52 "IT'S TOUGH.IT'S TOUGHTMENTALLY ONEVERYBODY." INTABOR, KL, 3NN.GUTE SAYS THEDISTRICT PLANS TOSTAY IN REMOTELEARNING UNTILOCTOBER 5TH.HE SAYSTEMPORARILYMOVING REMOTEWAS THE SAFESTDECISION FORSTUDENTS ANDSTAFF.OMAHA WORLD-HERALD CA