Owensboro Public Schools will begin in-person instruction Monday using an A/B model as previously planned according to district officials. The decision comes despite Daviess County now being in the Red Zone of Kentucky’s COVID-19 incidence rate due to a rise in the average number of daily cases.
All Healthy at School guidelines remain in place, including masks being required at all times by everyone in the school building.
The full announcement posted to the OPS Facebook page reads as follows:
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OPS Family, we will be moving forward with in-person learning beginning this Monday as originally planned!
Students in the “A” group will report on Monday while “B” group will report on Thursday.
A few reminders: ALL Healthy at School guidelines are still in place. We have seen both locally and in districts across the state that when the guidelines are followed properly, schools are not contributing to community spread.
Masks will be required at all times by all individuals in the buildings and social distancing will be observed.
It is important for all families to continue to follow health and safety guidelines even when not in school to help ensure that we don’t have to back to virtual only.
We continue to have constant communication with other districts in our area and across the state as well as the Green River District Health Department. We will continue to report, as required by Executive Order, our positive cases and quarantines for those who are in-person. That information can be found on the district website.
If our district, or another in our community, is deemed to have contributed to a community spread situation, we will certainly go back to virtual learning to prevent any additional spread.
Your individual school plans can be found on our reopening website at reopen.tradition1871.com. Be sure to check those out prior to arriving on campus on Monday or Thursday!
We look forward to having our students back in-person as we continue through the school year! See you Monday!
In mid-September, OPS officials announced the district was returning to in-person learning under an A/B model beginning Oct. 12. That plan can be found on their district website at reopen.tradition1871.com.
Students in the “A” group will be in-person on Monday and Tuesday. Students in the “B” group will be in-person on Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will remain a day for cleaning the buildings, teacher planning and allow students to complete assignments.
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