Two weeks in to the new school year, school officials at Manhattan/Ogden say they’re weathering what’s been a somewhat bumpy start to a second year of classes in a pandemic.
Superintendent Dr. Marvin Wade on KMAN’s In Focus Wednesday said the district is meeting almost daily with local health officials on their mitigation efforts.
With a new state law capping remote learning to no more than 40 hours per student, schools are becoming challenged when students are required to enter quarantine. As for whether the district would consider quarantined classrooms as a way to keep kids in class, Dr. Wade says he’s not certain how or if that might be possible.
Wade says there are other questions that would need to be answered.
Board member Kristin Brighton says the sheer size of USD 383 is another challenge that districts like Onaga, St. Marys and Wamego don’t have.
The district is planning to review and possibly revise its pandemic response plan at the Sept. 15 meeting. Wade also mentioned that the middle schools will be offering COVID vaccinations to students 12 and older with valid parental consent.
