InTouch with Southern Kentucky July 2020 | Page 23

“We are waiting till the end of
June to send out any plan to our
families. We are still receiving
guidance from KDE and the CDC
to help us make any decisions
on reopening.”
Jimmy Dyehouse
Science Hill Independent School Superintendent
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School districts across the
commonwealth have been directed
by KDE to plan for short, medium
and long-term (at least 11 days)
closures in case of COVID-19
outbreaks during the upcoming
school year, but state public health
guidance hadn’t been issued at
press time.
While Pulaski County Schools
Superintendent Patrick Richardson
has been outspoken about his hope
for bringing students back into the
classroom, tentatively on August 5,
the district is working to improve
their distance learning options amid
possible COVID-19 outbreaks by
using a portion of the $2.5 million
received in stimulus funding (from
the federal CARES Act and the
Governor’s Emergency Education
Relief Fund) to purchase enough
Chromebooks to have one for each
student.
GEER must be used for technology
and emergency meal services while
the CARES Act’s Elementary and
Secondary School Emergency Relief
Fund can be spent more freely.
Another factor in Pulaski’s
planning is a parental survey, which
Supt. Richardson said had received
4,550 responses at press time.
“We are still disaggregating the
data,” Richardson said. “My team
and I have discussed many plans;
this information will help us make
decisions when we get guidance
from public health.”
Somerset Independent Schools
Superintendent Kyle Lively shared
KDE’s guidance on closures and NTI
(non-traditional instruction) but is
keeping district planning close to
the vest until the board of education
can consider the options.
“We are waiting till the end of
June to send out any plan to our
families,” Science Hill Independent
School Superintendent Jimmy
Dyehouse said. “We are still
receiving guidance from KDE
and the CDC to help us make any
decisions on reopening.”
“There’s not going to be a
perfectly safe option out there,”
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
said recently. “We know we’ve
got to get back to school, and we
hope that our school districts
have a high commitment to safety
and do everything that they can
under both the mandatory and the
recommended.”
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