With schools in uncharted waters facing the COVID-19 pandemic, numbers that dictate when schools close and reopen could be a guiding tool, but the school district continues to operate without them.
âWeâre often asked to set specific metrics to make our decisions,â Superintendent Gillian Chapman said. âI would love to be able to do that. It would be so much easier for us.â
Teton County School District No. 1 has so far not specified guardrails with which to make COVID-19-related choices. At its December meeting the district board of trustees again declined to choose any, despite discussing the matter.
Jackson Hole public schools will remain on the hybrid schedule when students return from winter break Jan. 4.
Though the Teton County School District No. 1 Board of Trustees has considered changes to its schedule throughout the year, it did not at its December meeting, meaning no changes.
The district has explicitly said any big changes would need board approval. Until then, no news means a continuation of the status quo.
âWhen the time comes that we are able to change those student schedules, we will certainly clearly communicate to families and the community that thatâs happening,â district Communications Director Charlotte Reynolds said.
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Virus kills Former GTNP boss
A onetime Grand Teton National Park superintendent who rose to the top of the National Park Service has died after contracting COVID-19.
Gary Everhardt, 86, led Teton Park from 1972 to 1975, departing to become the ninth director of the National Park Service under presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Both Gary and his wife, Nancy, succumbed to complications from the novel coronavirus during the past week in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area, according to longtime friend and fellow Park Service retiree Phil Francis.
âThey both had COVID, and it was contracted through an assisted care facility,â Francis said Monday. âShe died Wednesday night, and Gary died last night.â
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