Ames Community School Board votes to stick with hybrid instr

Ames Community School Board votes to stick with hybrid instruction


Ames Community School Board votes to stick with hybrid instruction
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Updated: 6:18 PM CST Jan 18, 2021
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Updated: 6:18 PM CST Jan 18, 2021
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MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO 100% IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION. >> KCCI’S BEAU BOWMAN HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND TELLS US HOW IT’LL WORK. >> THEY ARE JUST WRAPPING UP DEBATE. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE HAD IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO REQUIRE THEIR STAFF AND STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE VACCINE BEFORE COMING BACK FULL-TIME. IT WERE TO PASS, THIS MEANS ALL KIDS SIXTH GRADE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO RETURN TO A FULL SCHEDULE PHYSICALLY AT THE SCHOOL. THOSE WHO WOULD WANT TO STAY ONLINE WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPTION. THIS COMES AS STORY COUNTY IS AT A POSITIVITY RATING OF 9.6%. TODAY I SPOKE WITH THE STORY COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH CHAIR AND HE SAYS THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT THIS MOVE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE STUDIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE FOUND THAT TEENAGERS AND CHILDREN ARE LESS LIKELY TO SPREAD THE VIRUS AMONGST EACH OTHER. >> WITH APPROPRIATE MITIGATION MEASURES, CHILDREN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO TO SCHOOL. >> TEENAGERS THEMSELVES SEEM TO GET COVID WHEN THEY’RE EXPOSED TO IT AT THE SAME RATE THAT ADULTS GET IT. BUT AGAIN, THEY DON’T SEEM TO PASS IT ON TO EACH OTHER. NOT AT THE RATE THAT ADULTS DO. REPORTER: WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THIS MEETING IS THE VOTE CONTINUES. WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE KCCI MOBILE APP AND ON KCCI NEWS AT 9:00 AND 10:00. BEAU BOWMAN, KCCI 8 NEWS IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. >> AS BEAU MENTIONED STORY COUNTY’S TEST POSITIVITY RATE IS 9.6%. THAT’S FAR BELOW THE 15% RATE THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION USES AS A BENCHMARK TO DETERMINE IF A SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN GO TO 100% ONLINE LEAR

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