Sep 22, 2020

COVID-19 roundup for area schools

Posted Sep 22, 2020 12:31 PM

Chapman schools returned to session Tuesday after taking Monday off due to a recent increase in COVID-19 cases. 

Abilene schools have gone to virtual online instruction only until Oct. 5.

USD 383 Board of Education will conduct a work session at 6 p.m. Wednesday following concerns expressed by parents over the hybrid learning format in the district.

USD 475 and the 1st Infantry Division posted a message on the Fort Riley Middle School Facebook page Sept. 17, noting that since the beginning of the school year, Fort Riley Middle School has managed and contained an influx of COVID-19 cases. The school district administration and Fort Riley leadership have worked together to ensure students and families remain safe in an effort to meet academic and mission requirements. The goal is to keep children in school and do so in a safe and COVID-10 free environment. The school is open.

COVID-19 assurance testing has been implemented for Fort Riley Middle School students and their immediate families. Primarily, assurance testing is designed for students who live with high risk family members, or high-risk individuals who live with a child that attends Fort Riley Middle School. Assurance testing supplies are limited and the Fort Riley Department of Public Health will consider each request for testing on a case-by-case basis.