KENTUCKY, USA — Many of you have questions about getting your students back to school and what precautions will be taken to keep them healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic. As districts make plans for the upcoming school year, we will be reaching out to them for answers to keep you informed.
In June, the Kentucky Department of Education and COVID-19 response team released the #HealthyAtSchool intuitive.
The 24-page document details what respective school districts should check for while reopening schools in the fall. Checks include maintaining social distancing, monitoring temperature and symptoms of students and wearing a mask while having face-to-face instruction.
This article will be updated as we learn more from these districts and receive updates on their reopening plans.
Adair County Schools
- Start date: August 24
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building; face coverings for staff and students will be required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Anchorage Public School
- Start date: August 12
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning.
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Face coverings for staff and students in common areas, the majority of the school day students may forgo wearing a mask as long as social distancing practices are in place and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Bardstown City School
- Start date: August 24
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building; face coverings for staff and students will be required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Breckinridge County Schools
- Start date: August 12
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building; face coverings for staff and students will be required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Bullitt County Schools
- Start date: August 26
- Classroom setup: remote learning for start of the school year, hoping to eventually phase back into the classroom; virtual school is still an option for the entire semester
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions (once in-person classes resume): Self symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building; face coverings for staff and students will be required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
Campbellsville Independent Schools
- Start date: August 26
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building; face coverings for staff and students will be required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, reduced class sizes and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Carroll County Schools
- Start date: August 26
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning. Virtual Learning for first nine weeks of school.
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building, face coverings for staff and students will be required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, sizes and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Grayson County Schools
- Start date: August 24
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning on A/B schedule. Students will go to school two days a week, remote two days a week and Fridays will all be remote.
- Schedule: Revised school calendar to released in the coming week.
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building, face coverings for staff at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, sizes and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Hardin County Schools
- Start date: August 24
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning. Virtual Learning for first nine weeks of school.
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building, face coverings for staff and students required during transitions and in classrooms when appropriate is not possible, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, sizes and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
High schools in Hardin County will operate on Hybrid schedule. According to the school district, it will work like this:
Fifty percent of students at each high school which includes, Central Hardin High School, John Hardin High School and North Hardin High School, will be placed in Group A and will attend school on Monday and Thursday of each week.
Group B, the other 50% of students, will attend school on Tuesday and Friday of each week. Schools will decide which group a student will be assigned. College View Campus students whose parents chose face-to-face instruction will attend school on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. No high school students participating in face-to-face instruction will attend class in-person on Wednesdays. Wednesdays will be used for instructional enrichment activities.
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Jefferson County Public Schools
- Start date: August 25
- Classroom setup: Virtual learning through NTI 2.0 reassess at the end of September.
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building, face coverings for staff and students required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, sizes and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
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LaRue County Schools
- Start date: August 24
- Classroom setup: in-person classes on hybrid model and virtual learning. Grades K-8 will attend school in-person five days a week. Grades 9-12 will alternate between days on in-person classes
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building, face coverings for staff and students while moving throughout building, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, sizes and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Oldham County Schools
- Start date: August 24
- Classroom setup: virtual learning, choice of in-person learning at end of trimester
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building, face coverings for staff and students required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
Shelby County Schools
- Start date: August 26
- Classroom setup: in-person classes and virtual learning
- Schedule: School calendar
- COVID-19 precautions: Symptom and temperature checks for everyone entering the building, face coverings for staff and students required at all times, social distancing at 6 feet apart is mandatory, sizes and students and staff will wash hands with more frequency.
- To read the full plan, CLICK HERE
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