Kansas parents react to Gov. Kelly's decision to delay start of schooll

Kansas parents react to Gov. Kelly's decision to delay start of schooll

PLAN TO PROVIDE THOSEDETAILS IN THE COMINGDAYS."THERE'S NO DOUBT - ACHANGE IN THE START OFSCHOOL - MEANS MAJORADJUSTMENTS FORPARENTS.41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER MCKENZIENELSON JOINS US LIVE.SHE TALKED WITHPARENTS ABOUT THECHANGES COMING FORTHIS SCHOOL YEAR.PARENTS AND TEACHERSHAVE BEEN WAITING FORANSWERS ABOUT THEUPCOMING SCHOOL YEARAND TODAY THEY LEARNEDTHAT WHEN SCHOOLSTARTS - THEY WILL NOTBE IN THE CLASSROOMWITH THEIR STUDENTS.GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY"I'm announcing now that I willbe issuing issuing anexecutive order.

Next Mondayto delay the opening ofschools until after the LaborDay holiday."IN-PERSON CLASSES WILLNOT BEGIN BEFORE LaborDay.DURING A PRESSCONFERENCE, GOVERNORKELLY SAID THIS WILL GIVESCHOOL DISTRICTS TIMETO GET HAND SANITIZER,MASKS ANDTHERMOMETERS.GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY"I will also issue an executiveorder to make those commonsense mitigation strategiesthat are in the boards planmandatory because we havealready seen what happenswhen guidelines arevoluntary."THE BOARD'S 'NAVIGATINGCHANGE' DOCUMENT WASA RECOMMENDATION -NOW A MANDATEACCORDING TOGOVERNOR KELLY.TUESDAY - THE KANSASSTATE BOARD OFEDUCATION RELEASED THEONE-THOUSAND PAGEPLAN FOR IN-PERSON,HYBRID AND REMOTELEARNING.ANGELA HANDY - PARENT"I just really hope thatwhatever they put into placefrom state all the way down,that it's best not only for ourkids but for the staff and theteachers too you know thatare working with them."41 ACTION NEWS TALKEDWITH PARENTS ABOUTWHAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEEIN THE FALL - AND THEYEACH HOPED FORDIFFERENT PLANS.HANDY"If my kids have to wear amask to get into that building,let's do it.

If they need towashtheir hands every hour, let'sdo it."WHILE SOME PARENTSFELT COMFORTABLESENDING THEIR KIDS BACKTO SCHOOL - OTHERSWEREN'T SET ON THE IDEA.ANGIE DALBELLO- PARENT ANDTEACHER"I think when we get down tolike what's the smart, safething to do, I don't think it'sgoing back Monday-Friday intothe class."EVEN WITH GUIDELINESSIN PLACE - SOME PARENTSDIDN'T FEEL IN-PERSONCLASSES WERE A RISKWORTH TAKING.DALBELLO"Why did we all shelter inplace, why did all thesebusiness, why are they goingto go out of business becausethey had to close down andthey weren't ablate make it, ifnow we're just going to throwit all away and just boom, goback to school."GOVERNOR KELLY SAIDSHE COULD NOT RE-OPENSCHOOLS WHEN KANSASHAS A NUMBER OF HOTSPOTS WHERE CASES AREAT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.SHE WILL ISSUE THEEXECUTIVE ORDER NEXTWEEK.REPORTING LIVE INOverland Park, MCKENZIENELSON, 41 ACTION NEWS