8 a.m. COVID-19 update

8 a.m. COVID-19 update

MORNING IN CASE THERE’S ANYHICCUPS.WELL TODAY BY THE WAY STUDENTSIN STAFFERS IN 22 SCHOOLDISTRICTS HERE IN THE METRO ARESTARTING THEIR NEW SCHOOL YEAR.THEY’RE ALL LISTED THERE ON YOURSCREEN FOR YOU.THEY INCLUDE BROWN COUNTY BELTONHICKMAN MILLS, KINGSVILLE ANDUNION STAR JUST TO NAME AHANDFUL.EACH DISTRICT HAS ITS OWN UNIQUEPLAN FOR RETURNING TO SCHOOL.WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THISMORNING TO SHOW YOU A FEW OF THEWAYS KIDS WILL GET BACK TOLEARNING THAT EVANS IS A FRAMEOR THIS MORNING WHERE MANYSTUDENTS WILL BE LEARNING WITHTHE HYBRID OPTION, BUT FIRSTWANT TO GO TO INDEPENDENCE ANDKMBC 9S MARTIN AUGUSTINE MARTIN,WE KNOW THAT THE INDEPENDENCESCHOOL DISTRICT.IT’S STARTING A COUPLE OF WEEKSEARLIER THAN OTHER DISTRICTSCLOSE BY GOOD MORNING.WRIGHT THEY’RE ACTUALLY STARTINGRIGHT ON TIME.IT’S THAT SOME OF THOSE OTHERSCHOOL DISTRICTS PUSH THEIRSTART BACK TWO WEEKS NOWSPEAKING OF SCHOOL STARTING YOUCAN SEE THAT SOME OF THE KIDSARE ARRIVING HERE AT PROCTORELEMENTARY IN THE INDEPENDENTSCHOOL DISTRICT.NOW WHILE SOME SCHOOLS WAITEDFOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKSINDEPENDENCE REALLY FELT THATTHE SUMMER SCHOOL EXPERIENCE HADTHEM READY TO START ON TIMETEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FELTTHAT THE PROTOCOLS PUT INTOPLACE SUCH AS FACE MASKS SOCIALDISTANCING FREQUENT HAND-WASHINGALL THAT STUFF WAS GOOD PRACTICEFOR STARTING ON TIME.WAS NO REASON TO DELAY THE STARTOF SCHOOL NOW ONE ADVANTAGE FORTHE TEACHERS OF THE YOUNGESTKIDS ENTERING KINDERGARTEN.THEY JUST DON’T KNOW ANYDIFFERENCE.SO SCHOOLS NOT GOING TO SEEM OUTOF THE ORDINARY FOR THEM AND INGETTING BACK TO CLASS TODAY,HOWEVER DIFFERENT IT LOOKSTEACHERS ARE GETTING BACK TODOING WHAT THEY LOVE SO MUCH ANDHAVE MISSED OUT ON FOR SO LONG.YOU ARE MISSING A PIECE OF WHATYOU DO ALL DAY EVERY DAY.SO TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK IN THECLASSROOM AND TO BE ABLE TO BEWORKING WITH KIDS.IT’S JUST THE BEST FEELING INTHE WORLD.NOW THE INSTRUCTION HERE ININDEPENDENCE WILL BE A BLEND OFIN PERSON AND DISTANCE LEARNINGTHE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.INDEPENDENCE WILL ACTUALLY THEKIDS WILL BE THERE EVERY DAY.HOW COULD THAT BE?WELL, THIS CLASS SIZES ARE MUCHSMALLER BECAUSE THERE’SSIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF FAMILIESIN THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLDISTRICT THAT HAVE ELECTED TO DOVIRTUAL LEARNING AT HOME ALLYEAR LONG.SO THAT’S OPENED UP SPACE FORTHAT AS FAR AS THE MIDDLE ANDHIGH SCHOOL THERE WILL BE CLASSSIZES THERE TO AGAIN.YOU HAVE THOSE FAMILIES THAT AREGOING TO BE STAYING HOME ALLYEAR LONG, BUT THEY ARE AT THEMIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.THEY ARE DOING AN A AND BSCHEDULES.SO THE KIDS ON THE A SCHEDULE GOTO SCHOOL FOR A WEEK, AND THENTHEY’LL DO A WEEK OF AT HOMELEARNING THE BE SCHEDULE IS JUSTTHE OPPOSITE OF THAT REPORTINGLIVE IN INDEPENDENCE MARTINAUGUSTINE KMBC 9 NEWS WHY THANKYOU SO MUCH IN THIS MORNINGSTUDENTS AND STAFFERS AND THEYRE MORE PECULIAR SCHOOL DISTRICTOR STARTING A NEW PLAN TO HELPWITH SOCIAL DISTANCING CAMESTANDS.MATT EVANS IS LIVE THERE ANDREAD MORE THI MATT.NOW WE’RE HEARING RAY PECK ISANY CLASS SIZES AND HALF GOODMORNING.ROB THEY ARE AND THEY’RE DOINGTHAT BECAUSE ONLY ABOUT HALF OFTHEIR STUDENTS GRADES SIXTHROUGH 12 ARE GOING TO COME ONANY GIVEN DAY.FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY IS THE FIRSTDAY OF CLASS FOR THOSE IN THE AGROUP.HOWEVER THOSE IN THE B GROUPWON’T HAVE THEIR FIRST DAY UNTILTOMORROW.WE’RE HERE LIVE AT RE PECK EASTMIDDLE SCHOOL THIS MORNING WHERECLASSES BEGIN AT 7:30 THISMORNING AND WHILE THAT’S THE AGROUP THAT ARE IN CLASSES TODAYWHEN THEY ARE NOT IN SCHOOLTOMORROW, THEY WILL BE LEARNINGONLINE WITH VIRTUAL.OPTIONS THE SAME GOES FOR THE BGROUP WHEN THEY’RE NOT IN CLASSAS WELL.HOWEVER, BOTH A AND B GROUPSWILL HAVE VIRTUAL LEARNING DAYSSCHEDULED FOR EVERY FRIDAYTHROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THISSEMESTER ON TOP OF THAT.THERE’S ABOUT 20% OF THESTUDENTS HERE IN THE DISTRICTTHAT HAVE CHOSEN TO GO ALLVIRTUAL ALL ONLINE LEARNINGTHROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS2020 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.THERE ARE ALSO MANY SEIZURES ANDPRECAUTIONS THAT ARE IN PLACEINSIDE THE SCHOOL MASKS AREBEING REQUIRED SOCIAL DISTANCINGIS BEING ENFORCED AND THERE AREDAILY HEALTH SCREENINGS THATSTUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKEEVERY DAY BEFORE THEY COME TOCLASS ONE OF THE UNIQUEOPPORTUNITIES THAT RAPE PACK HASAS OPPOSED TO SOME OTHER METROSCHOOL DISTRICTS IS HOW WIDEOPEN SOME OF THE AREAS AREAROUND THEIR SCHOOLS.FOR EXAMPLE HERE AND RAPE PACKMIDDLE EAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.WELL, THERE’S NO NEIGHBORS.THERE’S A LOT OF OPEN FIELDSMEANING THAT THOSE STUDENTS WILLBE ABLE TO PART IN A LOT OFOUTDOOR CLASSROOMS.THEY’VE EVEN PUT UP TENTS TOUTILIZE A LOT OF THAT OUTDOORSPACE.WE’RE LIVE IN RE MORE THISMORNING MATT EVANS KMBC 9 NEWS.THANK YOU SO MUCH AND KANSASCITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BEGIVING OUT DIGITAL DEVICES TOSTUDENTS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOLYEAR TODAY PRE-K THROUGH FOURTHGRADE WILL GET IPADS 5TH THROUGH12TH GRADERS WILL GETCHROMEBOOKS.LET’S GO ALSO HAS SOME WI-FISPOTS TO HAND OUT TO STUDENTS ASNEEDED AND TODAY PRE-K TO SIXTHGRADE STUDENTS CAN GET THEIRDEVICES FEW OF THE SCHOOLS OPENTODAY ARE THE AFRICAN CENTEREDCOLLEGE PREP LOWER CAMPUS.HILL COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANDHOLIDAY MONTESSORI SCHOOL,THEY’LL BE OPEN BETWEEN 11:30A.M.

AND 7 P.M.

FOR A FULL LISTHEAD TO KANSAS CITY PUBLICSCHOOLS WEBSITE MIDDLE AND HIGHSCHOOL STUDENTS WILL GET THEIRCHROMEBOOKS NEXT WEEK AND THECHINESE MISSION NORTHWEST GIRLSVOLLEYBALL TEAM.MEANWHILE ISN’T QUARANTINE THISMORNING THE SCHOOL CONFIRMSMEMBERS OF THE TEAM HAD CONTACTWITH SOMEONE WHO TESTED POSITIVEFOR THE CORONAVIRUS NOT SAYINGMUCH MORE THAN THAT EARLIER THELAST WEEK ADMINISTRATORS WITHTHE SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOLS ANDANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE DELAYINGFALL SPORTS.WELL IN PERSON CLASSES STARTTODAY AT KU AND SOME STUDENTSARE ALREADY CALLING FOR THEUNIVERSITY TO PUT A PAUSE ON THEREOPENING PLAN.THE LATEST CONCERN COMES FROM AVIRAL FACEBOOK VIDEO WAS POSTEDON SATURDAY.HERE’S A PORTION OF IT.WELL IN THIS VIDEO YOU CAN SEEWE BLURRED THE PEOPLE’S FACES INTHE VIDEO.IT’S OUTSIDE THE KAPPA SIGMAFRATERNITY HOUSE AND LAWRENCE.WELL THE PEOPLE IN THE VIDEO ARENOT WEARING MASKS AND THEREDOESN’T APPEAR TO BE ANY SOCIALDISTANCING GUIDELINES.THE VIDEO WAS REPORTEDLY TAKENON SATURDAY.THAT IS THE ONE DAY AFTER THE KUINTERN FRATERNITY COUNCIL BANNEDALL SCHOOL.SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OFFRATERNITIES CITING COVID-19CONCERNS THE CAMPUS SIGMAFRATERNITY IS RESPONDING TO THATVIRAL VIDEO IN A STATEMENT.THE FRATERNITY SAID THATEVERYONE WHO WAS THERE AS ARESIDENT OF THE HOUSE AND THATNO OUTSIDE GUESTS HAVE BEENALLOWED ON THE PROPERTY THOSEWHO SAID NO RESIDENTS OF THEHOUSE AND TESTED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19.CANCER ALSO ISSUED A STATEMENTSAYING IN RESPONSE TO SOCIALGATHERINGS, THEY’VE ISSUED CEASEAND DESIST ORDERS TO TOFRATERNITIES, KAPPA SIGMA ANDPHI KAPPA PSI SAYING THAT THEYVIOLATED HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANDUNIVERSITY POLICIES.THE CHANCELLOR SAID THEUNIVERSITY WILL NOT TOLERATEQUOTE SELFISH AND IRRESPONSIBLEBEHAVIOR.WE DID REACH OUT TO THEINTERFRATERNITY COUNCIL AND THEOFFICE OF GREEK LIFE FOR ASTATEMENT.WE HEARD BACK.WELL 0 7 AND AN EMERGENCY ORDERSTRAIGHT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMPCLEARS THE PATH FOR ONETREATMENT FOR COVID-19 PATIENTSAND LETS DOCTORS USECONVALESCENT PLASMA DONATED FROMPEOPLE OVER COVER FROM CURRENTPATIENTS.THIS IS A POWERFUL THERAPY THATTRANSFUSE HAS VERY VERY STRONGANTIBODIES FROM THE BLOOD OFRECOVERED PATIENTS TO HELP TREATPATIENTS BATTLING A CURRENTINFECTION.THERE IS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OVERHOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO BESTADMINISTER IT.LET’S GET AN UPDATE NOW ON THECORONAVIRUS NUMBERS IN OUR AREA,MISSOURI IS REPORTING 818 NEWCASES SINCE SATURDAY.WE’LL GET NEW NUMBERS FROMKANSAS AND MISSOURI TODAY MORETHAN 12 PERCENT OF TEST CAMEBACK POSITIVE IN KANSAS OVER THELAST WEEK HERE IS UP ON YOURSCREEN.WELL IN MISSOURI, THAT NUMBER