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SALINEVILLE Southern Local athletes have resumed playing sports following action taken at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
The board voted 5-0 to immediately reinstate athletics and all other extracurricular activities after a half dozen parents told them how the decision to suspend further participation starting Nov. 23 because of the COVID-19 virus was affecting their children.
As the number of people testing positive for the virus continued to steadily climb this fall, the board decided at its Nov. 19 meeting to cancel in-school classes, with all students learning online at home starting Nov. 23 and continuing until Jan. 19.
The board also canceled all extracurricular school activities as a precaution, but promised to revisit the issue at its Dec. 8 meeting.
Staff Writer
SALINEVILLE Southern Local athletes have resumed playing sports following action taken at Tuesday’s school board meeting.
The board voted 5-0 to immediately reinstate athletics and all other extracurricular activities after a half dozen parents told them how the decision to suspend further participation starting Nov. 23 because of the COVID-19 virus was affecting their children.
As the number of people testing positive for the virus continued to steadily climb this fall, the board decided at its Nov. 19 meeting to cancel in-school classes, with all students learning online at home starting Nov. 23 and continuing until Jan. 19.
The board also canceled all extracurricular school activities as a precaution, but promised to revisit the issue at its Dec. 8 meeting.