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BUCKHANNON Upshur County Schools has submitted a waiver to the state Department of Education asking to have four days of in-person learning per week in the county’s schools, as opposed to the five-days of in-person learning recommended Tuesday by the state Board of Education.
Upshur Superintendent of Schools Dr. Sara Stankus explained the school system’s position during Tuesday evening’s Board of Education meeting.
“It’s recommended (by the state Board of Education) that students 9 through 12, in counties that are not red, attend school five days per week,” Stankus said. “We agree right now … We’ll follow mitigation strategies, be hyper-vigilant about our cases.”
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Parent Sarah Malone speaks at an Upshur County Board of Education meeting.
TENNERTON The Upshur County Board of Education voted 4-1 to resume the blended model of instruction beginning Jan. 19, but to re-examine this decision at the Feb. 23 board of education meeting.
The vote came during a special meeting held Wednesday at Buckhannon-Upshur High School in which four members appeared in person and one member joined virtually. Earlier in the day, the state board of education meeting voted to require in-person instruction for Pre-K through eighth grade students beginning Jan. 19 and to have high school students attend school in person unless their county is red on the DHHR County Alert System.
For The Inter-Mountain Parents protesting the Upshur County Board of Educationâs decision to move to all remote learning through Jan. 4, 2021, stand outside Union Elementary before Tuesday nightâs meeting. The Inter-Mountain photos by Amanda Hayes
Parent Todd Starkey was one of many who spoke out at this weekâs Upshur County Board of Education meeting about the boardâs November decision to end in-person instruction until Jan. 4, 2021.
The Inter-Mountain photos by Amanda Hayes
Parent Todd Starkey was one of many who spoke out at this weekâs Upshur County Board of Education meeting about the boardâs November decision to end in-person instruction until Jan. 4, 2021.