The Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 will continue to require students, staff and visitors to wear masks at its events and facilities following a failed parental challenge to a school board requirement.
The Auburn-Washburn Board of Education voted 5-0 at its meeting Monday evening to reject the appeal, brought by Washburn Rural High School parent Earl McIntosh on April 13.
Citing Kansas Senate Bill 40, McIntosh, a parent of two students at the high school, indicated in emails to the board that he was appealing the district s mask mandate, adopted by the board in summer 2020.
Gov. Laura Kelly earlier in April signed SB 40 placing limits on COVID-19 restrictions, including school districts. Under the new law, anyone aggrieved by a school district s decision to implement a COVID-19 restriction or change school operations is allowed to request a hearing by the school board within 30 days of that action. The board in turn must hold a hearing within 72 hours of request for
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GREEN RIVER The conclusions reached by a number of forensic experts show that Lena Fletcher most likely did not commit suicide on the night of June 29, 2020.
Jurors reviewed a large amount of forensic evidence on the second day of the felony involuntary manslaughter trial of 46-year-old Jason Fletcher today in Third District Court.
Sweetwater County Coroner Dale Majhanovich opened the day by testifying that the forensic pathologist on the case concluded Lena’s death was most likely a homicide.
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Blood spatter analysis expert Clark Robinson with the Rock Springs Police Department testified that his analysis determined where Lena’s body was located when the gun went off. He said a high-velocity, aspirated spatter near the door jamb in the kitchen and several transfer stains indicated Lena’s direction as she fell.
USD 437 will tentatively start spring semester with some in-person learning
Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 students will tentatively return to some in-person learning to start the spring semester, the Auburn-Washburn Board of Education voted Monday evening.
In the unanimous vote, the board approved a district plan that would return elementary students for in-person learning starting Jan. 5, while middle and high school students would return to hybrid learning that same day. Third- through 12th-grade students have been in remote learning for the past few weeks after the board decided to move to the more restrictive learning environment in the wake of high levels of staff quarantines.
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