Columbia Board of Education expected to vote on return to in-person classes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Columbia Public Schools Board of Education is set to hold a meeting in which the main focus will be making a formal motion and voting on the districts re-opening plan.

The 14-day rate of COVID-19 cases per 10,000 people in the Columbia Public Schools' district currently sits at 34.6 according to the CPS tracker.

According to that tracker, if that number falls anywhere below 50, the district would consider a hybrid learning model.

That number would have to fall below 10, for the district to consider a full return to in-person classes.

On Oct. 6, the district held a special session to discuss the return to learn plan.

A key discussion from the special session included a possible revision to the draft of the in-person phased-in approach.

The revision would allow students in pre-school and elementary school students who selected in-person learning to return to school in a full 4-day-week format as phase 1 of the CPS reopening plan.

This revision would not impact students who chose to learn virtually this year.

If case rates hold steady, the board could then consider a return of in-person classes for middle and high school students.

CPS said Tuesday, the tentative timeline would bring back middle school students Nov. 5, and high school students Jan. 19.

That same plan has elementary school students returning on Oct. 19.

A recording of the special session in which these revisions were discussed can be viewed here.

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