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Back To School
Updated: Oct. 14, 2020 at 10:42 AM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
The school district says parents or guardians are asked to contact the school directly.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 1:25 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
Huntington East Middle School reopens after COVID-19 exposure
Updated: Sep. 28, 2020 at 2:09 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
The new Highlawn Elementary School opened Monday.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2020 at 6:43 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Logan County to start school in-person for the first time since school started under a gold label.
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Updated: Sep. 26, 2020 at 3:38 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
Lincoln County High School will not open to in-person learning Monday, Sept. 28 after a second student tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2020 at 6:51 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
School districts across Kentucky have been preparing for students to return to in-person learning.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
Through a partnership with Pikeville Medical Center, students who are attending in-person classes and become sick will have the opportunity to be seen virtually by a PMC medical provider without having to leave school.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 9:00 AM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
Many schools across Kentucky will resume in-person learning Monday, as long as their county is not in the red on a incidence rate map to be updated Thursday evening.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 10:31 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
As schools across Kentucky prepare for in-person learning to begin Monday, Kentucky’s new education commissioner says parents and students need to expect disruptions because of rises in COVID-19 cases.
Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 9:56 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
On Wednesday, the elementary school principals met to go over final protocols for drop off, pick up, and movement throughout the schools.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2020 at 7:15 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
Floyd County teachers are using this week to prepare to make the switch from virtual classroom to in-person learning on Sept. 28.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 9:44 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
Russell Ind. Schools is preparing for students to return for in-person learning.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 2:31 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Ashland Independent Schools will switch to in-person instruction next week.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2020 at 2:13 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
Lawrence County, Kentucky schools transition to in-person learning
Updated: Sep. 17, 2020 at 9:04 AM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
According to the Board of Education, they are working on developing a plan for kids to return to school.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2020 at 4:40 PM EDT
|By Allison Baker
If the state positivity is less than 6% and if the hospitals or health care systems have the resources to care for COVID and non-COVID patients than the model for schools the state has created as guidance is operative.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 10:00 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
The decision came hours after Gov. Andy Beshear announced Monday he would not be extending his recommendation for schools to delay in-person learning beyond his original Sept. 28 start date.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2020 at 1:23 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
Wayne County students return to in-person learning.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
The district plans to re-evaluate after Friday to see if they need to increase staff or cut back as more people get logged in and comfortable with the systems.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 9:22 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
Nearly 30 protesters gathered Tuesday at the West Virginia Capitol, advocating for students to return to in-person learning.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2020 at 10:53 PM EDT
|By Kim Rafferty
Parents that chose for their child to go back in-person now must prepare for remote learning.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2020 at 3:48 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
On Sunday, Spring Valley High School sent a notification to families about the adjustments they are making to get students equipment and resources they will need for the virtual learning that begins Tuesday
Updated: Sep. 6, 2020 at 3:17 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
State Superintendent Clayton Burch spoke with WSAZ’s Chad Hedrick on the WSAZ Now desk about the map and what it means for the start of school.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2020 at 9:02 AM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
Schools will learn Saturday night at 9 p.m. whether or not they begin the school year in-person.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2020 at 2:58 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Superintendent John Hudson joins Taylor Eaton at the WSAZ Now Desk to talk about the Putnam County's back to school plan.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 9:36 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
As districts navigate the virus and getting students back in class, they are also working to be as transparent as possible when it comes to cases among students and staff.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2020 at 3:41 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
While Lawrence County is continuing to see an increased spread of COVID-19, the district gave students three learning options: virtual, a blended model, or all five days in school.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2020 at 6:40 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
Students entering kindergarten through 5th grade received a backpack loaded with school supplies during the event, which was held in a drive-thru fashion.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 10:13 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
The first day of school had a much different look to it for students at Russell Independent Schools.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 6:57 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
Cabell County Schools announced Tuesday the district would only offer blended or virtual learning for the first semester.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
Ashland Independent Schools began virtual learning. It’s a move many school districts in Kentucky made after Gov. Andy Beshear recommended no in-person learning until Sept. 28.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 10:17 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
Cabell County teachers are back in the classroom with two weeks to go before class is in session.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 6:22 PM EDT
|By Kimberly Keagy
Through an agreement with Marshall Health, Dr. Andrea M. Lauffer, M.D., will provide the Cabell County Schools leadership team and Board of Education with expert guidance as students return to school and throughout the 2020-2021 school year.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2020 at 1:55 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
It was the first day of school for Ironton students in Lawrence County, Ohio.
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 6:07 PM EDT
|By Kelsey Souto
School staff have been getting the building ready for students to return to the classroom.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2020 at 4:11 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
The school is beginning the year at Level 2- Orange, indicating an increase in coronavirus exposure in the county.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 12:20 AM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
That virtual learning will take place during the first nine weeks of school.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2020 at 12:16 AM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
The agenda for teachers the next two weeks will focus on learning to teach virtually.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 11:44 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
That decision comes after Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear recommended earlier this month for in-person learning to be delayed until late September due to COVID-19 concerns.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 2:10 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Adjustments were made Monday to the color-coding system released Friday that officials say will determine whether individual counties are allowed to reopen school to in-person instruction come Sept. 8.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 8:07 PM EDT
|By Jim Treacy
They were talking football in Ironton Friday as the team held its' annual media day.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 7:02 PM EDT
|By Katie Wilson
Catholic schools in Kentucky are moving forward with in-person learning despite Gov. Andy Beshear's recommendation.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 6:29 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
The decision came after West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s announcement about color coding counties based on the number of active COVID-19 cases at any given time, and giving school administrators the tools to plan accordingly.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 1:04 PM EDT
|By Kristen Bentley
The metric was developed by WVDHHR and will be measured on a seven-day rolling average of the number of new daily cases that are population adjusted per 100,000 people.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2020 at 9:48 PM EDT
|By Marlee Pinchok
The Ashland Board of Education met with parents, students, and administration to vote whether the district will follow Gov. Andy Beshear's recommendation of delaying in-person classes to late September.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 11:28 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
There is no word at this time about when in-person classes will begin.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 8:27 PM EDT
|By Chad Hedrick
With just under a month to go before schools in West Virginia reopen, the West Virginia Board of Education received updates on Wednesday about several aspects of the new school year.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2020 at 5:00 PM EDT
|By Chaelesse Delpleche
Educators and parents created the “Our students first coalition.” On Wednesday, members of that group called on state leaders to make changes to re-entry plans.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 10:25 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
The decision comes a day after Gov. Andy Beshear recommended school districts delay in-person classes to Sept. 28, due to COVID-19 concerns.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 8:10 PM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
Greenup County School students will begin class in a non-traditional sense on Sept. 8.