Updates Coming To School Reopening Plan

WAAY 31's Ashley Carter asked the superintendent about the district's original plan based off a series of questions and answers and why these changes are needed.

Are needed.

The superintendent for jackson county schools told me the original re- opening plan was set in a frequently asked questions format...but after speaking with principals and listening to their thoughts about schools re-opening....he will work to add additional safety measures to the plan to help make everyone feel safe..

<pkg kevin dukes, superintendent jackson county schools: "the general questions are whose responsible for cleaning, how are we going to change classes and are we going to be able to have assemblies, different things like that."

Tuesday, jackson county school superintendent kevin dukes told me school principals weighed in with some concerns after the district released its original re-opening plan.

The initial plan was listed as answers to frequently asked questions from parents.

Kevin dukes, superintendent jackson county schools: "we are going to have assigned seats, on the bus, we're going to load from the back and work our way to the front, and we're going to unload from the front and work our way to the back si we'll have assigned seats there.

Vo "we're going 50-50 in the cafeteria, you know 50 percent will be about to sit in there, 50 percent somewhere else.

There will be assigned seats when they're in the lunch room, and then we'll have assigned seats in the classroom and kevin dukes, superintendent jackson county schools: the reason for that is if somebody gets sick we can keep up with who they were around so we can notify folks.

Dukes says everyone knows school is going to have a different look and feel.

But the district is doing everything it can to let everyone know safety first.

Kevin dukes, superintendent jackson county schools: "we don't want to overwhelm our folks, but at the same time the way they've done things in the past is going to have to be done differently.

So, yes we're going to adapt as needed to make it work and be as safe as we can be."

Ll dukes said they will release that adjusted plan within the next day.