Grandview delays schools reopening

Grandview is the latest school district to delay the start of school.

GRANDVIEW IS JOININGTHE HANDFUL OF OTHERSCHOOL DISTRICTSDELAYING THEIR STARTDATE THIS FALL.41 ACTION NEWS ANCHORRAE DANIEL JOINS US LIVEFROM THE NEWSROOM TOUPDATE US ON WHAT THEDISTRICT'S REOPENINGPLANS ARE.FOR STUDENTS IN THEGRANDVIEW SCHOOLDISTRICT, SCHOOL WILLNOW START ONSEPTEMBER 8TH.THIS IS VIDEO FROMEARLIER THIS SUMMERWHEN THE DISTRICT HADTO GET CREATIVE INPROVIDING FREE MEALSFOR STUDENTS IN NEED.FOR THIS UPCOMINGSCHOOL YEAR...PARENTS COULD CHOOSEFROM TWOOPTIONS....BLENDEDLEARNING -- A MIXTURE OFBOTH IN PERSON ANDDISTANCE LEARNING...THE SECOND OPTION WASSOLELY DISTANCELEARNING.BUT THE BOARDAPPROVED TWO ITEMS INREGARDS TO THEUPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR-- THE DELAYED STARTDATE.....AND FAMILIES WHOSELECTED IN PERSONLEARNING AS ANOPTION....THEY'LL HAVE TOSTART OUT WITH DISTANCELEARNING......DISTRICT LEADERS SAYTHEY HAD TO LOOK ATEVERY PERSON WHO WILLBE IN THESE SCHOOLBUILDINGS ON A DAILYBASIS."Dr. Kenny Rodrequez, GrandviewSuperintendent, :19"50 percent of my staff is ove50 and and 2025% is over 60and I know any one of themhave underlying healconditions like that.

So youhave to take all those thinginto account.

But the bottomline is you have to look at thestudent population -- what'sgoing to be the best interest inour students first."DR. RODREQUEZ SAID THEDECISION WAS MADEAFTER FOLLOWINGRECOMMENDATIONS FROMTHE KCMO HEALTHDEPARTMENT, THEJACKSON COUNTY HEALTHDEPARTMENT AND LOCALGOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.STUDENTS WILL REMAINDISTANCE LEARNING UNTILFURTHER NOTICE.