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Dec. 10, 2020Topeka, Kan. |  By: AP

Kansas school board: Continue in-person elementary classes


TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - The state school board is recommending that Kansas elementary schools continue in-person classes even if the spread of the coronavirus in their communities is so great that schools otherwise would close.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the State Board of Education on Tuesday updated its pandemic guidance. The change comes after a surge in coronavirus cases across the state over the past month prompted some districts to return to online-only instruction for many or all of their students.

The state health department reported that as of Monday, only 3.3% of the state's nearly 180,000 cases and none of its more than 1,900 deaths were in children 9 years old or younger.