Christian County Public Schools Superintendent Chris Bentzel says he intends to start bringing students back to school in a traditional model, as the schools continue to prove they can keep students healthy while educating them.
Speaking with the media Tuesday, Bentzel says they’ve only had a few cases of COVID-19 pop up recently, likely due to fall break—of the existing active cases, 11 are staff, four are in-person students and two are in the Virtual Learning Academy.
He says he intends to bring a proposal to the school board to bring middle school students, who are currently operating on a hybrid model of learning, back to school full time by November 16.
That must be approved by the Christian County School Board before becoming finalized. Bentzel says if that goes well, they’ll look at doing the same for high school students—but the option of the Virtual Learning Academy will remain available.
Superintendent Bentzel used the recently exposure that resulted in some sports teams being quarantined as an example that procedures are working, due to no large outbreaks resulting from those exposures. The CCPS COVID-19 Data Dashboard can be found on the school district website, or be following the system’s Facebook page.