Inslee: Most schools should go online-only, cancel sports
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee said Wednesday that he's strongly recommending most schools offer online-only learning for students this fall due to COVID-19, and canceling or postponing sports and all other in-person extracurricular activities.
“This pandemic will continue to grow unless something changes,” Inslee said, adding if every school district brought all students back "I believe we would see a dangerous increase of COVID activity.”
Officials say the virus is still spreading too extensively in the state, which saw the nation’s first confirmed virus case in late January. Since then Washington has seen more than 59,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 1,600 deaths.
Inslee, who made the announcement with the superintendent of public instruction for Washington and the state’s health officer, said districts had asked for guidance and the new framework largely matches what many communities have already decided for the new school year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/inslee-most-schools-should-go-online-only-cancel-sports/ar-BB17BWqJ?ocid=hplocalnews
= new reply since forum marked as read
