Missouri Department of Education Looks at Fall Reopening

Missouri K-12 schools are usually required to open no later than 14 days before the first Monday in September, but that could change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

But that requirement might be revisited by the Missouri Board of Education due to concerns of another wave of the virus hitting in the fall, reported KMA Land. 

“In the healthcare world, there’s widespread belief that you’ll see COVID-19 come back in the fall at some point. The challenge will be that it’ll be combined with flu and influenza at that time, which makes it even more challenging,” said Board President Charlie Shields, who is also CEO of Truman Medical Center. “So, you could see additional disruption sometime this fall. So if we can get more days in by an earlier start date, seems to me that would be appropriate.”