8 a.m. COVID-19 update

CAN GO TO VOTE.ORG.WELL THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DAILYNEW CASES MEANWHILE OFCORONAVIRUS IN THE KANSAS CITYMETRO IS UP THAT IS COMPARED TOLAST WEEK RIGHT NOW THE NUMBEROF SITS AT 247 AVERAGE NUMBER OFNEW HOSPITALIZATIONS REMAINSUNCHANGED AT 86 THE AVERAGE NEWPNUMBER OF CHRONIC VIRUS CASES IOUR 90 COUNTY AREA IS DOWN FROMONE MONTH AGO AND IN MISSOURITHE NUMBER OF PEOPLEHOSPITALIZED AT THE VIRUS HASTRIPLED OUTSIDE ST.LOUIS AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURIHEALTH DEPARTMENT’S WEBSITESHOWS THAT THE NORTH WEST SOUTHEAST SOUTH WEST AND CENTRALREGIONS OF THE RECORD HIGHS FORRELATIONS ON MONDAYHOSPITALIZATIONS IN MISSOURIOUTSIDE THE CASEY IN ST.LOUIS METRO AREAS HAVE RISEN ONEHUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX PERCENTSINCE THE STATE REOPENED ON JUNE16.WELL MANY SCHOOLS ARE MOVINGFORWARD WITH GETTING BACK INTOTHE CLASSROOM ONE DISTRICT ISSTEPPING BACK.THE MARSHAL PUBLIC SCHOOLDISTRICT WILL MOVE TO A REMOTEONLY LEARNING MODEL STARTINGTODAY DISTRICT SAYS THEY HOPE TOHAVE STUDENTS BACK IN THECLASSROOM BY OCTOBER 15TH.THERE’S BEEN NO ANNOUNCEMENT ONA SPECIFIC REASON FOR THISCHANGE.ELEMENTARY STUDENTS IN THESHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICTOR SAID TO GRADUALLY RETURNED TOIN CLASSROOM LEARNING ON MONDAYLEADERS IN THE DISTRICT ARE ALSOWORKING TO BRING MIDDLE AND HIGHSCHOOLERS BACK PART TIME.GIVE ME TIME IS MARTIN AUGUSTINEIS LIVE WATCHING SOME BIGDECISIONS BEING MADE FORFAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT MARK.GOOD MORNING.GOOD MORNING, ROB.WE’RE LIVE HERE AT SHAWNEEMISSION NORTH HIGH SCHOOL IN THECURRENT COVID-19.TESTING NUMBERS ACROSS JOHNSONCOUNTY KEEPING ALL THE STUDENTSAT NORMALLY WOULD BE HERE ASWELL AS ALL THE STUDENTS ATSHAWNEE MISSION HIGH SCHOOLS ANDMIDDLE HOME.LEAST FOR NOW LAST NIGHT AT THESHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL BOARDMEETING DISTRICT LEADERSHIP SAIDIT’S EXPLORING WAYS TO BRINGHYBRID LEARNING THAT BLEND OF INCLASSROOM AND AT HOME LEARNINGTO HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLESCHOOLERS IN THE DISTRICT ANDEVEN WITH THE CURRENT COVID-19NUMBERS THE SUPERINTENDENTPASKINIF THERE IS ANY SAFETY PROTOCOLOR SAFETY PROTOCOLS, THAT COULDBE PUT INTO PLACE TO MAKE THATPOSSIBLE NOW, THIS COMES AS THEDISTRICT PREPARES TO BEGINHYBRID LEARNING WITH PRE-KTHROUGH SECOND GRADE STUDENTS ONMONDAY WITH THIRD THROUGH SIXTHGRADERS STARTING HYBRID.A WEEK LATER NOW.THIS IS ALL DEPENDENT UPON THEHOW THE VIRUS BEHAVES OVER THENEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.BUT THE PLAN HERE IN THE SHAWNEEMISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TOGET ALL ELEMENTARY STUDENTS INCLASS FULL-TIME ON OCTOBER 26THREPORTING LIVE MARTIN AUGUSTINEKMBC 9 NEWS MARTIN.THANK YOU SO MUCH MEANWHILEMIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS IN THESPRING HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT WILLMOVE TO A HYBRID LEARNING PLANSTARTING ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROWOCTOBER EIGHTH GOAL IS TO HAVEALL STUDENTS LEARNING IN PERSONFULL-TIME BY OCTOBER 19TH SCHOOLBOARD WILL TAKE A CLOSE.LOOK AT THE PLANET NEXT.WHAT GOVERNOR LAURA KELLY SAYSMORE THAN $600,000 IS GOING OUTACROSS THE STATE OF KANSAS TOGET FAMILIES IN NEED BETTERACCESS TO THE INTERNET THE FUNDSCOME FROM WHAT’S CALLED THETECHNOLOGY FOR FAMILIES GRANTPROGRAM MONEY WENT TO 40DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONSCOLLECTIVELY WORKING WITH MORETHAN 1700 FAMILIES TO GET THEMONLINE ONE AND HALF MILLIONDOLLARS HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FORTHE PROGRAM TO CONTI