Jefferson releases reentry plan

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School signs are shown this spring at the Jefferson C-123 school in Conception Junction. The district has released its reentry plan for school starting on Tuesday, Aug. 25.

CONCEPTION JCT., Mo. — Jefferson C-123 will return to school on Aug. 25 with in-person instruction, no mask requirement and a bevy of changes to business as usual to encourage social distancing.

“We plan to open school for in-person instruction,” said Superintendent Tim Jermain in a letter accompanying the plan. “We realize at times that students or staff may be home for an extended period of time. We have plans to provide instruction for students who find themselves quarantined at home.”

Masks will be required for 7-12 students during transition times and when in the hallways, and all students will be required to wear masks on school buses. Otherwise, masks will not be required for students or staff members. But the plan notes masks could become mandatory at any time.

Bottle filling stations have been added to every water fountain, and students are asked to bring their own water bottles to school. Drinking fountains will be turned off and will not be used.

In classrooms, desks will be set up as close to six feet apart as possible, the plan says, and students in grades 7-12 will wipe their desks with disinfectant at the end of each class.

School buses will load from back to front according to a seating chart, with siblings asked to sit together. Families that are able to transport their students are encouraged to do so.