School superintendents write letter for quarantine changes

School superintendents write letter for quarantine changes

In northwest missouri have signed and sent a letter to state leaders, asking for changes to made involving quarantine guidelines.kq2's danielle soxy spoke with one superintendent from maryville, about the changes she would like to see.

<<(reporting: danielle sachse) more than a dozen school superintendents have written a letter to state legislatives, asking to change the quarantine guidelines for covid-19 exposures.sot: becky albrecht, superintendent, maryville r-ll "you know, we understand that community health is important and we want to be safe, but we also, we need to advocate for our students.

And at this point we feel like that was the best way to do it, to send a letter and reach out on the state level."14-hundred students have had to quarantine throughout the 20 school districts, leaving students and staff stressed over the constant change...offering counseling services and social workers for students and families albrecht, superintendent, maryville r-ll "they're helping, but they are not the solution."but what is the solution?the superintendents addressed changes such as shortening the length of days to quarantine, and eliminate quarantine for those in close contact of those who have tested postive while wearing a face covering...sot: becky albrecht, superintendent, maryville r-ll "stress levels are very high for staff and students.

And one of the things we noticed before going to the hybrid was a lot of our students were very anxious, very frustrated, very stressed about the possibilities about being put into quarantine.

And one of the things that we've had is several students have had more than one quarantine.

So it's not just initial 10 or 14 days, it can extend and be double that in some cases."the letter has received state attention, but no action has been done yetsot: missouri gov.

Mike parson .

"we're actually working with the cdc right now to do some pilot programs in the state to change those quarantine directions that some are given to them.

Some that's by the cdc guidelines, but we've been working with the schools, and there need to be changes made to it."reporting in st.

Joseph, danielle sachse, kq2 news>>..

The northwest missouri involved school districts are involved with the rural activist group.

The letter was sent on friday, october 30th.

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