The Kansas Department of Education held a virtual meeting Thursday to help guide school officials through a situation in which they appear to have very little control.
Officials with the department of education, including Commissioner Randy Watson, spoke to educators across the state about how to handle issues concerning the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
According to Watson, no grade schools in Kansas have been asked to close at this point. He said the closing of schools would be up to local health departments and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
(Read more: Local – The Topeka Capital-Journal)
