Even after the Shawnee Mission school district threatened to issue citations to people who violate social distancing rules on its athletic fields, large groups continued to congregate and play sports, officials said. Now, the district has closed all of its fields.
“Several attempts were made to find a compromise to allow use of the fields while also strictly following personal distancing and other health guidelines,” district officials said in a news release. “Unfortunately, the district continued to experience repeated violations of those guidelines, as well as attempts to circumvent the spirit of the guidelines by organized groups.”
The district’s fields and stadiums had been open, even though schools are closed, to let the community exercise during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order. But the district and local police departments have received several complaints about groups ignoring social distancing rules.
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