Shawnee County will let schools make their own decisions on how to safely open and conduct activities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioners, Bill Riphahn, Kevin Cook and Aaron Mays voted 3-0 to adopt a resolution spelling out that policy and affirming a health order issued Friday by health officer Gianfranco Pezzino. Riphahn said the measure’s approval “clears the air” regarding the county’s involvement with schools. “Yes, we’ll help the schools and they can listen to us,” he said. “But we’re letting the schools make their owns decisions and set their own course as far as sports and how they conduct their classrooms and things like that, and this resolution spells that out. I want parents to be able to go to the school – not to us – to answer those questions.”
Source: Local News | Topeka Capital-Journal
