Triton Pushes School Start Date Back
August 5, 2020 at 1:46 a.m.
By Carol Anders-
The Triton School Board held an emergency meeting Tuesday with the sole agenda item to hear the recommendation by Superintendent Jeremy Riffle for the proposed change. Board members Ken Miller, Wes Rettinger, Kevin Boyer, Steve Stichter and Terri Barnhart all voted to approve the recommendation.
In making the recommendation, Riffle said he and others met informally at the Marshall County Health Department and discussed two options. He said they could either begin school on the original date and hold classes virtually for 12 days or push back the start date.
Riffle said, “I really feel it is in the best interest of our families and our kids to start in-person classes.”
Parents still have the option to have their children taught virtually. Although the virtual option includes wording that it is by the school quarter, Riffle expressed his thoughts that it is in the best interest of the child to have face-to-face instruction. He went on to say that they will have flexibility when it comes to the decisions by parents to change to in- person or virtual learning.
The teaching staff has been allowed to meet with the Triton Technology Department staff to make sure they are ready for virtual learning instruction.
According to Riffle, they do have the ability through Lutheran Health Services to have rapid COVID-19 testing for both staff and students.
The Triton School Board held an emergency meeting Tuesday with the sole agenda item to hear the recommendation by Superintendent Jeremy Riffle for the proposed change. Board members Ken Miller, Wes Rettinger, Kevin Boyer, Steve Stichter and Terri Barnhart all voted to approve the recommendation.
In making the recommendation, Riffle said he and others met informally at the Marshall County Health Department and discussed two options. He said they could either begin school on the original date and hold classes virtually for 12 days or push back the start date.
Riffle said, “I really feel it is in the best interest of our families and our kids to start in-person classes.”
Parents still have the option to have their children taught virtually. Although the virtual option includes wording that it is by the school quarter, Riffle expressed his thoughts that it is in the best interest of the child to have face-to-face instruction. He went on to say that they will have flexibility when it comes to the decisions by parents to change to in- person or virtual learning.
The teaching staff has been allowed to meet with the Triton Technology Department staff to make sure they are ready for virtual learning instruction.
According to Riffle, they do have the ability through Lutheran Health Services to have rapid COVID-19 testing for both staff and students.
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