{"id":32506,"date":"2020-03-12T15:33:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=32506"},"modified":"2020-03-12T15:39:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T20:39:06","slug":"oklahoma-officials-say-school-districts-should-be-prepared-to-close-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2020\/03\/12\/oklahoma-officials-say-school-districts-should-be-prepared-to-close-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma officials say school districts should be prepared to close for coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though there are just three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma, state leaders are suggesting that school districts stay vigilant and be prepped for a potential closure.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister urged school district leaders to take caution and use \u201ccommon sense.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are working with our schools all across our state to evaluate the developing situation on a day-by-day basis,\u201d Stitt said. \u201cWe want to stress that at this time it is important that we remain calm and be judicious in decisions to close schools and business. It is the state\u2019s recommendation that schools remain open.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe truly are all in this together,\u201d Hofmeister said. \u201cOur educators care deeply about our students and their families. And I know that their well-being is of paramount importance.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hofmeister said students and their families should be particularly careful while traveling during Spring Break next week.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIndividuals returning from travel to China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Japan or any other <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/travelers\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 2 or 3 country<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as identified by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) should self-quarantine for a period of 14 days before returning to school,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/sde.ok.gov\/newsblog\/2020-03-06\/coronavirus-spring-break-travel\">an advisory<\/a> from Hofmeister to districts said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hofmeister and other state leaders are meeting regularly to monitor coronavirus and <a href=\"https:\/\/sde.ok.gov\/newsblog\/2020-03-02\/coronavirus-resources-and-guidance\">will keep district superintendents informed<\/a> as the situation develops but the ultimate decision to close will be up to local school boards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though there are just three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma, state leaders are suggesting that school districts stay vigilant and be prepped for a potential closure.In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister urged school district leaders to take caution and use \u201ccommon sense.\u201d\u201cWe are working with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":32507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32506"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32506"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32511,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32506\/revisions\/32511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}