| Gov. Jim Justice says his administration will soon unveil a way to measure whether the rate of coronavirus spread will allow for the reopening of schools, but the governor also said reopening decisions should be left to local school system leaders.
âLocal control should rule, and that is what weâre going to do,â Justice said. âLocal input is going to rule the day.â
School systems around the state have been producing plans for students to return at a target date Sept. 8. Most are offering options to families, who must choose.
Justice has described a color-coded map that would depict whether the level of virus spreading in counties would allow school to remain open. But the factors to determine whether a communityâs status is red, orange, yellow or green havenât yet been revealed.
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