LCSD #2 had joined many other counties and districts within Wyoming and made the decision to close school building starting tomorrow March 16.
The district stated the following on Sunday evening:
“Lincoln County School District #2 school closure! Late this afternoon, Sunday, March 15, Governor Mark Gordon and State Superintendent Jillian Balow recommended that all schools are closed to students through at least April 3. LCSD#2 is following the recommendation of Governor Gordon and Supt. Balow and will close all schools until April 6. LCSD#2 Administration will release further plans after meetings are concluded Monday morning. Updates will be on our websites, social media and SVI. District administrators will be contacting staff over the next few hours.”
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• LCSD #2 speaking with state officials and will have a decision by Monday morning.
Governor Mark Gordon has recommended that Wyoming close their schools for the next three weeks in light of the COVID-19 virus that is currently on the minds of many residents.
“This is Wyoming, where we are all neighbors,” Gordon said in a statement, in which he said the state was facing “unprecedented circumstances.” “While social distancing should be a priority for all of us, it should not keep us from helping out our neighbors. I am thinking of our first responders and healthcare workers on the frontlines who may be without child care. This is a time, if the risk is low, to help one another out.”
Laramie County School District No. 1 (Cheyenne) stated that they will close their doors until April 7. Currently Wyoming has three confirmed cases of the virus with several others under quarantine.
Teton County Idaho recently confirmed a case and residents in both Wyoming and Idaho have announced closures to try and limit the spread of the Coronavirus.
As for Lincoln County School District No. 2 (LCSD#2), the following statement was released on the district’s Facebook page on Sunday afternoon.
“As of right now school will continue in LCSD#2 as planned,” the statement read. “Supt. Erickson has a conference call scheduled at 8:30 a.m. on Monday morning with Governor Gordon, Jillian Balow and Dr. Alexia Harrist. Following the call the district administration team will meet to discuss recommendations based on that conference call. We encourage parents to do what they feel is best for their own family. Leniency with absences will be handled on a case by case basis. Updates will be provided on social media and school websites as they become available. If more urgent communication is needed the school district will use the emergency school notification system. A message will be sent out later this afternoon to all households containing the same information as this post.”
The Weekday Wakeup on Swift 98.7 FM and The Spur (1210 AM in Star Valley) and 105.3 FM / 940 AM in the Kemmerer / Diamondville and Bridger Valley areas will have Superintendent Erickson on Monday morning’s show which runs from 7-9 a.m.
More information is also expected later tonight on this development and will be updated here at SVInews.com.
***Update*** Uinta County School District #6 (Lyman) has made the determination to close their schools on Monday March 16 and Tuesday March 17 which will then take them into Spring Break. This information was announced on the Lyman High School Facebook Page.
Meanwhile, Kemmerer schools in LCSD #1 are announcing that they are planning to have school on Monday via their Facebook page but that the situation is subject to change.
