MAUMEE, Ohio — The question of schools returning in the fall is still on the forefront. Ohio Gov. DeWine said he fully intends to have students K-12 back in schools by then.
Meanwhile, school leaders across northwest Ohio continue to develop plans that best fit their districts.
As summer break begins for students, administrators are still focusing their efforts on outlining safe and responsible ways to reopen buildings in the fall. They are doing what they can right now, to prepare for any scenario DeWine outlines.
Leaders at Maumee City Schools are taking a unique approach to preparing their fall reopening by separating their planning and tackling it with four task forces.
Each group was created to address main areas of concern as school returns.
They are: logistics and operations, teaching and learning, athletics and activities, and finances.
Superintendent, Dr. Todd Cramer said their goal with each task force was to have a good cross representation from all their stakeholders.
"Each task force has representation from our community. We have student members on our task forces as well as representation from all of our different staff groupings and as well as our administrators," Cramer said.
Each task force has weekly meetings and then a debrief meeting with everyone to go over new plans and potential guidelines.
Cramer said the groups began their meetings two weeks ago.
Similar to other districts in northwest Ohio, they are waiting for direct guidelines on social distancing, building capacity, and other COVID-19 related orders.
He also expects these task forces to be in place throughout the entire 2020-2021 schools year because the school environment will be constantly changing.