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And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

Today is Monday, December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning.

In the news this morning, after two weeks of mandatory virtual learning, Montgomery County School Districts have made their decision on whether to return to the classroom.

However, some districts have abruptly changed their plans for Monday.

Podscrove School District was slated to go hybrid, but so many teachers called in sick, the district had to do a last-minute switch back to virtual.

Superintendent William Shirk said in an update to parents on Sunday

defining the closure as a functional closure due to inadequate staffing. Springford Area School

District is also switching its plan back to all virtual. The district planned to do a mix of in-person

and hybrid, but rising COVID numbers changed those plans. Lower Moreland will continue its plan to go hybrid, despite nearly a dozen staff members being in quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure.

A letter was sent home to parents in the district Sunday saying one student and 11 staff members tested positive or were exposed to someone who was.

Parents and guardians of Lower Morland students who attend in-person instruction

beginning Monday are being asked to monitor their child's health using the daily health

questionnaire provided by the district. Students in Souterton Area High School District

will be the only ones with the option for a full in-person instruction and the Methactan

School District will remain all virtual. So obviously things are going back and forth, but like for you, Kathy, I know, like, we're back. What's going to happen? What's going to do? You know, you're going back to hybrid today. Okay, all right. Us too. Yeah, you're hybrid as well. Yeah, but Ben's hybrid is Tuesdays and Thursdays just for his particular section. This is the following week. It's Monday, Wednesday, Friday. No, no. He's Tuesdays and Thursdays just for his particular section.

And this is the following week?

Monday, Wednesday, Friday. No, no. He's Tuesdays and Thursdays the whole time. Okay. And so the Ben's school district decided they're going to do that that way. They decided that this week. That way for the rest of 2020. So we'll see if that plays out. But it's supposed to be the plan until the holidays. Does you look forward to going in?

Absolutely.

Yeah, okay.

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