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The Holton Recorder Classifieds TON SALUTE INSIDE TOPEKA, KAN. Our annual Hometown of Back To Marcia Coufal Education Holton Recorder subscriber special section! for five years. CServing the Jackson ounty ommunity for 5 years Volume 153, Issues 63 & 64 HOLTON, KANSAS • Mon./Wed. Aug. 10 & 12, 2020 28 Pages $1.00 Face mask policies left up to local school boards By Ali Holcomb Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is- order. If we can help prevent the The decision whether, and sued executive order No. 20-59 spread to one student or teacher, when, students should wear face recently that outlines “mitigation we need to follow it,” Reith said. masks in local public schools procedures” schools must follow, “But this resolution gives schools has been left up to each school including wearing face masks, a chance to opt out if they choose district after the Jackson County social distancing, using hand san- to do so.” Commissioners approved a reso- itizer and checking temperatures Adrianne Walsh, Jackson lution on Monday, and each dis- before entering school buildings. Heights superintendent, and trict will continue to follow the To complicate matters, the Aaric David, Royal Valley su- governor’s executive order but state Legislature earlier this year perintendent, both attended the will allow for modifications in voted to give county commis- commission meeting Monday to their mask policies, as needed, as sions and county health depart- discuss the resolution. the school year progresses. ments the authority to opt out of Walsh said that there is con- Each district board of educa- governor’s orders. flicting information regarding tion met Monday evening for its The Jackson County the executive order. The execu- regular meeting and agreed to Commissioners and Angie Reith, tive order says that masks have follow the governor’s executive Jackson County local health of- to be worn at all times regard- order regarding masks and other ficer, “strongly recommend” that less of the distance between health and safety precautions as schools adopt and follow the students and staff members, but districts prepare to reopen school governor’s executive order, but other guidelines from the Kansas buildings in the next two weeks. added that those decisions should Department of Education say Those policies are outlined in be left up to each district school masks don’t have to be worn if The Holton Recorder’s Back To board. people are six feet apart. Education section included in to- “My personal recommendation Pete (right) and Kristin Nighswonger recently returned to manage Holton’s day’s edition. is that we follow the executive Continued to Page 15 Sonic Drive-In after spending the past 18 years in Florida. The Nighswongers previously managed the Sonic from 1995 to 2000. Photo by Brian Sanders Holton reopening plan OK’d Nighswongers return to By David Powls the types of learning that will with Angie Reith, county health The “school reopening plan’’ be offered this fall in the dis- department director, declared that was presented to the Holton trict - on-site and remote - lists that each school board in the school board at its July 27 meet- special daily record-keeping county could set its own health manage Sonic Drive-In ing was unanimously approved required for remote learners to safety requirements instead of by the board 6-0 here Monday document 6 hours and 35 min- being required to follow Gov. By Brian Sanders for Pete, a native of Fort Their next stop was in evening at its meeting held at utes of learning each day and Laura Kelly’s executive order In the late 1990s, Pete Scott who’s been working Orlando, where they spent the middle school library. attempts to cover all the various for the state that required ev- and Kristin Nighswonger for Sonic since 1982, the next 18 years. As presented, the reopen- scenarios that might occur this eryone to wear facemasks in spent five years managing and Kristin, who started “The older you get, the ing plan requires all students, year due to COVID-19. schools. The State Legislature the Sonic Drive-In along working for Sonic in her heat just gets to you, and it teachers and staff to wear face- Holton Superintendent Bob earlier this year voted to give U.S. Highway 75 in Holton. hometown of Os awatomie was constantly 95 degrees masks at school and on school Davies met with the superinten- local governments that author- “We thought we’d go to back in 1988. The two met down there,” Pete said. “We buses. The plan also calls for dents of Royal Valley and Jack- ity. a bigger city, go out and at the Osawatomie Sonic, sold the stores down there, everyone to have their tem- son Heights schools to develop “We want to be able to say see the world,” Pete said. which was Pete’s first post and we thought, you know, peratures checked at the school a unified approach to school that we did everything we The Nighswongers left in with the company. it’s time to go home.” entrances, for everyone to wash openings due to COVID-19. A could, if there is a problem 2000 when they took off Since then, Pete said, The Nighswongers and sanitize hands several times story on Page 2 of the special (with COVID-19),’’ said school to manage a Son ic in the he’s been to several states returned to Kansas earlier during the day, for social dis- Back To Education special sec- board member Shelby Patch, Kansas City area. to open and manage Sonic this year, coming back to tancing to take place as much tion included with this edition summing up the Holton board’s Now, after two decades, Drive-Ins, including Holton in mid-May when as possible and for other health shares more details about this general consensus. including 18 years in the Califor nia, Florida, Illinois, the opportunity to return to safety precautions to take place countywide approach to re- In other business, the school Orlando, Fla. area, the Nebraska and Missouri. Sonic became available. to stop the possible spread of opening schools. board: Nighswongers are back in They originally came to “We thought, ‘let’s go COVID-19. Earlier this week, the Jack- the town they’ve always Holton in 1995, and during home,’” Pete said. “We love The reopening plan also lists son County Commission, along Continued to Page 16 regarded as “home.” that first five-year stint Holton. Some nights, we’ll “You get older, you here, they installed the sand sit out on our patio, and realize that seeing the world volley ball court at the back compared to Florida, it’s isn’t everything in life,” of the restaurant. just peace and quiet. You said Pete, who returned “We went from here to hear kids laughing and dogs with Kristin to the Sonic in Kansas City,” Pete said of barking.” Jackson Heights B.O.E. approves Holton this past May. their departure in 2000. “We It’s a welcome return were there for two years.” Continued to Page 15 face mask policy on 5-2 vote By Brian Sanders the policy is working at its on a suggestion from board Following the Jackson Monday, Sept. 14 meeting for president Dr. David Allen. County Commission’s possi ble further action, then The only board members to order on Monday to leave on a monthly basis after that. vote against the motion were RV board OKs reopening plans requirements for face masks The policy as recommended Neal Keeler, who supported a By Ali Holcomb students. learner doesn’t mean you don’t up to individual county school by Walsh requires students more “optional” mask policy, School reopening plans for “If we need to make changes have to participate.” districts, the Jackson Heights at the elementa ry and high and Melinda Wareham. Royal Valley were approved two or three weeks down the Information on how to submit USD 335 Board of Education schools to wear face masks According to the policy as during the board of education’s road for a particular area, class daily logs is also outlined in the approved, on a split vote, a to help prevent the possible recom mended by Walsh, all meeting Monday night, as well or grade level, then we would handbook. The district is offer- plan to require district stu- spread of COVID-19 (coron- students would be required as several other actions, as the have the authority to change our ing several options for remote dents to wear masks most of avirus), with a few exceptions to wear masks when in district prepares for its first day plans and make those necessary learners to submit daily logs of the time they’re on district as to when masks are not their school’s commons or of classes on Aug. 24. adjustments,” Davis said. time spent on school work. property — for now. needed, includ ing where gym area prior to 8 a.m., With board approval, the Davis recommended starting “In the first two weeks of During the Jackson Heights “social distancing” of at least in classrooms where social district will continue to follow the school year following the school, with 125 remote learn- board’s regular meeting on six feet between students is distancing is not possible Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive executive order regulations as ers, we’ll have 1,250 daily Monday, board members pos sible. and in restrooms and offices. order for guidance regarding closely as possible. learning logs to account for and approved a “face covering Board member Ed Masks are not needed during the use of face masks, hand “It’s easier to start strict and review to make sure each stu- policy” recommended by Rostetter made a motion meal times, during physical sanitizer, temperature checks then let up than it is to become dent has six and a half hours,” Superintendent Adrianne to approve the policy but education classes or while in and social distancing to begin stricter with our policies,” he Davis said.
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