By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Buhler USD 313 has modified its gating criteria in case the county goes into the orange zone regarding either 14-day case count or positive test rate.
"It was, in the orange zone, we would go into flex," said Superintendent Cindy Couchman. "We did not have a hybrid model built originally and in the orange zone, no competitions. We've loosened that up a little bit. Instead of going full flex in orange, we created a hybrid model. This allows, sort of a transition from full in person to the flex. The same is true with our activities. We said, okay, we are going to allow competitions, but how else can we limit the exposure and we said, no fans."
Pre-K through 5th grade were already to continue in person in the orange zone.
The gating criteria fell almost at the top end of the yellow zone last week. A new decision on the gating criteria color will come out on Friday.