By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Schools in Reno County will remain in the yellow zone by the county's gating criteria for next week.
The numbers appear to have taken a bit of a step back, with 91 positive cases in 14 days as of Friday and a positive test rate of 9.7%.
Buhler USD 313 is looking at changing its approach to the gating criteria.
"We are looking at some modifications to our gating criteria that we need to both vet through our admin team a little bit more, through some staff and then also our board of education," said superintendent Cindy Couchman. "We will release the updates, assuming that we do update it, early next week."
At least right now it looks like Buhler Grade School will be allowed to reopen when expected.
"Yes, they are," Couchman said. "They're going to be back on Wednesday. We are waiting on one more test result. The others came back. I'm feeling pretty good about it."
As of Friday there are 7 active cases in USD 313 and 89 connected people under quarantine.