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Jenks Moving Secondary School Students to Distance Learning

Jenks becomes the latest Tulsa-area school district to move students to distance learning because of rising numbers of students and staff positive for COVID-19 or in quarantine.

Starting Monday, all seventh- through 12th-grade students will go to distance learning. They are not set to return until Dec. 7.

Pre-K through sixth grades will continue in-person learning for now.

The district said there’s a lack of adequate staffing for its secondary schools. As of Wednesday, about two-thirds of students and staff with COVID-19 or in quarantine are at those schools.

Athletics and activities will continue, and meals will be available weekdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Jenks High School.

Jenks joins Bixby, Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and Union public schools as districts that have recently moved older students to distance learning because of rising COVID-19 numbers. 

Matt Trotter joined KWGS as a reporter in 2013. Before coming to Public Radio Tulsa, he was the investigative producer at KJRH. His freelance work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times and on MSNBC and CNN.
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