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USD 377 approves attendance limitations for winter sports

By Neil Wieland

11/14/2020

(KAIR)--USD 377 Atchison County Community Schools will allow patrons to attend high school winter sports to start the season – with limits in place.

School Superintendent Andrew Gaddis says the school board on Wednesday approved allowing four people to attend per athlete for high school basketball games. Visiting teams will also be allowed the same allotment.

Gaddis says the decision follows what he calls a successful trial run with junior high girls’ basketball, where attendance was also sharply limited.

The new policy calls for the girls and boys teams to play in separate gymnasiums on campus.

Gaddis says this will permit the district to allow four tickets per athlete and still keep each gym under 25 percent of full capacity.

Wrestling tournaments and duals will have similar attendance restrictions, with mitigation procedures also in place.

Gaddis says the policy was made in consultation with Atchison County health officials.

Additionally, mask restrictions will be enforced, and Gaddis encourages all to remember physical distancing.

ACCHS is scheduled to begin the home portion of their basketball season on December 4th.

The board is expected to re-evaluate the policy at their December 9th meeting, or at a special board meeting before then, if needed.

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