{"id":1048217,"date":"2021-08-18T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T19:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1048217"},"modified":"2021-08-19T14:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T19:48:00","slug":"waskom-isd-to-close-all-campuses-until-next-week-due-to-covid-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1048217","title":{"rendered":"Waskom ISD to close all campuses until next week due to COVID concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/img_pd_123421_rkrmym-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1047237\" \/>WASKOM \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Waskom ISD has announced that it will close all its campuses through next Monday in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the school district. According to our news partner KETK, for the next few days, campuses will be cleaned thoroughly to ensure a safe environment when students return on Tuesday. WISD Superintendent Rae Ann Patty says officials feel the move is the best option though they &#8220;know this is an inconvenience for some families.&#8221; On Sunday, Waskom ISD announced it would close its elementary school for a week after staff members got sick with COVID-19. The district says it will have staff available on all campuses to take calls on Monday in case any children develop symptoms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASKOM \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Waskom ISD has announced that it will close all its campuses through next Monday in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the school district. According to our news partner KETK, for the next few days, campuses will be cleaned thoroughly to ensure a safe environment when students return on Tuesday. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1048217\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Waskom ISD to close all campuses until next week due to COVID concerns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1048226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/img_pd_123421_rkrmym-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Waskom ISD to close all campuses until next week due to COVID concerns","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 23:59:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/08\/img_pd_123421_rkrmym-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"Waskom ISD to close all campuses until next week due to COVID concerns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1048217"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048256,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048217\/revisions\/1048256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1048226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1048217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1048217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1048217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}