The Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) School Board voted Tuesday morning to have all grade levels go to virtual classes beginning Thursday, November 19, continuing at least through December 4th.  Administrators told the board staffing classrooms is becoming impossible with the number of absences among staff members.

The vote was 6-1 with Amanda Shera voting no.

The board also voted to continue paying support staff members, such as food service workers and school bus drivers, during virtual classes.

The board intends to meet again, possibly December 2nd, to decide how to handle the classes after December 4th, based on whatever data administrators are able to provide at that time.

Grades up to the 4th have been in the classroom full-time, with grades 5 & 6 on a hybrid system, 50% in the classroom and 50% virtual.  On November 19th, all these grades will go virtual.  Grades 7-12 have just started an all-virtual schedule.

Below is the audio portion of the video livestream of the entire November 17th school board work session.