Hurley yet to decide how classes will look this fall.

HURLEY — The Hurley school board will decide the start of the school year and the fate of the fall sports season at its regular meeting in August.  The unanimous decision on Monday came after school administrator Kevin Genisot recommended the regular meeting date of Aug. 17, as opposed to an Aug. 5 special meeting that was proposed in June. This would give the 12-member special committee that includes the Iron County health officer opportunity to assess all available information to determine if an in-school start is feasible as opposed to options of starting later or going to online learning.  Genisot telling board members that The next step would be for both principals to get together with their teaching staff to fine tune each end, saying “The elementary school opening will be vastly different from the high school as both sides will have different challenges.”  There will be a survey sent out to staff and parents to incorporate those ideas and concerns.  There is the threat of the U.S. Department of Education threatening to withhold federal funding to schools that do not open this fall. The decision to open or not in Hurley will be based on local factors and if there is schools students and staff should be prepared for the possibility of alternating from in-school classes to a virtual learning from home setting throughout the year. Hurley school has made more than $133,000 in improvements to the school building ranging from mobile sanitary stations to touchless faucets and kitchen updates.