Public school in the fall, but question marks

The trustees of Oconee public schools agreed last night on a new calendar that will resume education in August.  “What it will look like, I don’t know,” says Jerry Lee, board chairman.  Lee says much will depend on decisions reached by the state, and Oconee public school officials continue to await those decisions.  Uncertain, according to Lee, is whether the new year will be divided into in-person learning or distance learning.  As for whether high school football may be played, Lee says the board of trustees anticipates there will be football.  But like the anticipated decision from the state Department of Education on whether classes resume, Lee says the Oconee district will look to a decision by the South Carolina High School League on sports.