Jayhawk USD 346

HS Basketball Schedule tonight at Southeast Cherokee Auxiliary Gym 6pm JV Boys followed by JV girls Main Gym 6pm Varsity Girls followed by Varsity Boys Good Luck Jayhawks!

Jayhawk JV wrestling goes to the Louisburg JV Mixer tonight at Louisburg High School Wrestling Starts at 4pm Admission: $5 Good Luck Jayhawks!

Current Schedule for tonight’s home high school basketball games against Uniontown. 4:30pm- JV girls 2 quarter followed by JV boys full game 6pm - Varsity Girls followed by Varsity Linn County Dance and Cheer will perform during the halftime of the varsity boys game Jayhawk USD 346 - Live Stream for Main Gym To access Live Stream events from Jayhawk USD 346, use the link below: https://www.usd346.org/page/livestreaming One can also get to this page by: - Go to www.usd346.org - Select MENU in the top right corner area of the website - Select Live Streaming on the left hand side (it is under the Students/Parents heading)

JV Wrestling Mixer tonight at Chanute High School Wrestling starts at 4:00pm Masks are required for all spectators Admission: $4 adult/$3 student No concession stand available Good Luck to our wrestlers!

Recently, the Kansas Dept of Health and Environment issued all Kansas schools an updated provision for handling the Covid-19 pandemic. This temporary provision allows for the suspension of contact tracing in schools for 30 days. As a result, USD 346 will be adopting that suspension and as of Monday, January 24 will not be conducting contact tracing in either Jayhawk Elementary or Jayhawk Junior/Senior High School. The suspension of contact tracing means that our testing procedures will change to a “Test to Know” strategy in which any student or staff that reports to the school nurse with symptoms associated with Covid-19 will be offered a diagnostic test. Any student or staff member that tests positive will still be expected to stay at home for five days but may return on day 6 provided symptoms have dissipated and the individual agrees to wear a mask for days 6 - 10. In addition, the suspension of contact tracing means that we will no longer be using our modified quarantine procedure. USD 346 will do its best to notify families when a potential exposure has occurred and will shift the decision to quarantine to the parents/ guardians of those that are potentially exposed. USD 346 will continue to work with state and local health agencies to adopt and modify our procedures.

High School Wrestlers are at Blue Valley Northwest two day tournament today and tomorrow. Wrestling starts today at 4pm. Live feed for the tournament: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/blue-valley-northwest-high-school-overland-park-ks-2/wrestling Admission: $7 Good Luck Jayhawk Wrestlers!

Boys Varsity Basketball play in the 3rd place game in the Pleasanton Midseason Tournament tonight @ 5pm against the Northeast Saints of Topeka. Game will be in the elementary gym. Good Luck Jayhawks!

Cancelled Girl’s Varsity game vs Oswego in the Pleasanton Midseason tourney scheduled for Friday at 5pm is cancelled due to Oswego calling off school for the remainder of the the week. This will also postpone all of our makeup games Monday 1/24 with Oswego at Jayhawk Linn. We are trying to find a 2nd makeup date at this time and will post as soon as we can confirm.

Jayhawk Nation... USD 346 is asking for input concerning a possible change in Covid-19 protocols in our schools. Please take a few minutes and complete the attached survey so that we can get a better understanding of our community's needs and desires. https://forms.gle/dJvNVkBBKT7HMugB8

Jayhawk Varsity Basketball Schedule for tonight at the Pleasanton Tournament 5pm Varsity girls vs Osawatomie in the Elementary Gym 6:30pm Varsity boys vs Osawatomie in the Elementary Gym Good Luck Jayhawks!

Jayhawk Wrestling Dual at Humboldt tonight has been cancelled Our next wrestling opportunity will be Friday and Saturday at the Varsity Tournament at Blue Valley Northwest.

Midseason Basketball Tourney starts this evening at Pleasanton Varsity Boys play @ 5pm vs Pleasanton Varsity Girls will follow around 6:30pm vs Pleasanton Admission $4 adult/$2 student- week passes can be purchased for adults $10 and $5 for students All Games are supposed to be live streamed on Pleasanton High School’s facebook page. Good Luck Jayhawks!

Midseason Basketball Tourney @ Pleasanton next week Admission: $4 adults/$2 students - No passes accepted Live Stream: All games will be live streamed on Pleasanton’s High School facebook page All Games Played at Pleasanton High School Girls Schedule: Monday, 1/17/22 - 6:30pm start - Jayhawk Linn Girls vs Pleasanton (Main Gym) Tuesday, 1/18/22 - 5pm start - Jayhawk Linn Girls vs Osawatomie (Aux Gym) Friday, 1/21/22 - To be determined Boys Schedule: Monday, 1/17/22 - 5pm start - Jayhawk Linn Boys vs Pleasanton (Main Gym) Tuesday, 1/18/22 - 6:30pm start - Jayhawk Linn Boys vs Osawatomie (Aux Gym) Friday, 1/21/22 - TBD Good Luck to the Jayhawks!

All Stars at First Baptist Church has cancelled all activities for this evening.

Jayhawk Nation...USD 346 has now collected more than 50 positive cases of Covid 19 in our two buildings and our absentee rates are near 30% in both buildings. Both students and staff are falling ill. As a result, USD 346 will NOT be in session on Thursday, January 13th or Friday, January 14th. All activities scheduled for those date are also postponed. Monday, January 17th is still a scheduled holiday so students will return to school on Tuesday, January 18th. Activities will resume at that time as well. I am truly sorry for the inconveniences that this may cause!!

Jayhawk Nation, On Monday night the district adopted new protocols for Covid-19 that align with recommendations from our state and local health authorities. 1. Students and staff who test positive for Covid 19 may return to school on day six provided they are symptom free and willing to wear a mask for days 6-10. 2. Modified Quarantine options remain in effect, however, students and staff will only be tested once during that 10 day quarantine. 3. Vaccination status is no longer considered when contact tracing and declaring a close contact exposure. 4. The window for immunity from a previous Covid-19 infection has been shortened from 180 days to only 90 days. These protocols will be revisited at our next regularly scheduled Board of Education Meeting. While our goal is to move away from restrictions and more towards normal operating procedures, our current surge of positive cases necessitates keeping these protocols in place for the time being. Please be patient with us as we work to keep USD 346 a safe place for everyone.

Jayhawk Nation...Once again, our schools are experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases. There have been numerous positive cases identified in the last two days. Our GREAT staff is working diligently to keep our schools open and safe, but we need your help. Please help us by assessing your students for any symptoms each day and keep them home if they are showing symptoms related to Covid-19. Together, we will get through this!!

USD 346 Board of Education Meeting for January 10, 2022 has been moved to the JES cafeteria. The meeting will still begin at 6:00PM.

Congratulations to our Varsity Basketball teams this week! They started league play with a great week! 3 wins! Tuesday night Varsity Girls opened league play with a 34-26 win over Crest Varsity Boys capped off the night with a 52-45 win over Crest. Varsity Boys completed the 2-0 week with a 68 -34 win tonight in Chetopa. Great Work Jayhawks! Jayhawks continue league play next week with a visit to Pleasanton next Tuesday.

Jayhawk Varsity Wrestlers travel to Burlington Saturday for a tournament. You can follow our varsity wrestlers at the live feed link below. Live Feed Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/BurlingtonUSD244 Good Luck Jayhawks!