Beshear: Delay In-Person Classes Until Sept. 28

During Governor Andy Beshear's Monday update, he recommended that schools wait until September 28 to begin in-person classes.

According to Beshear, although masks are working and his administration has taken steps to prevent the spread, we do not have control over the virus.

He said, "To send tens of thousands of our kids back to in-person classes when we don't have control on this virus isn't the right thing to do for our kids, it's not the right thing to do for the faculty, and it's not the right thing to recommend as Governor."

Beshear provided four reasons for his decision, including the high number of cases Kentucky is currently seeing, an increase in COVID-19 cases among children, cases of COVID-19 among children in states that have already opened to in-person classes, and families continuing to go on vacation to areas with a high number of cases.

"A tough but a necessary step," Beshear continued, "I believe we're going to be through this beginning of next year when the vaccine gets out, but until then we're going to have to make difficult choice after difficult choice to survive. Surviving and protecting each other is what we're trying to do."

He says he will be working closely with the Department of Education and superintendents across the state to provide as much flexibility as possible. 

You can see Beshear's full update below.