School District will finish year with distance learning

The Three Forks School Board voted unanimously last week to not reconvene onsite instruction for the remainder of the 2019-20 school year. The district will continue with distance and online learning, and the board also voted to extend the State of Emergency for the district.

Prior to the vote, Superintendent Jeff Elliott told the board he was able to discuss the idea of going back to school with students, administration, faculty and also collaborated with county health officials.

After first hearing that school could return, Elliott said he was excited, but the guidelines were still pretty re...