Lexington 2 School students will not go back to a 5-day-a-week schedule before Nov. 12.

That date is the end of the first 9 weeks.

District students now attend school in-person 2 days a week, or all virtually.

“Right now we have a good plan,” said Lexington 2 Superintendent Bill James. He said it is as good or better than other districts.

A possible return-to-normal date was discussed at a special meeting, Monday.

James said the district is working on a plan – in accordance with a previous recommendation – that could phase back some students 5 days a week beginning Nov. 12. The plan was approved by the Board.

If that plan is not implemented, the district would address a return again on Dec. 1, after the Thanksgiving break.

The students that would come back first would be Lexington 2 Innovation Center students, 4-year-old kindergarten students-through 2nd grade, 6th-graders, and self-contained special education students.

James said the current plan is to let students return to school on a normal schedule when there is a moderate-to-low rate of covid positive tests. That would be under 200 cases for every 100,000 people tested.

A covid test update will be presented by Nov. 7.

James also said some parts of the district have higher rates of covid infection than others. He said a school or classes could be closed if they have 10% and 20% infection rates, respectively.

James also said the district was given 6,000 plexiglass shields from the state that will have to be mounted in the classrooms.

Lexington School District 1 and Lexington-Richland 5 have already began returning to school 4 or 5 days a week.