Blue Valley administration announced Monday that beginning Oct. 5, students enrolled in in-person learning will transition to a new hybrid model of learning. According to email communication from superintendent Tonya Merrigan, the district is currently in the yellow category on the gating criteria, allowing...

Blue Valley Southwest administration released a plan outlining the details of distance learning on Aug. 28. The district had previously announced that students would learn in a distance format, utilizing technology like Canvas and Zoom, until Oct. 2; the remainder of the semester will be re-evaluated...

Superintendent Tonya Merrigan announced Friday that district high schools and middle schools would begin the school year in a distance learning format. Elementary will return in-person in a hybrid format. The decision came after the board rescinded their vote to follow the Johnson County Health Department’s...

Blue Valley’s Board of Education rescinded their decision to follow the Johnson County Health Department’s gating criteria on Aug. 18. The board had previously voted to follow JCDHE’s criteria on Aug. 10.  The health department’s guidelines placed Blue Valley and other districts countywide...

On the morning of July 18, I woke up with a sore throat, but I thought nothing of it after I took some cough drops. I never thought it could be the coronavirus. I brushed it off thinking my allergies were acting up and made plans to go to the pool with three of my friends. After that, I went home...