As fall sports are mere hours from beginning, Grand Island school district made a tough choice and one that might resonate throughout the state if they see success.
Grand Island simply is telling visiting teams to keep your fans at home.
“We owe it to our students to take the necessary precautions to keep school going,” Grand Island Superintendent Tawana Grover said. “Adjustments have to be made in these uncertain times. Decision made (sic) to be a partner with our community to help reduce community spread. We want to reduce the amount of people traveling from town to town within the state at this time. We thank the visiting schools’ families for understanding.”
The NSAA has been fervent in its message that school districts should make decisions on what is best for them and as such, the NSAA has kept its hands largely out of decisions like this one.
Here in Lincoln County, the decision was made about a week ago to keep fans in attendance to immediate family only. This is with an understanding that it is a fluid situation and those restrictions could change, for better or worst, at any time.
Until then, its a new world and we are all taking things one day at a time.