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Mask-wearing is required in the Chase County Schools hallways, on busses and in other common areas on the grounds. With a Wauneta-Palisade student diagnosed last week with COVID-19, school officials here believe precautions like masks in large groups will help in efforts to avoid the virus.

CCS remains free of in-school COVID cases

While a few students at Chase County Schools have been exposed to COVID-19 elsewhere, the school remains free of positive cases where exposure happened in school.

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Masks the norm as school starts

First day of classes at Chase County Schools came Wednesday, and students and staff certainly had a different look. Supt.

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Handbook at CCS addresses student disciplinary changes

With school reopening next week, the board of Chase County Schools finalized revisions to this year’s student handbook as part of their regular meeting Tuesday.

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New staff members for the 2020-21 school year include, front from left, Kara Hagan, Marissa McDaniel, Krystle Gaswick, Sonya Schilke, back from left, Sheri Clevenger, Hannah Ash, Mikaela Stephenson, April Lambert and Jeff Einspahr. Clevenger, a former CCS teacher, is returning for the first semester only.

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One of the projects completed this summer at Chase County Schools is the glass divider wall between the weightroom and Longhorn gym, pictured behind Dallas Baney, head of maintenance at the school.