WCPO 9 News presented a look at Tri-State schools and their plans to reopen -- or keep students home -- during the coronavirus pandemic.

You can watch each segment of the WCPO special in the video players below. You can also find more information and important updates on back-to-school plans for each district on our Back to School tab.

Schools moving class starts online

Schools moving start of school online

Parents express childcare concerns at CPS virtual town halls

Parents express childcare worries at CPS virtual town hall

Tracking students who fall behind in online learning

Tracking students who may have fallen off

Wyoming Fine Arts Center using learning pods

Wyoming Fine Arts Center using learning pods

Tri-State schools preparing for socially-distanced learning

Tri-State schools preparing for socially-distanced learning

Pleasant Ridge parent volunteers make learning tools for families

Acts of Kindness: Parent volunteers make learning tools for families

School districts across the state of Kentucky scuttled their back-to-school plans on Aug. 10, when Gov. Andy Beshear announced his official recommendation that the state’s public school students learn from home until at least Sept. 28.

With less than a week left until the academic year begins in Boone County, parents still aren’t sure what lies ahead or what they should be doing to get ready.

“We don’t really know what’s going on,” said Chelsea Fisch, whose three sons attend three different Boone County schools.

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Her high-schooler will start classes on Aug. 25. Which classes? Good question — he hasn’t received his schedule.

“I’ll probably be scrambling this weekend,” Fisch admitted.

Another Boone County mother, Heather Eggleston, said her fifth-grader still doesn’t know who his teacher will be when he logs on to his first day of online classes.

And others across the district have been struggling to prepare for virtual learning, ensure their children have internet access and report problems with students’ school-issued smart devices.

“This is not the way we like to operate,” assistant superintendent James Detwiler said Wednesday. “Obviously, we know that this is a hardship on the families.”

Until Beshear’s announcement, the district had planned on a blended learning model: Students in classrooms for one half of the week and learning online for the other. Detwiler said Boone County schools are doing their best to pivot and be responsive to families’ needs.

If a family doesn’t have access to Wi-Fi, “we will set them up in some way, and we have agencies that work with us to make sure students have what they need,” Detwiler said.

He added that high schoolers should expect to receive an email or phone call containing their schedule on Thursday or Friday. Elementary and middle schoolers, who have the same teacher all day, will know who it is by Friday.

Families in need of help with their child’s computer, Wi-Fi or school meals should call their child’s school directly, Detwiler said.

As the delta variant surges, school districts are facing tough decisions about masking and social distancing with the new year approaching.

“They are very, very difficult decisions,” said Boone County Superintendent Matt Turner. “We’re recommending to all of our staff, students, employees that they wear a mask while at work. That is not required, however.”

Turner said the decision on whether students wear a mask is ultimately up to parents.

All of the rules are subject to change as the situation with delta develops.

“Absolutely they are, and we sent out information that at any point in time these safety measures could be adjusted,” Turner said.

Kenton County also has a mask optional plan at this point.

Other districts are still deciding. Deer Park and Cincinnati Public Schools are waiting to make a final decision.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has released its recommendations.

The AAP said that all students older than age 2 and all school staff should wear a mask while in school.

It also recommends everyone eligible should get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccines are the key to safety according to St. Elizabeth Dr. Chaitanya Mandapakala.

“We are focusing on what to do with the kids, but maybe we should get all of the adults vaccinated to make sure the disease is contained,” Mandapakala said.