School board Tuesday discusses other COVID measures, other policies

During the special meeting of the Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees Tuesday where the board voted unanimously to continue distanced learning rather than re-opening classrooms, the board addressed several other issues as well, both related to the COVID-19 pandemic and otherwise.

The board unanimously approved alternate grading for the classes being held remotely due to the classrooms closing to reduce exposure to novel coronavirus 2019.

“It initiates a pass/fail for our high school students,” Superintendent Andy Carlson said before the vote. “One of the things that we wanted to make sure o...