{"id":3345,"date":"2025-02-19T15:26:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/?page_id=3345"},"modified":"2025-09-15T10:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:18:27","slug":"covid19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/covid19\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates and Information in Response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MDE Updates and Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The MDE continues to monitor the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. We are working with the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH), the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding preventive measures and the response to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>This webpage provides guidance and resources to support the health and well-being of students, school and district employees, and communities. This page will be updated as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Contact MDE at\u00a0601-359-3513 or\u00a0use our agency directory to locate staff email addresses: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdek12.org\/directory\">www.mdek12.org\/directory<\/a>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>District Summer Learning Plans<\/strong><br \/>\nSchool districts have submitted plans in accordance with Governor Tate Reeves\u2019 Executive Order 1476. Plans have been reviewed and accepted by the MDE and are posted online.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/msachieves.mdek12.org\/edupdate\/administrator-news\/\"><strong>MDE Daily Updates to Districts May-June 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"accordion2\" class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"accordion-group\">\n<div class=\"accordion-heading\"><a class=\"accordion-toggle collapsed\" href=\"\/COVID19#collapseOne\" data-parent=\"#accordion2\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><strong>MDE Daily Update Archive: March-April 2020\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDE Updates and Guidance The MDE continues to monitor the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. We are working with the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH), the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding preventive measures and the response to COVID-19. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3345","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3345"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3679,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3345\/revisions\/3679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}