OSSAA Posts Goal of Opening School Facilities on June 1

On Monday morning, Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) executive director David Jackson posted an update on the COVID-19 pandemic and its relation to reopening Oklahoma school facilities.

“As the official close of the school year draws near, we are receiving an increased number of calls regarding summer activities, what will be allowed and not allowed for the students, coaches, and directors,” Jackson said in an announcement posted to the official OSSAA website on Monday morning. “While we felt that it was important to establish statewide guidance for activities during the school year regarding the Covid-19 situation, we feel that it is equally important to provide some guidance for the start of our summer activities.”

Although businesses across Oklahoma are continuously re-opening, Jackson and the OSSAA feel that school facilities need more time.

“Even though our state has started the “re-opening” process, we feel it is important for our member school facilities to remain closed until at least June 1. This will give us enough time to review data from our state and local government entities, our healthcare professionals, and the other national sports and activities governing bodies. Based on the information we have at that time, we could adjust the June 1 date and/or add or relax restrictions to the summer activities regulations. Our focus has become doing all we can do to help preserve the opening of schools and activities in the fall.”

More information will be shared after the OSSAA continues to make announcements through May and into June regarding the reopening of school facilities. Be sure to check out future editions of The Geary Star for more local sports updates.

Andrew Salmi can be reached at Sports@TheGearyStar.com