Springfield High School and Springfield Middle School has transitioned from a classroom instruction to a 100 percent virtual instruction model until Dec. 18, which is the final day of the first semester for the 2020-2021 school year. This change is necessary due to an increase in the number of COVID19 cases among students and staff in both schools. Students will receive instruction via Microsoft TEAMS each day and will be under their teacher’s direct instruction. Attendance will still be taken and recorded just as if each student were attending in person. Teachers who are not quarantined or isolated will be in their classroom and conducting daily lessons through virtual media.
The City of Springfield’s annual holiday lights tradition will continue this year but will look different due to COVID-19. Viewing will be limited to drive-through only from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., December 11-23, 2020 at J. Travis Price Park. Since visitors must remain in their vehicles, the City of Springfield has extended the opportunity to additional nights. Winter Wonderland presented by the Springfield Parks & Recreation Department is a display of thousands of lights and more than a dozen holiday scenes.
The Robertson County Cold Weather shelter is now open. My Father’s House operates through March 31st and is open on nights when the temperature drops to 40 or below. It’s not just for the homeless. It’s available for anyone who needs a warm place to sleep and a hot meal. Several local churches have come together to make this ministry possible. Sign in from 5-7 pm and stay overnight until 7 am at 211 W. 1st Ave in Springfield.
Community members and local businesses have donated more than 65-thousand dollars to a reward fund for an ICU nurse who was killed on a Nashville highway last week. Police are still investigating leads in her murder and have not arrested a suspect. Caitlyn Kaufman was shot and killed as she drove along I-440 between the Hillsboro Road and West End exits last Thursday on her way to her job as an ICU nurse. A Pennsylvania native, her parents say her dream was to move to Nashville and become an ICU nurse.
