During a call with all superintendents, Kentucky Interim Education Commissioner Kevin Brown announced schools will remain on NTI instruction for the rest of the year.

The call comes just weeks after Governor Andy Beshear pushed schools to extend non-traditional instruction (NTI) through April. There will also be no KPREP testing this year.

But, it came as no surprise to superintendents like Dr. Kevin Hub.

"Basically the data from our health officials have indicated that it's just not going to be safe for us to go to school," Scott County Schools Superintendent Dr. Hub said.

Some school districts adjusted NTI work in recent weeks to relieve some stress on not only students but also parents.

Interim KDE Commissioner Brown said on the call each school district needs to reach its typical 1,062 instruction hours. To help school districts superintendents can count NTI days as 7 hours.

"Because of that expansion, the previous last day of attendance for students in Scott County was going to be May 28," Hub said. "Now, it looks like we can run NTI through Friday, May 15 and then we'll be finished."

Retired teachers may also continue to substitute without it impacting their retirement.

While it's not the way the Scott County School District hoped to end its school year, as it winds down, they'll be focusing on being prepared to get students back on track when they can get back in the classrooms and making sure the Class of 2020 is not forgotten.

"What it really boils down to is there are only going to be a handful of options for high school graduations across the nation," Hub said. "We have a board meeting this week, we're going to be continuing to talk to our principals and students, and we'll come up with a celebration befitting the Class of 2020."

Through the new benchmarks laid out last week by the president, governor, and healthcare leaders, the start of the 2020-21 school year remains uncertain.