DES MOINES, Iowa - Des Moines Public Schools is delaying its Board of Directors meeting because of power outages from Monday's severe storm.
Tuesday night's scheduled board meeting will now take place Thursday at 6 pm to further hash out plans for starting classes for the fall semester.
The Des Moines district has been at odds with the state over its requirement for 50 percent in-person classes.
The district currently plans to start all classes online, which would defy state guidelines. The plan calls for elementary and middle school students to return to a mixture of online and on-site classes when safe, while all high school classes would be online for the fall semester.
Des Moines has chosen to delay the start of the school year to shortly after Labor Day on September 8th, a move also taken by the Ames and Iowa City districts.
Last week, Des Moines Superintendent Thomas Ahart said the district has been "bending over backward" to work with the governor and the state Department of Education to come up with a plan that works with state law and is safe.