Updated: August 14, 2017

LAWRENCE COUNTY DIRECTOR OF SCHOOLS JOHNNY MCDANIEL CONFIRMED THAT SOLAR ECLIPSE GLASSES PURCHASED FOR STUDENTS BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE SAFE AND CERTIFIED BY NASA.  THE DIRECTOR'S CONFIRMATION COMES AFTER CONCERN WAS RAISED THAT SOME GLASSES WERE BEING RECALLED BY ONLINE RETAILER AMAZON.COM.  MCDANIEL INDICATED THAT A FEW PAIRS OF GLASSES PURCHASED AT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL LEVEL WERE PART OF THE RECALL AND HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT THAT STUDENTS' GLASSES WERE NASA APPROVED FOR THE EVENT.  STUDENTS WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIAL CURRICULUM SURROUNDING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE EVENT ON MONDAY.  MCDANIEL ADDED THAT IF PARENTS WANT TO KEEP THEIR CHILD AT HOME FOR THE ECLIPSE THE ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL WOULD BE EXCUSED.