Wichita Weekly Update - Week of November 17: Shocker Basketball, Wichita Schools, NCAA

Welcome everyone to this week’s Wichita Weekly Update where I give you a rundown of the recent local news, some fun facts about Wichita and upcoming events over the next week. Today is Tuesday, November 17th.

I hope you’re all having a great week and staying safe despite the rising COVID-19 numbers. Stay safe, Thanksgiving is next week!

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Greg Marshall has resigned as the head basketball coach for the Shockers. Isaac Brown will be the first blackhead men’s basketball coach at Wichita State

https://www.thenewsstar.com/picture-gallery/sports/2020/11/17/isaac-brown-look-wichita-state-basketball-interim-coach-louisiana-monroe/6324927002/

Wichita Schools Extend Thanksgiving Break

USD259 School board has voted unanimously to extend Thanksgiving break for the full week next week because of the rising COVID numbers.

https://www.kmuw.org/post/wichita-public-schools-extends-thanksgiving-break-full-week

Wichita School District Update

The School district is also asking elementary families to have a plan in case they have to go remote. Elementary schools have been the only public schools in Wichita going in person.

https://www.kake.com/story/42907169/wichita-school-district-asking-elementary-families-to-have-plan-in-case-schools-move-remote

Sedgwick County Commission

Sarah Lopez has defeated Michael O’Donnell in the Sedgwick County Commission seat election.

https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article247218929.html

Wichita Loses 2021 NCAA Host Opportunity

Due to COVID-19, Wichita (among 12 others) has lost the 2021 NCAA tournament host as they relocate. We will host the first two rounds again in 2021.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-11-16/ncaa-relocating-2021-division-i-mens-basketball-championship-sites

Wichita Company Nitride Solutions speeds up the UV Want to fight COVID-19

This wand uses UV light which has shown to neutralize more than 99.9% of COVID-19. Their goal was to fight COVID without chemicals.

https://www.bizjournals.com/wichita/news/2020/11/11/nitride-solutions-uv-wand.html

WSU Tech Launches new training tools

WSU Tech is partnering with airbus to create training tools to simulate a real aircraft in virtual reality.