
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday that if students aren’t physically in class, there shouldn’t be any sports. While the governor’s statement wasn’t a formal announcement, it raises a lot of questions for school districts in western Pennsylvania as they finalize back-to-school plans amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some districts are offering options for online, in-person or hybrid learning. Pittsburgh Public Schools, however, will have online classes only for at least the first nine weeks of school. During a news briefing Monday, Wolf said what happens in school should be consistent with what happens on the playing fields. “In other words, if the school is going completely virtual, seems hard to justify having in-person contact sports being played in the fall,” Wolf said.