You can have remote learning and fall sports, too.

We know that by a thorough study of the school districts the Omaha Public Schools considers its peers, the Council of Great City Schools.

The council consists of 74 U.S. members, but 28 districts are in states where the decision on fall sports was taken out of their hands by their state high school athletic associations.

Of the 46 districts that have control over their decision, 27 (58.7%) are going ahead with football and fall sports. Only five have canceled fall sports. The remainder, including Omaha, are on hold or have extenuating circumstances to work out.

Of the 27, two-thirds — 18 — are in remote learning for high schools. From Atlanta to Detroit to Tulsa and, yes, Wichita, the district that has a template some are hoping OPS considers.

This is the week for OPS, it appears, to decide the fate of fall sports. It seems the only option administrators will present is to move football, volleyball, softball, cross country, girls golf and boys tennis to the spring — and have the NSAA agree to it.

OPS is making itself an island to the rest of the state more than ever by not returning to fall sports when the other schools in Douglas County, the other schools in the Metro Conference and the other schools in the state are executing return-to-sports plans with strong success rates. If other Class A schools were in the boat with OPS, it would be different.