Monday marked the first day of school for students in Okeechobee County, the second school district in the area to begin the 2020-21 academic year.
SAFETY....AND THE OTHER, ONEDUCATING DURING A PANDEMIC.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5SHAINMAN TAKES YOU INSIDE THECLASSROOM FOR A LOOK AT EXTRASAFETY MEASURES NOW IN PLACE.<< (8647/@44:44“MEASURINGTAPE, JUST IN CASE I SEE ASITUATION WHERE WE COULDSEPARATE DESKS A LITTLE MORE”)PRINCIPAL TUULI ROBINSON SHOWSOFF HER ROLLING TOOLBOX ON THEFIRST DAY OF CLASS AT NORTHELEMENTARY& THAT INCLUDESCLEAR FACEMASKS.
(8647/@44:59“BECAUSE WE HAVE DEAF AND HARDOF HEARING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS,SO WHEN I GO INTO THEIR ROOM,I PUT THIS ON SO THEY CAN SEEMY LIPS”) (8650/@49:33 KENKENWORTHY/SUPERINTENDENT“IKNEW WE WERE READY FOR TODAYAS MUCH AS WE COULD BEFACILITY WISE”)SUPERINTENDENT KEN KENWORTHYSAYS HE WALKED THROUGH ALL THESCHOOLS LAST WEEK AND ISCONFIDENT IN THE DISTRICTMITIGATION STRATEGIES, LIKETEMPERATURE CHECKS OFF THESCHOOL BUS, VISITOR LOGSOUTSIDE EVERY CLASSROOM, ANDKIDS FACING THE SAME DIRECTIONAT LUNCH, TO KEEP COVID-19CASES OUT AS BEST THEY CAN.(8650/@56:07 KENKENWORTHY/SUPERINTENDENT“WEKIND OF ANXIOUS ABOUT IT.
ITHINK EVERYBODY IS AND WHEN WEHAVE OUR FIRST ONE, IT WILL BEA LEARNING EXPERIENCE”)KENWORTHY SAYS WHEN IT COMESTO POSSIBLE CASES ON CAMPUS -THEYTHE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND THEDISTRICT ON HOW THEY WOULDTRANSITION STUDENTS ONLINE.(/@54:43 KENKENWORTHY/SUPERINTENDENT“INTHE DECISION TO DECIDE WHETHERA CLASS NEEDS TO STAY HOME ORIS IT A GROUP OF STUDENTS ORIS IT ISOLATED TO A CERTAINBUS”) (8703/@40:18“COMINGINTO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ABOUTHALF OF 65-HUNDRED STUDENTBODY COMING BACK INTOCLASSROOM.
ABOUT A QUARTERGOING VIRTUAL.
THE FINALQUARTER ENGAGED IN SOMETHICALLED OKEECHOBEE SYNC”) (NATVIRTUAL LEARNING) THE TEACHERIS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASIN AN EMPTY CLASSROOM.(8696/@30:32 LESLIEMAYNOR/VIRTUAL TEACHER“IDONBUT I HAVE AN ANIMATEDPERSONALITY SO IWETHEM”) HERE AT NORTH, THEYHAD A SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMWITH ABOUT 80 KIDS... SO THEYHAD A TRIAL RUN OF HOW THISYEAR COULD WORK.
NOW IT'S TIMEFOR THE REAL THING.(8650/@57:05 KEN KENWORTHY/SUPERINTENDEN“WETO BE BACK AND WE HOPE ITLONG TIME BEFORE WE HAVE TOADDRESS ANY TYPE OF CLASSCLOSURE”) IN OKEECHOBEE, JSWPTV NC 5.
Monday marked the first day back to school for Palm Beach County students, and it got off to a rocky start for some children.
