Study hall businesses popping up as alternative for parents concerned about COVID-19
WATCHING "I hope no kid oranyone ever gets sick.
With thatsaid, it’s almost inevitablethat someone is."A NEW INDUSTRY IS POPPING UPPARENTS GET READY FOR THE SCHOOLYEAR.STUDY HALLS ARE GIVING PARENTS APLACE TO SEND THEIR KIDS DURINGTHE DAY, IF THEY’RE CONCERNABOUT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 ATSCHOOL.FOX 4 REPORTER ROB MANCH SPOKEWITH A MAN IN NAPLES WHO JUSTCONVERTED HIS BUSINESS INTO APLACE FOR STUDENTS.(:26 - :31)INTRO:Golden Gate Traffic School hasbeen here in Collier County formore than 20 yearsJust, last month the owner JoeRivera put up this sign for whathe’s calling the Collier VirtualClass Zone.He says, it’s a place parentscan feel safe sending their kidsif they don’t want to send themto school.PKRivera says he got the idea whenhis daughter’s class wentvirtual back in MarcJoe Rivera, Runs Golden GateTraffic School: "It wasn’t untilApril where I checked her worwhere she really wasn’t doingmuch work.
I noticed it, wefixed it, she got her grades up,but I wondered how many otherparents might be in thatsituation."(12Rivera realized, for virtualschool to be effective, kidsneed supervision.And just like that, the idea fora new business was born.Joe Rivera, Runs Golden GateTraffic School: "It’s $35 a dayto have your kid monitored wita licensed Florida certifiedteacher(11And Rivera wasn’t the only oneto have this idea.At the Edison and Ford WinteEstates in Fort Myers, they’reoffering a study hall prografor 125 dollars a week.Rivera says, his program issafer than a school buildinbecause he can control thenumber of kids he takes, so hecan keep them spread out.Joe Rivera, Runs Golden GateTraffic School: "The interactionbetween other kids is verylimited, plus they are going tobe required to wear a mask inhere."(6s)Rivera says he’s seen schoolopenings backfire around thecountry, like this high schooin Georgia where severalstudents later tested positive.Right now in Collier County, thepositivity rate is over 16%,which the World HealthOrganization says is too high toreopen school.Rivera says his business is aninsurance plan.Joe Rivera, Runs Golden GateTraffic School: "I hope nothinghappens, but if parents, ifsomething does happen, Godforbid, they have a place tocall."(7s)TARivera tells me he can safelyfit about 20 kid in his schoolspread out, but but he says hehas the ability to expand if
(Part 1 of 2) We take a look at how families have had to cope juggling work and famiily responsibilities during the coronavirus..