Pearl school leaders prepare for students to return with COVID-19 precautions in place
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The Pearl Public School District has given parents the option of letting their children learn from home, but they are also in the..
Pearl schools prepare to reopen
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IN-PERSONEDUCATION.THE DISTRICT IS IN THE MIDST OFCLEANINGCLASSROOMS AND TRYING DEVELOPWAYSTO KEEP THE KIDS APART...SAFE..ANDHEALTHY.
LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK BEFORETHE FIRSTSTUDENTS RETURN TO PEARL UPPERELEMENTARY...PRINCIPAL GAVIN GILL....HASBARELY HADTIME TO STOP...PRINCIPAL PLACING SOCIALDISTANCINGSIGNAGE:IT IS A SIGN OF THETIMES FOR SCHOOLS RETURNING INTHE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC ...IN THE CAFETERIA, KIDS WILL FACEFORWARD ANDNOT SIT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER.CLASSROOM DESKS HAVE BEEN SPREADOUT.GAVIN GILL/PRINCIPAL: WE WANTEDTO SEE IF WE COULD GET 22 INHERE AND SPREAD THEM OUT AS MUCHAS WE COULD AND SEEWHAT WE HAD.BUT THE DISTRICT IS HOPING FORCLASSROOMSIZES OF ONE TEACHER TO LESSTHAN 20 KIDS ACLASSROOM.THE SANITIZING STATIONS ARE INPLACE,,,PLASTIC SHIELDPARTITIONS ARE UP TO KEEP OFFICESTAFF, STUDENTS AND PARENTSFROM GETTING TOO CLOSE.
SO MUCHWORK ..STILL LEFT TO DO ..ANDTHEN ITREALLY RAMPS UP WHEN CLASSESBEGIN.GAVIN GILL/PRINCIPAL: OURCUSTODIANS KNOW THEY HAVE TOCLEAN THE CLASS ROOMSTWICE A DAY AS FAR ASDISINFECTING THEM TO KEEP THEGERMS OUT.
WE ARE BIG ON OURTEACHERS CLEAN, CLEAN AND CLEAN.RAY MORGINO/PEARL SCHOOLS SUPT.:ON ANELEMENTARY WHEN KIDS IN THE PASTWENT ACROSS THE HALL FROMTEACHER TO TEACHER NOW INSTEADOF THE KIDS MOVING,NOWTHE TEACHER IS MOVING.
WHILEEDUCATORS ARE MAPPING OUT THEFINAL PIECES OF THEIR SCHOOLOPERATION PUZZLE THEY ARE ALSOBRACING FROM THE UNCERTAINTY OFHOW MANY WILL SHOW UP FOR THEFIRST DAY OF SCHOOL....RAY MORGINO/PEARL SCHOOLS SUPT.:UNTIL WE HAVEEVERY ONE IN IT IS HARD TO SAYBECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE TO MOVEIN, SOME FOLKS MOVE OUT WE ALSOKNOW SOME FOLKS ARE GOING TO BEHOME SCHOOLING, SOME FOLKS AREVERY NERVOUS AND SAY HEY WE AREHOME SCHOOLING THISYEAR.
THAT IS A NUMBER THAT MAY NOT BEREVEALEDUNTIL SCHOOL STARTS.ABOUT 300 HAVE SIGNED UP TOLEARN FROMHOME.THEY ARE PLANNING A STAGGEREDSCHEDULEHERE ..WITH KIDS WHO'S LAST NAMEIS A THROUGHL TO START AUGUST 7TH, A FRIDAY,AND THE RESTTO START THE FOLLOWING MONDAY...LIVE IN PEARL SCOTT SIMMONS 16WAPT NEWS THE ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF'SDEPARTMENT IS CLOSED THI
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