In a school district warehouse in Tampa, boxes of personal protective equipment or PPE are being stored and delivered to public schools across the district every day.
QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THEISTOCKPILES OF PPE.
..FROMNEEDING MORE MONEY TO PAY FORIT ALL&TO THE REALITY THDEMAND COULD LEAVE CAMPUSESRUNNING SHORT.
CONTACT 5INVESTIGATOR KATIE LAGRONEEXPLAINSPKG IN A SCHOOL DISTRICTWAREHOUSE BOXES OF PERSONALPROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OR P-P-EIS BEING STORED AND DELIVEREDTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HERE EVERYDAY.
2:56:25 SIX TRUCKLOADWENT OUT TODAY.
AS OF TODAY&HILLSBOROUGH COUNTYSTOCKPILE INCLUDES NEARLY25,000 HAND SANITIZERS& NEARLYA HALF MILLION PAIRS OF GLOVESAND ONE MILLION MASK&2:52:50- WE WANTED TO MAKESURE WE STOCKPILE AS MUCHWE CAN FOR THE NATIONLARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT&PPE ISESTIMATED TO COST UP TO $7MILLION DOLLARS PER*MONT*ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICTSUPERINTENDENT.
2:51:24- TSPENT $6-7 MILLION ON AMONTHLY BASIS FOR PPE, THATA LOT OF MONEY WHILE FEDERALCARES ACT MONEY, GRANTS ANITS OWN GENERAL FUNDS WILLHELP THE DISTRICT PAY FOR SOOF ITS SUPPLY&IT NEEDS TO FINDMORE MONEY&ESPECIALLY AS MORSHIPMENTS ARE NEEDED.
4:12-RIGHT NOW ITUS TO OPEN IN AN EFFICIENTMANNER, BUT WE JUST DONTHE FORECAST ABILITY OF IT.ACROSS THE STATE..WELEARNED THE NEED FOR PPE ISLEAVING SCHOOL DISTRICTSBATTLING FOR THE MONEY TO PAYFOR IT.
NEARLY 700- MILLIONDOLLARS IN FEDERAL CARES ADOLLARS HAS OR IS STILL BEINGDISTRIBUTED TO FLORIDA SCHOOLDISTRICTSCAN BE USED FOR PPEDISTRICTS HAVE EARMARKED ITCOVER OTHER EXPENSES INCLUDINGMORE STAFF AND THE TECHNOLOGYFOR DISTANCE LEARNING.
SODISTRICTS ARE GETTINGCREATIVE& POLK COUNTY ISASKING THE COMMUNITY FORDONATIONSHILLSBOROUGH AND A HANDFUL OFOTHERS ARE BANKING ON FEMA TOCOME TO THE RESCUE& (LEECOUNTY - SEE LINK) 40:27- WEDO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAPINTO CARES ACT AND POSSIBLYFEMA AS WELL FOR ADDITIONALEXPENDITURES BUT FEMA SAYS&ANY MONEY FOR SCHOOL PPE WILLBE LIMITED- IF GRANTED AT ALL.REIMBURSEMENT FOR SCHOOL FACEMASKS“IS ONLY ELIGIBLE WHENBEING USED IN THE PERFORMANCEOF AN ELIGIBLE EMERGENCYPROTECTIVE MEASURE& AND NORMALOPERATION OF SCHOOLS ARE NOTCONSIDERED EMERGENCYPROTECTIVE MEASURES”ACCORDING TO A FEMASPOKESPERSON.
WHAT THAT MEANSFOR SCHOOLS ISNTO THOSE ON THEFRONTLINE&MONEY IS BUT ONEPART OF THE PPE PROBLEM ONCAMPUS.
(PASCO SCHOOL NURSESUPERVISOR) 13:28- THERE ARECERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE HARDTO GET.
LISA KERN SUPERVISES45 SCHOOL NURSES WHO COVERMORE THAN 90 SCHOOLS FOR THEPASCO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTSHE WORRIES HOW LONG HER PPESUPPLY WILL LAST&AND HOWDIFFICULT IT WILL BE TRESTOCK.
13:13- SCHOOLDISTRICTS ARE NOW COMPETINWITH HOSPITALS AND NURSINGHOMES AND OTHER HEALTH CAREFACILITIES THROUGHOUT THECOMMUNITY THAT ARE ALSOLOOKING FOR PERSONALPROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
IBELIEVE THATSTRUGGLE MOVING FORWARD.
TAGITGETTING THE ATTENTION OF A USSENATOR.
GARY PETERS OFMICHIGAN RECENTLY ASKED ME SFEMA FOR A DISASTER RELIEFFUND SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOOLSENATOR MARCO RUBIOHE TOO HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITFEMA TO ENSURE SCHOOLS HAVEWHAT THEY NEED TO DEAL WITTHE PANDEMIC.
KATIE LAGRONETAWE'VE DEDICATED AN ENTIRESECTION ON WPTV DOT COM TOHELP YOU RE-BOUND IN
School PPE does not qualify for reimbursement
