First shipments of plexiglass shields arrive for Greenville County Schools

Greenville County Schools received its first shipments of plexiglass shields Wednesday, district officials said.

WORKING ON THESE RACKS THAT YOUSEE BEHIND ME HERE TODAY?THEY SERVE A PRETTY KEY PURPOSE.THEY’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HOUSETHE UNITS THAT ARRIVED HERE INTHE TRUCK LOADS.WE HAD TWO TRUCKLOADS TODAY 39MORE EXPECTED BY MID-NOVEMBER.A DELIVERY WEDNESDAY KEEPING THEGREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT’S PHASED IN ATTENDANCEPLAN ON TRACK 1,600 UNITS OFPLEXIGLASS SHIELD ENOUGH FOREVERY I CAN GRADE CLASSROOM AREPLAYING RIGHT NOW MOVINGFORWARD.IS THAT HOME AFTERNOON, THEY’LLBE ASSEMBLED.NOW THAT’LL MEAN THERE’S THERE’SA SMALL GROUP SITTING IN THEAMAL TUESDAY AND THEN ONWEDNESDAY, THEY’LL BE READY TOGO FOR FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATIONOF HAVING THE SECOND GRADERS INPLACE.THE FINISHED PRODUCT LOOKS LIKETHIS SIX FEET BY TWO FEETSPANNING ACROSS DESKS ALLOWINGSTUDENTS WITH A MASK TO SITTHREE FEET AWAY RATHER THAN SIXCOMPONENTS TO HOLD THEM IN PLACEWERE CONSTRUCTED BY SOMESTUDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICTKATHLEEN POWELL DESIGNED THELAYOUT TAKE US THROUGH HOW YOUCAME UP WITH WITH THIS IDEA.KIND OF EVALUATED THIS FOR TALLSUCH AS THESE WE WILL GET TALLERPETITIONS.HE STOPPED AT EDGE OF THE DESKPERSON.BEYOND THAT ULTIMATELY DHECWOULD APPROVE THE DISTRICT NOWGETTING TO TRUCK LOADS A DAYINSTALL AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLASSROOMS.IT WAS A GREAT RELIEF TOACTUALLY HAVE THAT PLACE OFGLASS INTO WAREHOUSE ON THEGROUND READY TO GO USING THEPLEXIGLAS SUPERINTENDENT BURKEROYSTER TELLS ME THAT THEDISTRICT IS ACTUALLY EVALUATINGWAYS TO GET MIDDLE SCHOOLERSBACK INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS,PERHAPS USING A SIMILAR SYS