While students and faculty prepare for returning to class, Brevard Pubic Schools is unleashing its plan to keep everyone safe and healthy.
What you need to know
- The plan includes temperature images, masks and social distance.
- Pre-K through second grade are exempt from mandate for face coverage.
- Everything you need to know about re-opening schools can be found here directly.
Under the new guidelines, teachers will have the option of using a touchless thermometer to screen students before entering classes.
And, if social distance is not possible, face masks are required.
The district says students in pre-K through second grade should not wear masks.
All field trips have been canceled, playground equipment is off limits, and singing lessons will be held outside.
The district says it has a custody task team on standby to thoroughly clean every school where a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19.
About 2,000 students returned to school supplies from the Brevard Schools Foundation, and this year the backpacks included washable face masks designed for children.
Sisters Maggie and Joy Quin are excited to go back to school. Although they are too young to really understand the seriousness of the pandemic, they do know new rules in place over these years.
Elizabeth Schreiber of the Brevard Schools Foundation says the cute design masks will make it more attractive for young children to wear them.
“[We’ve] received many requests from teachers for face masks for the students, ”explains Schreiber.
And this year, more than ever, families need help getting food and school supplies as they send their children to school.
“Since the pandemic hit, we have increased poverty levels because unemployment is so high. We used to have a bunch of families who were above that poverty level, but they just came through. And now, because they lost their jobs, they fell below that poverty line, “said Schreiber.
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