REOPENING CHECKLIST WHERE KIDS WOULD BE R >> BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
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THAT BREAKING NEWS COMES FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF DUVAL COUNTY SCHOOLS ON THE
SOUTH BANK WE’RE GETTING A
PREVIEW OF THE DISTRICT’S
REOPENING PLAN THAT IS EXPECTED
TO BE
UNVEILED TOMORROW. BUT JUST A
FEW WEEKS TO GO UNTIL THE NEW
SCHOOL
YEAR BEGINS.
>>MARY BAER: THE SUPERINTENDENT
DOCTOR DIANA GREENE SAYS HER
ADMINISTRATION LIKELY WILL
REQUEST A WAIVER FROM
THE STATE TO LAST WEEK’S
EMERGENCY ORDER ON
SCHOOLS REOPENING.
>>TOM WILLS: DOCTOR GREEN SAYS
THAT ORDER TO OPEN CLASSROOMS 5
DAYS A WEEK MAY NOT
WORK HERE. RAIN TALKED ABOUT
THE COUNTY’S PLANNING WITH A
LOCAL CIVIC ORGANIZATION THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS IS JUST ONE OF
THE ANGLES. WE’RE FOLLOWING
RIGHT NOW ON THE LOCAL IMPACT
OF THE CORONAVIRUS NEWS
4 JAX REPORTER KELLY WILEY IS
JOINING US LIVE FROM THE SCHOOL
BOARD HEADQUARTERS WITH NEW DETAILS ON THE REOPENING AS PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE FACING
THE
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THE ♪ FALL KELLY.
>>JOY PURDY: WRIGHT SUPERINTENDENT GREENE REVEALED SOME PORTIONS OF THAT PLAN TO
DATE HIM IN THAT MEETING THAT
WAS POSTED
TO FACEBOOK SHE SAID STUDENTS
AND STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED IN
SPACES WHERE THEY CAN’T
SOCIALLY DISTANCE INCLUDING THE
SCHOOL BUS WEAR A MASK, SHE
ALSO REVEALED
THE PLAN OR IF THERE’S ANY
LEVEL OF AN OUTBREAK IN A
CLASSROOM OR SCHOOL.
>> DAVID DUVAL COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT REVEAL DETAILS
OF HER NEW PLAN TO REOPEN
SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE LEARNING ABOUT AN
EMERGENCY ORDER THE CHOIR IN
FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO BE OPEN 5
DAYS A WEEK, THE NEW PLAN WOULD
BAN VISITORS TO THE SCHOOLS FOR
THE FIRST 9 WEEKS IN REQUIRE
FACE MASKS ON THE BUS IN ALL
COMMON AREAS WHERE STUDENTS AND
STAFF CAN’T
SOCIALLY DISTANCE. THE
SUPERINTENDENT SAYS TEMPERATURE
CHECKS MAY NOT BE A REQUIREMENT
BUT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO WANT
THEM THE DISTRICT WILL PRESENT
WHAT SUPERINTENDENT GREENE
BELIEVES TO BE THE DISTRICT’S
FINAL PLAN FOR REOPENING
TOMORROW OVER
ZOOM TODAY, DOCTOR GREENE SAID
THE DISTRICT WILL BE APPLYING
TO WAIVE THE STATE’S EMERGENCY
ORDER WHICH SAYS ALL SCHOOL
BUILDINGS SHOULD REOPEN FOR
INSTRUCTION IN THE FALL DUVALL
WILL BE SUBMITTING A PLAN AND I
BELIEVE WE WILL BE REQUESTING.
>> A WAIVER FROM A PORTION
OF THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF
CASES
WE ARE DEALING WITH IN DUVALL
AS
WELL AS. A MAJOR EVENT
HAPPENING IN THE MONTH OF
AUGUST IN DUVALL THAT
WILL BRING THOUSANDS 10’S OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO OUR CITY
AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IMPACT
IT WILL HAVE ON OUR SCHOOLS,
TEACHERS LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
ENGLISH TEACHER MARK THOMPSON
ARE AMONG THE
PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THE
NEXT SCHOOL YEAR LOOK UNDER THE
EMERGENCY ORDER HE WROTE THIS
LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR
EXPLAINING HIS WORRY THAT HE
COULD SPREAD THE CORONAVIRUS TO
HIS WIFE.
HIS WIFE. >> WHO IS CHRONICALLY ILL AND IMMUNOCOMPROMISED TRY REALLY
WANT TO WRITE A LETTER JUST TO
SORT OF.
>> MAKE IT EXPLICITLY
OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT
JUST OKAY WITH THIS PEOPLE ARE
WORRIED AND THERE’S GOOD REASON
TO BE SUPERINTENDENT GREENE
SAYS THE DISCOVERY OF A
POSITIVE CASE OF
COVID-19.
>> COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO
SHUTTING DOWN A CLASSROOM OR
EVEN ENTIRE SCHOOL A GRAPHIC
PRESENTED BY DOCTOR GREENE
SHOWS AFTER STUDENT OR EMPLOYEE
TESTS POSITIVE. THE SCHOOL
CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF HELP
WHO WILL THEN INVESTIGATE AND
DECIDE WHO NEEDS TO BE ISOLATED
BASED ON LEVEL OF CONTACT AND
IF A SCHOOL OR CLASS NEEDS TO
CLOSE.
>> AND IN THE CASE THAT A CLASSROOM OR AN ENTIRE SCHOOL HAD TO QUARANTINE IF THERE’S AN
OUTBREAK
OF CORONAVIRUS THE SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT SAID THAT SHE
WOULD BASICALLY MOVE EVERYBODY
TO DUVALL HOMER WHICH IS THAT
PLATFORM THAT WAS USED
THIS TIME.
>> I’M OR NOT THIS TIME LAST
YEAR IN THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE
START TO SEE
CORONAVIRUS CASES WE WILL BE
LISTENING IN ON THE MEETING AT
09:00AM TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILS
ON THE REOPENING PLAN FOR DUVAL
COUNTY BUT FOR NOW YOU CAN GO
TO NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM FOR
ADDITIONAL