PART
PART IN
PART IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. THIS AFTERNOON I SAT DOWN WITH SUPERINTENDENT MOLLY SPIRMAN TO
TALK ABOUT HOW SCHOOLS DEAL4@ WH
THE PANDEMIC.
COVID4@ NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
4@ INCREASE STATEWIDE STARTING WITH
THE STATE'S RESPONSE TO
CORONAVIRUS TESTING.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT TESTING AND
HOW WE KNOW4@ THE GOVERNOR OF DC
PUT A PLAN IN PLACE ON BOARD
WITH TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THIS
PLAN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SCH4@OOLS,
YES, WE WANT TO TEST, NO WE
DON'T WANT TO TEST, NO WE ARE
NOT SURE YET.4@
>> IT IS OPTIONAL.
STRICT DECISION.4@
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 50 4@
DISTRICTS THAT SAID YES WE ARE
GOING TO GIVE THE TEST.4@
OTHERS SAID NO.
ABOUT 25 WHO ARE SAYING LET'S
WAIT AND SEE.4@
THEY ARE OVERWORKED, STRESSED.
SO MUCH PUT ON THEM.4@
THIS IS ONE MORE THING.
BUT IT IS4@ A THING THAT CAN HE
THE WELL BEING OF4@ STUDENTS AN
TEACHERS.
SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE HAD A
MEETING TO TALK ABOUT BEST 4@
PRACTICES.
MANY DOING4@ IT OFF SITE SETTIN
APPOINTMENTS.
WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE GET4@ SICK
DURING THE DAY4@.
QUICK AND RELIABLE TEST WE CAN
GIVE AND IN 154@ MINUTES WHETHE
OR NOT YOU CAN KNOW IF YOU ARE
POSITIVE.
QUICK ANSWERS TO OUR FAMILIES4@
AND TEACHERS.
>> CAN'T TAKE ON ANYTHING ELSE
AND AFRAID -- I HAVE A FEVER,
LET ME GO TO SCHOOL4@ AND CHECK
>> CAN'T TAKE ON ANYTHING ELSE AND AFRAID -- I HAVE A FEVER, LET ME GO TO SCHOOL4@ AND CHECKT
OUT.4@4@4@4@
I DO UNDERSTAND PARTICULARLY ON
OUR4@ SCHOOL NURSES.
>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT
QUESTION SCHOOL NURSES FOR4@ SOH
CAROLINA SAYING THEY ARE4@ 4@
WHOAFULLY UNDERSTAFFED.4@4@
THEY ARE VERY SIMPLE4@4@ TESTS
DO.
IT HAS RISEN TO4@ MEET ALL THE
NEEDS, THEY WILL H4@AVE LOTS AN
LOTS PUT ON THEM.4@4@
IT IS ANOTHER THING4@ TEACHERS D
SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE DOING.
IN THE LONG RUN IT WILL HELP
PEOPLE BACK FACE TO FACE4@ IN A
BETTER WAY AND4@ REALLY ANSWER
QUESTIONS WE CAN'T ANSWER4@4@
QU4@ICKLY.
>> GOVERNOR AND DHEC'S PLAN IN
SCHOOLS.
TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, 4@YES, WE WERE CAUGHT F
GUARD ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT EVENING.
WE KNEW THE4@4@ TESTS WERE HERE.
WE NEED TO GET THESE THINGS4@
GOING.
DIDN'T HAVE PREWARNING AND
DECISIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE MADE
SO THAT THE SCHOOL4@ FOLKS COUL
RESPOND.
IMMEDIATEL4@Y STARTED GETTING
QUESTIONS.
TOOK US A COUPLE MORE DAYS TO
GET THE4@ ANSWERS OUT FOR THEM.
I UNDERSTAND4@ SOMETIMES
OVERSIGHT.
VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US AS
LEADERS TO WORK 4@TOGETHER.
ONE ANNOUNCEMENT WE HAVE4@ WORK
CLOSELY TOGETHER PARTICULARLY
WITH DHEC TO WORK EMPLOYEES AND
BUILD A4@ STRONG COALITION.4@
>> OBVIOUSLY NO ONE WILL TEST
YOUR4@ CHILD WITHOUT 4@PERMISSI.
INTERESTING TO HEAR HER
PERSPECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMEN@
PROCEDURES, THEIR SAFETY AND
PARENTS WHO MAY NOT FEEL
COMFORTABLE SENDING KIDS TO AN
OUTSIDE PLACE4@ TO BE TESTED
KNOWING CHILD IS MOR4@E
COMFORTABLE WITH THE SCHOOL 4@
NURSE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.
>> OR A TRAINER OR ANYBODY ELSE.
A4@ GOOD TOOL ONCE THEY START
IMPLEMENTING THEM.
A LOT OF4@ LOGISTICS TO WORKOUT
A4@ GOOD TOOL ONCE THEY START IMPLEMENTING THEM. A LOT OF4@ LOGISTICS TO WORKOUT@
THE WAYS TO WHO GETS THEM, HOW
DO4@ THE PARENTS SIGN?
>> SHE4@ TALKED ABOUT HOW IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT T4@O UNDERSTAND T
A LOT OF MANDATES SHE CAN PUT IN
PLACE FROM THE STATE LEVEL.
PEOPLE NEED4@4@ TO UNDERSTAND S
MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR
CHILD'S CLASSROOMS DEC4@IDED ON
PEOPLE NEED4@4@ TO UNDERSTAND S MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR CHILD'S CLASSROOMS DEC4@IDED ONY
THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL4@ 4@BOARD.
>> VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT
HAPPENS IN CHARLESTON COUNTY.
>> WE HAVE SEEN4@ THAT WITH THE
MASK4@