EDUCATED, BUT ALSO KEEPS THEM
SAFE DURING A PANDEMIC.
HERE AT THE FLORENCE FULLER
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER IN BOCA
RATON, WHAT MAY BE THE TEMPLATE
OF HOW YOUR CHILD’S CAMPUS WILL
LOOK WHEN SCHOOL REOPENS.
FOR THE PAST EIGHT WEEKS, THE
DAY STARTS WITH TEMPERATURE
CHECKS.
KIDS SHOW UP ALREADY WEARING
MASKS BEFORE THEY GO IN.
THEY CHANGE OUT OF THEIR SHOES
TO AVOID STEPPING IN SOMETHING
AND TRAIPSING IT INSIDE.
THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS LIKE
FACE-TO-FACE TIME.
BUT WITH ONLY HALF THE CLASS,
OTHERS INTERACT REMOTELY.
AND OF COURSE, THERE’S MANDATORY
HAND WASHING AT LEAST FIVE TIMES
A DAY.
JULIE HERRON, A TEACHER IN
CALLIER COUNTY IS PREPARING FOR
STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO RETURN
FOR IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR STUDENTS TO
COMPLY TO THESE KIND OF
REGULATIONS?
>> I THINK IT’S GOT TO BE
SOMETHING WE’RE GOING TO DO IN
THE BEGINNING DAILY GOING OVER
THOSE RULES AND EXPECTATIONS AND
REALLY EXPLAINING TO THEM THE
WHY WE’RE WEARING THEM, YOU
KNOW, TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE, KEEP THEIR FRIENDS SAFE, KEEP
KEEP THEIR FRIENDS SAFE, KEEP
THEIR TEACHERS SAFE.
UJS THEY’LL WANT TO CONTINUE TO
COME TO SCHOOL.
>> IT’S NOT JUST ADMINISTRATORS
AND TEACHERS MAKING CHANGES.
>> LOOK BEYOND THE WALLS, DOORS,
AND WINDOWS.
>> Reporter: THE VERY BLUEPRINTS
OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE ALSO
IN TRANSITION.
JIM FRENCH FROM THE DESIGN FIRM
DLR GROUP WITH THE VISION FOR
WHAT SCHOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN
RECONFIGURE SCHOOLS THAT ALREADY
EXIST TO HELP US OUT?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE’VE
BEEN EXPLORING WITH EDUCATORS IS
THIS IDEA THAT EVERY SPACE IN
THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE USED FOR
LEARNING.
EVEN THE HALLWAYS.
FOR EXAMPLE, LOCKERS ARE A THING
OF THE PAST.
WE’VE JUST STARTED TAKING THOSE
OUT AND WE’VE NOW STARTED MAKING
THE SPACE THAT WAS CORRIDOR
SPACE NOW PART OF THE LEARNING
SPACE.
>> Reporter: AND BY DOING THAT
YOU CREATE MORE SPACE FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING?
>> WE BASICALLY CREATE A MUCH
LARGER ENVIRONMENT WHICH MEANS
THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES, FOR
EXAMPLE, MIGHT BE 80 STUDENTS IN
THIS LEARNING SUITE OR A BUBBLE.
WE CREATED A LEARNING CENTER
WHERE 80 STUDENTS WOULD REMAIN
IN THAT PLACE AND RATHER THAN
TRANSITIONING TO ART, TO GYM, TO
CAFETERIA, TO RECESS, TO SPECIAL
ED, ALL OF THOSE ARE NOW WITHIN
THE LEARNING SUITE.
>> Reporter: UNFORTUNATELY AS A
RESULT OF CORONAVIRUS, WE’RE
SEEING BUSINESSES GO OUT OF
BUSINESS.
VACATING SPOTS THAT YOU SUGGEST
COULD BE CONVERTED INTO SCHOOLS?
>> THEY ACTUALLY REPRESENT
SPACES THAT WE AS ARCHITECTS CAN
TRANSFORM AND MODERNIZE FAIRLY
INEXPENSIVE.
BECAUSE THEY’RE BIG BOXES.
WE CAN COME IN AND CREATE BIG
OPEN BUBBLES AS WE TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER.
IT SERVES SCHOOL DISTRICTS VERY
WELL.
>> Reporter: THE SCHOOLS OF THE
FUTURE LIKE SO MUCH CHANGING AT
AN ACCELERATED SPEED BECAUSE OF
THE PANDEMIC.
THE COMPANY JIM WORKS AT, THEY
ARE NOW DESIGNING THOSE
COVID-SPECIFIC CLASSROOMS AND
SCHOOLS IN STATES LIKE TEXAS,
CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEBRASKA,
MISSOURI, IOWA.
AND HE’S GOT A LITTLE PIECE OF
BAD NEWS FOR KIDS WHO LIVE UP
NORTH.
I CAN RELATE TO THIS.
I WENT TO FAIRBANKS ELEMENTARY
IN WHAT WAS THEN TINY SUDBURY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
JIM SAYS THE SNOW DAY, THAT
FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR
PROBABLY GOING TO BE A THING OF
THE PAST BECAUSE VIRTUAL
LEARNING WILL KICK IN WHEN KIDS
HAVE TO STAY HOME.
DYLAN, YOU GREW UP IN NEW
JERSEY.
I KNOW YOU CELEBRATED THE SNOW
DAY.
PROBABLY BECAUSE IT WAS A
PRECURSOR TO DOING THE WEATHER.
>> I LOVED A GOOD SNOW DAY.
WHEN I TALK TO SCHOOLS ABOUT
WEATHER, THEIR FAVORITE THINGS
THE KIDS SAY, THEY LOVE THE SNOW
BECAUSE IT GETS THEM OUT OF
SCHOOL.
>> WOW.
>> SNOW DAY’S GONE.
>> FASCINATING STORY.
SO MUCH IS CHANGING.
MY GOODNESS.
THAT WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU, KERRY.
AND DON’T FORGET, ALL WEEK LONG,
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SPECIAL
COVERAGE OF THE RETURN TO SCHOOL
WITH OUR SERIES "CORONAVIRUS IN
THE CLASSROOM" INCLUDING A TOWN
HALL ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN
COLLABORATION WITH COMMON SENSE.