Manatee County, Florida, where I live, has just finished its first week of school. Approximately half of the students have returned for in school instruction. Because of the reduced amount of students, social distancing in the classrooms has been easier to accomplish.
All students and staff have their temperatures taken every day and have to fill out an online form about their health status and if they have been in contact with anyone who has tested positive or is showing symptoms. The kids have been great about wearing masks and there have not been any issues at all.
Of the 78 schools, nine schools have students that have tested positive. The schools do not close down and the areas the students were in are disinfected again and the students and anyone that has come in contact with them have to quarantine, as well.
However, even though the students have to fill out a form every day, the district’s contact tracing shows that the students have been in contact with a family member or an extended family member who tested positive or had symptoms.
Everyone seems to be looking to Florida to see what is going to happen.
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