How could schools reopen classrooms safely during the pandemic? Everything would need to look different, experts say, from kindergarten story time to high school math class. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Changes at school will start as soon as students leave home: Bus rides won’t look the same.
A typical bus carries 54 children. With social distancing, it might be 8.
Some might use a zig-zag pattern and masks to allow more students on board. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
A typical bus carries 54 children. With social distancing, it might be 8.
Some might use a zig-zag pattern and masks to allow more students on board. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Schools in Marietta, Georgia, plan to spend $640,000 to hire 55 monitors to check students’ symptoms before they board buses.
Dundee, Michigan, expects to spend over $300,000 to add bus routes. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Dundee, Michigan, expects to spend over $300,000 to add bus routes. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
When students arrive at school, most will be checked to see if they are running a temperature or showing other symptoms.
If adults are dropping off children, they will likely remain behind a barrier. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
If adults are dropping off children, they will likely remain behind a barrier. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Once students are inside, classrooms will also look very different.
One goal is to keep children in self-contained pods that could be quarantined if someone tests positive, without affecting the rest of the school. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
One goal is to keep children in self-contained pods that could be quarantined if someone tests positive, without affecting the rest of the school. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Some schools will use X’s to show students where to sit for story time.
Teachers may also use clear face shields instead of masks: Seeing an adult’s mouth move helps children understand connections between spoken sounds and the written word — a key concept in early reading.
Teachers may also use clear face shields instead of masks: Seeing an adult’s mouth move helps children understand connections between spoken sounds and the written word — a key concept in early reading.
In middle and high schools, students who normally move between classrooms during the day will remain in self-contained pods as much as possible.
That means schools will have to figure out another way to deliver an individualized curriculum.
That means schools will have to figure out another way to deliver an individualized curriculum.
Desks may have plastic shields, in addition to being placed according to social distancing guidelines.
Some students could be learning online even while in a classroom in order to access more advanced material. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Some students could be learning online even while in a classroom in order to access more advanced material. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Schools are not planning to follow a traditional bell schedule.
Instead, individual pods of students will travel through unidirectional hallways at specific times, including, in some cases, for pre-scheduled bathroom breaks. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
Instead, individual pods of students will travel through unidirectional hallways at specific times, including, in some cases, for pre-scheduled bathroom breaks. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
In some countries, schools that reopened with similar guidelines have relaxed them as infections stayed low.
The U.S. is different: Some schools will try to reopen classrooms as infections in the area remain high.
See more of what schools may look like. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
The U.S. is different: Some schools will try to reopen classrooms as infections in the area remain high.
See more of what schools may look like. nyti.ms/3k2HzJt
