School District of Lee County takes another step to prepare for 20-21 school year

School District of Lee County takes another step to prepare for 20-21 school year

With a lot of important decisions to be made, Lee County Schools appointed a "reopening task force" to recommend how to reopen safely.

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I HASPOKEN WITH SHERIFF MINA ANDDEMANDED CHARGES BE DROPPED.’MANY PARENTS ARE WONDERING WHATTHE UPCOMING SCHOOL WILL LOOKLIKETHE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LCOUNTY IS WORKING TO FIGURE THATOUT...EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE DISTRICSENT OUT A SURVEY SEEKING PAREAND TEACHER INPUT ON WAYS TOSAFELY REOPENBUT WITH A LOT OF IMPORTANTDECISIONS TO BE MADE, THEDISTRICT HAS TAKEN ANOTHERSTEP...FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ HAS THEDETAILS...0:09 - 0:22WITH THE 20-21 SCHOOL YEARQUICKLY APPROACHING -- THESCHOOL DISTRICT OF LEE COUNTY ISTAKING STEPS TO KEEP STUDENTSAND STAFF MEMBERS SAFE...SO(Rob Spicker, Media Relations &Public Information, LCSD:"Public health and safety isreally the driving force here tomake sure that our families feelcomfortable sending theirstudents to school but also ourstaff, are they comfortable, dothey feel safe and protected."WHILE THE DISTRICT HOPES FOR TOFULLY REOPEN IN AUGUST -- THETASK FORCE, APPOINTEDSUPERINTENDENT DR. GREG ADKINSWILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOWTO SAFELY REOPEN SCHOOLSSOT(Rob Spicker, Media Relations &Public Information, LCSD):"Which is staying virtual, acombination of virtual andin-person, or a return to schoolwith some safety measurements inplace."THE TASK FORCE HOLDING ITS FIRSTMEETING YESTERDAYSOT(Rob Spicker, Media Relations &Public Information, LCSD):"They’ll be looking at the mosteffective use of the space thatwe have on campus if socialdistancing is needed to be inplace, so how many students in aclassroom, do we use thecafeteria, what aboutplaygrounds in elementaryschools, they’ll be looking attransportation."THE ADVISORY GROUP CONSISTS OFSCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, HEALTHPROFESSIONALS, PRINCIPALS,PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND LAWENFORCEMENTSOT(Rob Spicker, Media Relations &Public Information, LCSD):"The teachers association of leecounty president is on thecommittee, and he’s going to bebringing more teachers with himto future meetings so that theirvoice is included becauseobviously they’re going to bedealing with the frontline oncestudents are in class."THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS IT’LLNEED TO STILL FOLLCDC-GUIDELINE ONCE THERECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TASKFORCE ARE MADESOT(Rob Spicker, Media Relations &Public Information, LCSD):"Do we need to be checkingtemperatures, do we need to berequiring masks, do we need tolimit visitors, these are thekinds of questions that wicome before the task force, andthey’ll look for answers to makerecommendations."SOT(Rob Spicker, Media Relations &Public Information, LCSD):"We don’t have a lot of time, Ican’t see us going past mid tolate July without knowing whatto anticipate."LL TAG:THE COMMITTEE WILL MEETTHROUGHOUT THE SUMMER... ANDTHOSE MEETING WILL BE RECORDEDAND PLACED ON THE DISTRICT’SYOUTUBE PAGE YOU CAN VIS