In a Wednesday press release, school officials say their district is working diligently on their plans to ensure that schools are a safe and healthy place for all students to learn. They are following the guidance and safety expectations provided by the Kentucky Public Health and the Kentucky Department of Education to create a "Healthy at School" environment.
Graves County Schools will be following the traditional calendar with the first day for students beginning on Thursday, August 6. The complete calendar is available on the Graves County Schools website, at the link below.
The "Healthy at School" guidelines they are implementing will include the following:
• Masks are required to be worn by faculty, staff, and students (1st-12th grades) when distancing of 6 feet cannot be maintained;
• Temperature checks for all faculty, staff, and students upon entering the buildings;
• Markings will be placed on the floors in key locations to show the distancing requirements, and classrooms will be arranged to promote social distancing;
• Recess and meal times will be staggered to promote distancing;
• There will be daily cleaning and disinfecting of all facilities;
• High touch areas such as desks and tables will be disinfected between each class;
• Hand sanitizer stations will be placed at entry ways, restrooms, cafeterias, and on buses;
• Signage will be posted throughout the buildings to promote proper hand and respiratory safety and to encourage distancing.
The "Healthy at School" guidelines for buses will include the following:
• Masks are required;
• Parents must attest each morning that their student does not have a temperature of 100.4 degrees before the student can board;
• Buses will be loaded from back to front and unloaded from front to back;
• Staggered seating will be implemented when possible.
School officials say that although the requirements are not ideal, the implementation of the guidelines will allow them to serve the students and community in a safe and healthy way.
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