First day of school for Ft. Payne city schools
Student, Teacher Tests Positive For Coronavirus
The superintendent of Fort Payne City Schools confirmed a student and teacher tested positive for coronavirus.
First day of school for Ft. Payne city schools
It comes to positive cases.
Our coverage moves out to sand mountain this morning, where fort payne city school students are waking up to head back to class!
In the next thirty minutes, school buses will head out to pick up fort payne students for their first day of class!
Waay31s sierra phillips is live with a look at what safety precautions students need to follow while on the bus, sierra?
In the last 30 minute, i watched as bus drivers arrived here at the transportation office and started going through the process of checking their buses to make sure they're ready to go!
Take a look as these buses drive by/as they start their engines this year along with the excitement and first day jitters, bus drivers have new responsibilities.
The buses you're look at right were sanitized ahead of time and starting today, drivers will make sure those buses are sanitized after their morning and afternoon routes.
Masks are required.
Seats are assigned.
And there's new filters on the bus to help get rid of viruses.
And with all these precautions-- the district is asking parents to drive their kids to school if they can to help with social distancing.
Reporting live in fort payne sierra phillips waay31 news.
The superintendent of Fort Payne City Schools confirmed a student and teacher tested positive for coronavirus.
Laran Adkins, Fort Payne Transportation Director
DeKalb County EMA working to provide internet service to students