Plexiglass dividers in some classrooms may allow for more face-to-face learning in Greenville County

The district will survey teachers about bringing more students back to classrooms.

GETTING MORE STUDENTS BACK INTOCLASS FULL-TIME MOREFACE-TO-FACE LEARNING GREENVILLECOUNTY SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON.TIM WALLER SAYS THE PLEXIGLASWOULD START INSIDE ELEMENTARYSCHOOLS.BUT FIRST THE DISTRICT HAS BEENGETTING QUESTIONS ANSWERED FROMDHEC STUDENTS ARE SEATEDTOGETHER AT A TABLE SAY FORSTUDENTS AT A ROUND TABLE, ANDTHEY’RE SEPARATED BY APLEXIGLASS DEVICE.OR DO THEY STILL NEED TOMAINTAIN SIX FEET OF SOCIALDISTANCING WALLER SAYS DHECRESPONDED.THEY COULD ACTUALLY GET AWAYWITH ONLY THREE FEET OF SOCIALDISTANCING PROVIDED.THEY WEAR MASKS AT ALL TIME INTHE DISTRICT LEARNED IF ONECHILD WERE TO TEST POSITIVE FORCOVID-19 IN THAT SETTING THEOTHER THREE WHO SHARED THEIRTABLE WOULD NOT HAVE TOQUARANTINE OVER HERE ATSPARTANBURG COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT SIX.THEY’VE ALREADY BEEN UTILIZINGPLEXIGLASS IN THEIR ELEMENTARYSCHOOLS.IT HAS BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT FOROUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF OFCOURSE, BUT IT’S BEEN A GREATADJUSTMENT.HERE’S A LOOK INSIDE THOSECLASSROOMS PRINCIPAL JENNIFERFAULKNER SAYS SOME STUDENTS CALLTHEIR DESK OFFICES NOWSPARTANBURG COUNTY SCHOOLDISTRICT.SIX SAYS IT TOOK IT UPONTHEMSELVES TO ADD THE PLEXIGLASWAS AN ADDITIONAL SAFETYPRECAUTION THAT OUR DISTRICTDECIDED TO TO IMPLEMENT WALLERSAYS GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLSIS NOW SERVING TEACHERS TO GETTHEIR I