DCPS superintendent to address pandemic challenges ahead of new school year

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The caput of the area’s largest schoolhouse territory volition code the pandemic and plans to invited backmost students and unit during a quality league Tuesday, scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

Duval County is exactly one week retired from the archetypal time of school.

Dr. Diana Greene is expected to uncover much astir Duval County’s reopening plan, which for present includes a request for schoolhouse employees to deterioration masks for 30 days.

The masks are an enactment for pupil due to the fact that the politician signed an enforcement bid banning districts signifier requiring masks for students. Greene has said if the politician had not made that decision, students would person been included successful Duval County’s 30-day disguise rule.

Monday night, respective parents and others successful the assemblage took portion successful a virtual municipality hallway with section pediatricians.

The doctors who spoke connected the sheet agreed, saying children that spell backmost to schoolhouse request to beryllium wearing masks. At slightest 1 adjacent suggested separating classes.

“Where families who bash not privation their kids to beryllium wearing disguise tin opt to see their children successful those classrooms and those families that bash privation to guarantee their kids are wearing disguise volition beryllium enactment into masked rooms,” said Dr. Jeff Goldhagen with the Division of Community and Societal Pediatrics.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention besides impulse students, teachers and unit to deterioration masks portion indoors successful schools.

The recommendations travel arsenic COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations proceed to surge.

“Anyone 11 and beneath cannot beryllium vaccinated. They’re wholly astatine risk. Those of america who are older and person gotten our vaccines astir person the luxury of being capable to locomotion astir and not person arsenic overmuch fearfulness arsenic these small kids are,” Dr. Bethany Atkins said. “We’re not conscionable talking astir the physical, perchance semipermanent problems. But besides the nonaccomplishment of school, the isolation, and past however agelong is it going to instrumentality to prime up connected their academics.”

The sheet suggested teachers further support themselves by continuing to deterioration masks, keeping their region and making definite they’re vaccinated.