Here’s a look at some of the safety measures that’ll be in place when Duval County students go back to school

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Students successful Duval County volition caput backmost to schoolhouse connected Tuesday.

Duval County Public Schools is moving with the county’s wellness section to acceptable up a COVID-19 vaccination session successful each of its secondary schools, opening Aug. 18, Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene announced during a quality league past week.

The clinics volition connection the two-dose Pfizer vaccine for eligible precocious schoolhouse and mediate schoolhouse students and unit who privation a shot. The goal, the superintendent said, is to get each eligible idiosyncratic vaccinated successful the archetypal quarter.

The schoolhouse territory is powerfully recommending its students deterioration look coverings erstwhile they instrumentality to the classroom. It’s asking parents of students who would similar to opt their children retired of wearing masks to complete an opt-out form earlier people is backmost successful session.

For Duval County teachers and staff, masks are mandated done Sept. 3.

The territory said it volition besides beryllium pursuing these safety precautions:

Daily disinfecting of high-touch points and usage of anti-microbial spray.
Staffed, isolated rooms for students exhibiting COVID-related symptoms.
Temperature checks for simple students only.
Emphasizing handwashing/using manus sanitizer.
Hiring further nursing unit and schoolhouse wellness aides to enactment each school.
Implementing escaped telehealth services for each students (with parental consent) to springiness students entree to wellness care.
Continuing the usage of schoolroom and schoolhouse autobus seating charts to assistance the Department of Health with interaction tracing and to minimize quarantines.

At the Gateway Town Center, wherever Agape Health is offering COVID-19 vaccinations, News4Jax was told determination were children getting shots connected Saturday up of the archetypal time of school. But, according to doctors, it’ll beryllium a fewer weeks earlier they are protected.