17 Schools Preparing To Reopen In Pilot Programme

Ahead of the reopening of face-to-face learning in the seventeen (17) schools across the island in communities deemed low risk for the transmission of COVID-19, work was in high gear, preparing for the incoming cohort of student.

CVM  LIVE visited one of the schools in St. Ann on Saturday.

Hand washing stations at every entrance, personal protective gears, temperature scanners, social distancing markers on the floors and COVID-19 guidelines on every door, an isolation unit, brand new water tanks, thanks to the Jamaica social investment fund, assistance from parents and community members, Principal Michelle White Guy of the Steer Town Primary School explains that they’ve established a myriad of COVID-19 protocols to ensure that the school population is safe. She explained that during the two weeks face to face for schools, there will still be online learning taking place for those who do not wish to send their children out. We caught up with a parent who was picking up his child’s books at the security post.

They were marked by the teacher earlier in the week, another service that is offered to those who do not have access to online learning. In the meantime, the school is removing old furniture and says it is working throughout the weekend to ensure that school is ready for Monday morning.

Jamaila Maitland has this report: