SCCPSS installs automatic temperature scanners and air filters in all district buildings
Savannah-Chatham Schools are preparing for students to safely return to the classroom once the area’s COVID-19 numbers go down.
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Updated: 8:52 AM EST Feb 1, 2021
SCCPSS installs automatic temperature scanners and air filters in all district buildings
Savannah-Chatham Schools are preparing for students to safely return to the classroom once the area’s COVID-19 numbers go down.
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Updated: 8:52 AM EST Feb 1, 2021
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OVER THE LAST TEN DAYS... DAILY CASE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ABOVE 35-HUNDRED NEW THIS HALF- HOUR -- SAVANNAH CHATHAM SCHOOLS ARE PREPARING FO STUDENTS TO SAFELY RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM ONCE THE AREA'S COVID-19 NUMBERS GO DOWN OUR EMMA HAMILTON SHOWS US THE DISTRICT'S NEW TECHNOLOGY TO HELP WITH THAT EFFORT. EH ON CAM- WHEN YOU WALK INTO ANY SAVANNAH CHATHAM SCHOOL BUILDING NOW, YOU'LL BE GREETED BY BRAND NEW TEMPERATURE SCANNERS. YOU'LL APPROACH THE TEMPERATURE SCANNER JUST LIKE THIS. WAIT A SECOND. - *NATS NORMAL TEMPERATURE 97.7 FAHRENHEIT DEGREES* AND YOUR TEMPERATURE WILL BE READ. "IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS A LOT FASTER. THESE DEVICES, YOU GET THAT READING RIGHT AWAY. WHEN WE HAD THE HANDHELD, SOMETIMES THEY WEREN'T WORKING OR YOU HAD TO KEEP TRYING AND THE LINES BACKED UP." BUT WE PUT IT TO THE TEST WITH THIS CUP OF HOT WATER .... - *NATS* "ABNORMAL TEMPERATURE. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP." LOOKS LIKE IT WON'T BE HAR TO TELL WHEN SOMEONE HAS A FEVER. FITZGERALD SAYS WHILE THIS TECHNOLOGY IS EFFICIEN ... IT'S ALSO A MUCH SAFER OPTION. "AND YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO GET THAT CLOSE TO OTHE PEOPLE SO YOU CAN STILL MAINTAIN THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING. THEY'RE JUST GOING THERE, YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO GET THAT CLOSE AND DO IT YOURSELF AND THERE'S NO TOUCHING OR ANYTHING SO THAT ALSO KEEPS THINGS CLEANER." BETWEEN THE TEMPERATURE SCANNERS .. INCREASED SANITATION .... MASK WEARING ... AND SOCAL DISTANCING ... THE SCHOOLS ARE PREPARED FOR WHENEVER STUDENTS RETURN. "THIS IS THE CLEANEST PLACE A CHILD COULD BE." REPORTING IN SAVANNAH .... EH WJCL 22 NEWS. THE DISTRICT PURCHASED 300 TEMPERATURE SCANNERS FOR A TOTAL OF NEARLY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. COMING UP AT 6 O'CLOCK -- HOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEM