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Bipolar Ionization Units installed in Gloucester Co. Schools
and last updated 2020-12-18 17:24:52-05
GLOUCESTER Co., Va. - As second-graders at Petsworth Elementary School in Gloucester sit in class, their only concern is answering the next question, not wondering what viruses may be in the air.
Students, teachers and staff have peace of mind because up on the roof, and throughout the schools, a new filtration system is hard at work. [You ll find it in] every unit [at] every school. If it s heating and air equipment, then it has a unit in it, said Energy Specialist Kevin Buchanan.
Inside of the HVAC units located at the schools, there is a blue attachment called a Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization Unit.
By Kim Robins on December 16, 2020
Gazette-Journal reporter Kim Robins, right, has been named to the 2020 Virginia School Boards Association Media Honor Roll. She received the award Dec. 8 during a meeting of the Gloucester School Board from Robin M. Rice, chairperson, at left. Robins joined the Gazette-Journal staff in 1986 and has been named to the honor roll in previous years for her long-standing coverage of Gloucester County Public Schools.
The Gloucester County School Board named Gazette-Journal reporter Kim Robins to the Virginia School Boards Association’s 2020 Media Honor Roll. The board also named WXGM radio to the Media Honor Roll.
The Media Honor Roll certificate presented to Robins at the board’s Dec. 8 meeting said the board “recognizes your fair and balanced reporting on school division and education topics. Your work has aided this community in focusing on the goal of providing the best public schools we can for the students who attend them.”
By Kim Robins on December 9, 2020
Gloucester Public School students will all return to remote learning for two weeks after the winter break in a measure designed to help avoid a COVID-19 surge after the holidays.
Students are now either learning virtually or attending school on a hybrid schedule that has them in school for two days each week. The two-week return to remote learning will mean that those on the hybrid schedule will only miss four days of in-person classes.
After hearing from Three Rivers Health District Director Dr. Richard Williams Tuesday night, school division superintendent Walter Clemons recommended the two weeks of remote learning between Jan. 4 and 15. “I’m making the recommendation out of an abundance of caution,” he said.