The 2020-2021 school year kicks off today for many students on the Coast, including the Ocean Springs School District.
- - the 2020-2021 school year kicks- off today for many- students on the coast, includin- the ocean springs school- district.
- news 25's lorraine weiskopf - visited pecan park- elementary this morning to chec- out their first day of- school.
- - <nats bus honking> students wer- rolling into campus thursday- morning.- for many it's the first time- they've been back on campus - since - march.- principal chris lebatard of - pecan park elementary - eagerly welcomed students back,- thrilled about- the start of the school year.
- chris lebatard, principal pecan- park elementary"we're excited - about the first - day of school, teachers have- worked hard to get the classroo- set up, - everything clean , everything - set up.
We have a good plan thi- morning we're really- excited."
- bus drivers, teachers, and- students all must get their - temperature checked before- entering the school.- students will eat lunch in thei- classroom not in the cafeteria.- "we will have several times - throughout the day were student- must stop sanitize- their hands wash their hand wit- soap and water, were not going- to intermingle in the - classroom were going to keep- each classroom in their bubble- - - - if you would."
Despite how- hectic this year has been for - faculty and - staff, seeing the students- reminds teachers of - what makes this job worthwhile.- trey brennan, communications an- - - - multimedia coordinator, says- "the kids are the best part of- the job as stressful as this- time is whenever a students - walks in your room it goes away- because thats what they're ther- for, it's the kids."- the ocean springs school- - - - district is encouraging parents- to provide private- transportation to limit - coronavirus exposure on buses.- the district is also in - desperate need of crossing- guards.
- jonathan carroll, sergeant ocea- springs police department, says- "we - do need a few more if anybody - wants it, they can get on our - city's website or they can- call our hr department and they- get them the paperwork that the- need."<put a- - - - lower third up with phone - number> - crossing guards typically work- 10 hours a week and the pay is- $12.50 an hour.
- in ocean springs, lorraine-
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