Bixby teacher tests positive for COVID-19

Bixby teacher tests positive for COVID-19

POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUSOVER THE WEEKEND AS THEFIRST SET OF STUDENTSRETURNED TO THE CLASSROOMTODAY.TWO WORKS FOR YOU'S VINCENTHILL SPOKE TO A PARENT ABOUTTHEIR CONCERNS ABOUT KEEPINGTHEIR KIDS SAFE AND HOWBIXBY SCHOOLS PLAN TO MANAGETHAT IN THE PANDEMIC.WE KNOW THAT TEACHER IS A 6GRADE TEACHER HERE AT NORTHINTERMEDIATE ACADEMY.

THESCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS THEYHAVEPLANS IN PLACE TO MINIMIZESTUDENT IMPACT AND KEEP KIDSAS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.JAMIE BARNES WAS MAKING LASTMINUTE BACK TO SCHOOL PLANSWHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS."I got an email yesterdaystating that a teacher whohad been up at the schoolhad come down with COVID andbeen tested and come backpositive." SHE HAS TWOCHILDREN WHO ATTEND BIXBYPUBLIC SCHOOLS INCLUDING ASIXTH GRADER AT NORTHINTERMEDIATE.

SHE'SCONCERNED HOW EASILY HERCHILDREN COULD CATCHCORONAVIRUS."That's my biggest concern..Is the domino effect of whenmy kid goes to school andsomebody else has it.

Sothen my child has to comehome and quarantine." BIXBYPUBLIC SCHOOLSSUPERINTENDENT ROB MILLERSAYS MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TOTHE NEW NORM HAS BEENCHALLENGING.

BUT THEDISTRICT HAS PUT PROTOCOLSIN PLACE."Every class has handsanitizer and disinfectingbottles so teachers canclean their desk and hardsurfaces." SMALLER CLASSSIZES.

SPACED OUT DESK.STUDENTS AND TEACHERS MUSTWEAR MASK IN THE CLASSROOM.HALLWAYS AND COMMON AREAS.PLEXIGLASS IS IN PLACE INTHE OFFICE'S TO PREVENTTRANSFER.

PARENTS ANDVISITORS ARE NOT ALLOWEDPASSED THE OFFICE THELIBRARY IS LIMITED TO ONLINECHECK OUT ONLY.

AS FAR ASTRANSPORTATION TO AND FROMSCHOOL."We sanitize the busesbetween routes.

Really justthe common touch surfaceslike the tops of chairs.that sort of thing.

Then atthe end of the day we'redoing a deep clean of everysingle bus, everyday." THEDISTRICT HAS SUBSTITUTETEACHERS ON STANDBY.

READYTOSTEP INTO THE CLASSROOM IF ATEACHER DOES BECOME SICK.MILLER SAYS BASED ONGUIDANCE FROM THE TULSAHEALTH DEPARTMENT.

THESCHOOL IS NOT DOINGTEMPERATURE CHECKS WHENSTUDENTS ARRIVE.

TO PREVENTLARGE GATHERINGS AT THEENTRY.

AND NEITHER TEACHERSOUR STUDENTS ARE BEINGTESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS."We've been pretty insistentthat families do temperaturechecks and checks ofsymptoms prior to puttingtheir child on a bus orbringing them to school."HOWEVER, THERE IS NOTHING INPLACE TO MAKE SURE IT'SBEING DONE.

WHICH ISCONCERNING TO JAMIE."So there's a whole list ofthings you're supposed to dobefore school.

Do I thinkparents will do it?

No Idon't."THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS HEREALIZES THERE WILL BEACTIVE CASES.

BUT SAYS HEFEELS THE PROTOCOLS THEDISTRICT HAS IN PLACE WILLREDUCE THE NUMBER OF CASES.COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX.CHANGES TO THE LUNCH LINEBECAUSE OF COVID.

IN BIXBY,VINCENT HILL, 2WFY!GOING IN-DEPTH -- WE REACHEDOUT TO SEVERAL OTHER