Madison Company Creates "Learning Cubicles" for Classrooms

Madison Company Makes "Learning Cubicles" for Classrooms

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New tonight - as school districts across north alabama adjust to in-person learning during a pandemic - one company based out of madison got innovative -- to help stop the spread of coronavirus in schools.

It comes in the form of a cubicle.

Waay31's megan reyna joins us live to explain what inspired this product -- and how it works, megan?

It was actually only six weeks ago when bob cuffe and his business partners created learning cubicles inside this building.

Cuffe wanted to find a way to keep kids in the classroom safe -- by utilizing plexiglass but in a more effective way.

Cuffe says: "all of us around here are very sensitive about our kids having proper care, so we thought what can we do to contribute our part?"

Many districts in north alabama are choosing to help protect students with plexiglass desk shields.

However -- cuffe believes it's not enough protection.

Cuffe says: "i wasn't quite sure how they would work, so we put our brain to it and we thought we came up with a much better solution."

For cuffe -- the solution is learning cubicles.

Cuffe describes it as an extra level of protection on top of masking & social distancing.

Cuffe says: "the cubicles do a really good containing pathogens and we simulate that with smoke and whatever does escape is sucked up into the ventilation system."

And its not just protecting students -- but faculty as well.

Unlike desk shields -- cuffe says the cubicles provide a real barrier between the teacher and student.

Cuffe says: "it protects the teacher if they are standing, talking to the student, so there's constantly a barrier all away around the student."

He says its easy to clean -- and allows students to still hear the teacher and vice versa.

And he's hoping classroom across the country catch on.

Cuffe says: "everybody's got to do their part with this crisis going on."

This product has been filed with the u-s patent office... and is awaiting approval.

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