((MARK)) CAREER AND
TECHNOLOGY CENTERS ARE IN
SESSION. JUST LIKE HIGH
SCHOOLS-- MANY OF THEM ARE
DOING HYBRID LEARNING.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER CODY
BUTLER SHOW US HOW TWO CENTERS
ARE OPERATING WHILE KEEPING
STUDENTS SAFE IN THIS BACK TO
SCHOOL REPORT.
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CODY BUTLER/EYEWITNESS NEWS
"MARK THAT'S RIGHT, CAREER
CENTERS ARE MOSTLY HANDS ON.
WE'RE NOW IN A TIME WHERE
PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO KEEP
HANDS OFF.. BUT THE CENTERS
ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN
TO GET STUDENTS BACK IN THE
CLASSROOM."((CODY))""SCHOOL
BUS DRIVERS ARE MAKING STOPS
AT CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY
CENTERS ACROSS THE REGION.
INCLUDING HERE IN LACKAWANNA
COUNTY. THOMAS BAILEYS/ADMINIS
TRATIVE DIRECTOR, CAREER
TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF
LACKAWANNA COUNTY"THE STUDENTS
THAT HAVE COME HAVE BEEN VERY
VERY EAGER TO GET BACK TO
SCHOOL AND GET BACK TO NORMAL
AND TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS AND
TO SEE THEIR INSTRUCTORS AND
DO WHAT THEY LOVE TO DO."IN
ORDER TO DO ALL THAT-- MORE
THAN 850 STUDENTS -- HAVE TO
FOLLOW SOCIAL DISTANCING
GUIDELINES AS SOON AS THEY
STEP OFF THE BUS.ONCE THEY
ENTER THE FACILITY THEIR
TEMPERATURES ARE TAKEN BY A
CAMERA USING THERMAL
TECHNOLOGY... ANYONE ABOVE
100.3 IS SENT HOME.THROUGHOUT
THE SCHOOL SIGNS REMIND
STUDENTS TO WASH THEIR HANDS,
WEAR MASKS AND KEEP AT LEAST
SIX FEET APART. THOMAS
BAILEYS/ADMINISTRATIVE
DIRECTOR, CAREER TECHNOLOGY
CENTER OF LACKAWANNA COUNTY"WE
PUT UP SIX FOOT RULERS THAT
ALLOW OUR STUDENTS TO NOT ONLY
KNOW SIX FEET BUT TO ACTUALLY
SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND
ALSO LEARN ABOUT MEASUREMENTS
WHILE THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE
HALLS IN OUR BUILDING."THEY
MAY BE COUNTIES APART.. BUT..
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY CAREER AND
TECHNOLOGY CENTER IS DOING
THINGS VERY SIMILAR. JUST LIKE
LACKAWANNA-- SUSQUEHANNA'S
HYBRID LEARNING HAS HALF OF
ITS STUDENTS MONDAY AND
TUESDAY... WEDNESDAYS.. GARY
FENTON/ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY
CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER
"CLOSED AND VIRTUALLY HOME
LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A DEEP
CLEANING OF THE SCHOOL AND
THEN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WE
ARE BACK OPEN AGAIN. "DAYS
WITH IN-PERSON-- ARE BEING
USED FOR HANDS ON LEARNING..
WHILE VIRTUAL IS MORE BOOK
LEARNING FOR DOZENS OF CAREER
PATHS. GARY FENTON SAYS
INSTRUCTORS FILMED LESSONS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS TO ASSIST IN
THE ABILITY TO MASTER A TRADE
FROM HOME DURING THIS TIME OF
COVID.GARY FENTON/ASSISTANT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY CAREER AND
TECHNOLOGY CENTER"WE'RE TAKING
EVERYTHING WE CAN POSSIBLY
TAKE AND YOU KNOW HELP GET RID
OF THIS SITUATION."CODY
BUTLER/EYEWITNESS NEWS
"INSTRUCTORS AT BOTH CENTERS
ARE TRYING TO GET STUDENTS TO
COMPLETE HANDS ON WORK WHILE
THEY'RE IN SCHOOL... AS WE ALL
KNOW.. THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN.
IN SCRANTON CODY BUTLER
EYEWITNESS NEWS."
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