LCSS discusses transportation plans for upcoming school year

(LEESBURG, GA) – With several school districts coming back to in-person classes this week, transportation is still a concern as students are loaded onto buses.

For the Lee County School System, they have a few measures in place for when they go back on August 14th.

“First thing we’re requiring is that both drivers and students to wear a face covering while on the bus. At the end of each route, drivers will be spraying down touch points on the bus with disinfectant,” says LCSS Transportation Director, Trey Haynes.

In an effort to help make sure each child is protected, the school system will make sure to have both masks and face shields on the buses should a student not have either.

They’re trying to make sure that potential spread of COVID-19 is mitigated at every turn.

Haynes says, “It’ll be even more important than ever to try and make sure that students are not putting hands on each other. We are not allowing eating on the bus or bringing food on the bus because you have to take your mask off and we know students usually share those things.”

As well, the transportation department will be limiting the potential spread by enforcing designated walk zones for students for 6th grade and up.

“If they live within 1.5 miles, to the front door of the school, whether they drive there or walk there, that will be considered a walk zone,” says Haynes.

While these measures may seem like only a small part of the school system’s plans for keeping students safe, it’ll still be necessary to limit spread on the bus.

Haynes says that they will be disinfecting the buses with fog at the end of each week and will re-evaluate should a student test positive for COVID-19.