‘Welcome back, students!’ Fort Knox schools begin 2020-21 schoolyear with focus on safe education

By Eric PilgrimAugust 28, 2020

‘Welcome back, students!’ Fort Knox schools begin 2020-21 schoolyear with focus on safe education
Third-Grade teachers from Kingsolver Elementary School wasted no time getting into instruction Aug. 24, 2020, for children attending in-school instruction. (Photo Credit: Eric Pilgrim, Fort Knox News) VIEW ORIGINAL

FORT KNOX, Ky. — Fort Knox’s four schools – Van Voorhis Elementary School, Kingsolver Elementary, Scott Intermediate School and Fort Knox Middle High School – fully reopened this week for the 2020-21 schoolyear.

‘Welcome back, students!’ Fort Knox schools begin 2020-21 schoolyear with focus on safe education
Many measures have been implemented to cut down on COVID-19, including Plexiglas barriers, masks, social distancing, and sanitizing efforts. (Photo Credit: Eric Pilgrim, Fort Knox News) VIEW ORIGINAL

Though faculty and children alike continue to adjust to the new COVID-19 safety changes being implemented to protect everyone, many teachers said they and their students are glad to be back in the classrooms.

Once there, they followed protocols set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Defense Education Activity and Fort Knox Preventive Medicine. Those recommendations included wearing masks into and throughout facilities, regularly sanitizing hands and work spaces, and maintaining six feet of distance whenever possible.

‘Welcome back, students!’ Fort Knox schools begin 2020-21 schoolyear with focus on safe education
Bussing posed unique challenges as drivers and monitors must ensure all children who board are masked and sitting six-feet apart on the ride to and from school each day. (Photo Credit: Eric Pilgrim, Fort Knox News) VIEW ORIGINAL

For more photos, visit the official Fort Knox Flickr site HERE.