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Inside the Tennessee Elementary School Among 1st to Open in the United States
July 23, 2020
For some kids, school has already opened again, but it’s a very different place than it used to be. The Alcoa Elementary School outside Knoxville, Tennessee is one of the first schools in the nation to reopen, and the new precautions start straight away with temperature checks before kids even get out of the car - and the parents dropping them off get checked too. In the classroom, social distancing is aided by markings on the floor, and hand washing is paramount.