Lauderdale County tech schools prepare for possibility of going virtual

Lauderdale County tech schools prepare for possibility of going virtual

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Now we want to turn our attention back to coronavirus.

In the shoals - career tech schools told us they are in a bind because most of their curriculum is very hands on.

That poses a problem during a pandemic.

Waay31's breken terry shows us some obstacles one career tech school is dealing with and what it's doing about it.

Look live: i am here inside of the allen thornton career technical center and this is the electrical department and each station represents where a student will stand and as you can see social distancing will be just about impossible.

Williams- there is just no way to learn how to do electrical wiring or any other program we have without them coming and putting their hands on it so we will be as careful as we can.

Students from seven schools in the lauderdale county district come to this career technical center for hands on experience in mechanics, cyber security, and cosmotology.

Williams- in order for us to feel good about them being educated and ready to move on after what they are doing were they are going to have to do a lab portion of the course at some point in time.

Career technical director gary dan williams said will sanitize the stations in between each group of students.

Students choosing virtual options or if the system goes totally virtual will still have to come here and complete labs at staggered times.

Williams- they will be required to come up here maybe after school on some days maybe where there aren't many other students and we can distance the few we have doing that.

Williams said the district faces a lot of challenges with career tech courses.

He said the state hasn't given much direction on the matter.

Williams- i think they've been very vague with it to be perfectly honest.

I don't know if there are any good answers.

I think there are worse answers and better answers.

They haven't been specific.

Try and keep space as much we can.

We're going to encourage students to wear a mask even if that mandate isn't in place.

Keep the hand sanitizer close.

In lauderdale county bt waay31 news.

> about 600 students a day go to the career tech center in shifts.

Only one group of students has lunch there - so that cuts down on