Ouray high school teacher Taylor Chase sorts through a "go box" containing books and binders of curricula she's assembled in the event in-person classes move online this fall. Teachers are making several adjustments to classroom layouts and teaching plans to try to ensure student and staff safety and reduce the chance for COVID-19 infections. Liz Teitz - Ouray County Plaindealer
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In revamped classes, not sharing is caring
As she reassembled her classroom at Ouray School last week, high school teacher Taylor Chase was planning for two realities.
She arranged photo albums and books along the windowsill, ready for students to return and flip through the pages, and tried to visualize how her desks would be set up to meet spacing requirements for in-person French and Spanish classes.
But as she prepared to return to her classroom, she also made plans to leave it again. One of her first tasks was to pack up a blue plasti...