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VOLUME 4, NO. 9
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State of emergency due to COVID-19
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Social distancing is key to stopping the disease’s spread, according to Department of HealthFlagler Administrator Bob Snyder. JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR
Although Flagler County had no known cases of COVID-19 coronavirus when county commissioners held their regular meeting March 16, commissioners voted unanimously to declare a state of local emergency and urged residents to avoid large gatherings. County Emergency ManageSEE COUNTY PAGE 6
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Flagler Schools Custodial Services fight coronavirus during spring break
BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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wo men in masks and goggles work in tandem, one navigating the extension cord and the other wielding an electrostatic sprayer, on March 16, at Buddy Taylor Middle School. One spray of mist aimed at the front of a row of bright purple, plastic chairs ensures that the backs of the chairs are also disinfected, as the negative charge of the electrostatic spray clings to the positive
charge of the chairs and effectively wraps around each surface. “It’s pretty cool technology,” said Chris Shudy, Flagler Schools Custodial Services director. While students are at home during spring break and beyond, Flagler Schools Custodial Services is using two such sprayers among its staff of 144 employees to disinfect every facility — 2.3 million square feet — to fight the coronavirus and prepare the district for a safe return of students and staff. The return date is not
Photo by Brian McMillan
yet set, but it will be sometime after March 30. PROTOCOLS IN PLACE
Shudy, during on a media tour on March 16, said robust protocols and technology have been in place since 2017, when the district got its first electrostatic sprayer to implement the Clorox Total 360 System. Typically, each school is SEE CLEANING PAGE 9
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