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NECK NECK PAIN PAIN JOGGERS JOGGERS KNEE KNEE PAIN PAIN SPINE SPINE PAIN PAIN HAND HAND PAIN PAIN Carolina Wellness & Pain Solutions Repair, Regenerate, & Restore Regeneratative Medical Therapy for Chronic Pain 707 West King Street, Kings Mountain, NC 704-734-0010 GOP legislators push for additional options for all parents as educators warn even these steps could endanger health by KATE MARTIN Carolina Public Press Schools can soon choose to bring children in kindergarten through fifth grade back to class full time, Gov. Roy Coo- per said last Thursday, Sept. 17. Currently, schools can only have some of their students meeting in person for part of the week. The new proposal would give them flexibil- ity with younger students to meet in person on a regular schedule. School districts could also ignore the additional flexibility and retain partial or fully virtual instruction. Cooper said schools statewide can move to Plan A as soon as Oct. 5 – a little over two weeks from now. Many of the same protocols will remain in place. Stu- dents and staff will still be screened for symp- toms before they enter schools. Everyone must continue to wear masks. Plan A allows students and teachers to gather with "minimal social dis- tancing," and none of the students would learn re- motely during the week. "Plan A may not be right at this time for many school districts and many families," Cooper said. "We are able to (consider) this option because most North Car- olinians have doubled down on safety and pre- vention measures." Parents can continue to choose to have their students remain home and learn remotely, he said. The announcement comes as Cooper's ad- ministration has come under fire from Repub- lican leaders who said parents should be al- lowed to decide whether children learn from a classroom. "Parents, teachers and students are at their wits' end struggling to try to make virtual learning work," state Sen. Phil Berger said in a state- ment. "This announcement from Gov. Cooper is a step in the right direction, but he needs to provide all parents with the op- tion of full-time, in-person instruction." However, educators cautioned that while teachers wanted to return to in-person instruction, moving too fast could endanger the health of educators and students across the state. "Local school districts already have significant flexibility to open for in- person instruction, and loosening guidelines fur- ther is flirting with dan- ger," said Tamika Walker Kelly, president of the N.C. Association of Edu- cators. Requirements under Plan A are less stringent than Plan B, according to guidance from the state Department of Health and Human Services. The state can move in this direction because metrics such as hospi- talizations, people arriv- ing at emergency rooms with symptoms and the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 are improving, said Dr. Mandy Cohen, secre- tary of the Department of Health and Human Ser- vices. Masks are working, she said, but the prog- ress is fragile. "We need to double down," Cohen said. "The steps we are taking to re- duce viral spread in our community are working." Cohen cited research that shows younger chil- dren are less likely to be affected by the virus and less likely to transmit it to others. "Younger children transmit the virus less often – it doesn't mean that it's 'not ever,'" Cohen said. Several contact trac- ing studies have shown that children do transmit the new coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. "When everyone is complying with recom- mended practices that we know mitigate dis- ease spread, we can have children who pres- ent with high viral loads and still limit trans- mission," Dr. Ibukun Akinboyo, a pediatric infectious disease physi- cian and infection control specialist at Duke Uni- versity School of Medi- cine, told Carolina Public Press earlier this month. Schools closed fully in mid-March as the new coronavirus gripped the globe. This fall, public schools opened with re- duced capacity in class- rooms or virtually under plans B and C, respec- tively. Districts through- out the state that educate more than two-thirds of all students initially opted to open virtually only. Some districts that an- nounced some in-person classes later decided to go all-virtual instead. Stu- dents and parents have reported widespread problems with distance learning, including on the first day of school. There also literally may not be enough bandwidth for children to take classes from home. Many rural areas have little to no access to high- speed internet, which allows users to meet virtually on video calls. And when children and parents join video confer- ences at the same time, they are also competing for bandwidth. When can the kids go back to school? Cooper allows more full-time, in-person options advertise advertise LOCALLY LOCALLY reach reach GLOBALLY GLOBALLY your business online & in-print your business online & in-print every week every week shelbyinfo.com shelbyinfo.com 503 N. Lafayette St., Shelby, NC 503 N. Lafayette St., Shelby, NC 704.484.1047 704.484.1047 GREENHECK OPENS NEW LOUVER PLANT IN SHELBY, NC Schofi eld, Wisconsin (September 21, 2020) – Greenheck recently ex- panded its louver manufacturing capacity with a new 120,000-square-foot facility at its Shelby, North Caro- lina campus. The expansion signifi cantly increases Greenheck's overall louver manufacturing footprint and supports the company's focus on continuous im- provement and growth. "Despite the economic conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are humbled by the contin- ued demand for Greenheck louvers and remain com- mitted to reinvesting in the company now and in the future," stated Dave Kallstrom, Greenheck President of Operations. The Shelby louver plant includes an advanced high- performance paint line along with leading-edge manu- facturing technologies optimized for quick and effi cient louver production. High volume products are currently being manufactured with additional models and ac- cessories being added in the coming months. "This expansion positions us to continue leading the industry by delivering on our commitment to high per- formance, quality products with short lead times and on-time deliveries," said Jackson Smith, Greenheck General Manager, Architectural Products. Greenheck, the worldwide leader in manufacturing and distributing air movement, conditioning and con- trol equipment, is headquartered in Schofi eld, Wis- consin, U.S.A. Greenheck's broad line of ventilation equipment includes fans and ventilators, centrifugal and vane axial units, make-up air units, energy recov- ery ventilators, kitchen ventilation systems, packaged ventilation systems, indoor air handlers, dampers, lou- vers, and laboratory exhaust systems. The company employs over 3,800 individuals worldwide, and main- tains more than 2.9 million square feet of manufac- turing, research and offi ce space with its facilities in Schofi eld, WI; Frankfort, KY; Sacramento, CA; Tulsa, OK; Kings Mountain, NC; Shelby, NC; Saltillo, Mexico; and Bawal, India. Greenheck also operates distribu- tion centers in Greensboro, NC; Miami, FL; Dallas, TX; and Sacramento, CA. For more information visit www.greenheck.com or contact Greenheck, P.O. Box 410, Schofi eld, WI 54476-0410, (715) 359-6171, FAX (715) 355-2399. Submitted by Jody McCormick