Removing all water fountains from school buildings is just one of Manassas City Public Schools' measures to fight the coronavirus.
Over the past year, the school division has installed everything from plexiglass, portable UV lights, to "blasters" in large spaces to stop the spread of everything from the common cold to the coronavirus," said Andy Hawkins, the city school division chief of financial services.
"I want to you and our community to know; the safest place for your children will be our schools," Hawkins told the city School Board at its August 10 meeting. "There will not be another building they come in contact with that are cleaner than ours. We have spared no expense."
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