This public elementary school in Indonesia is now reopening its door to students with new COVID-19 safety protocols. <br /><br />Footage from July 27 shows students escorted by their parents in Pasar Pandan Air Mati, West Sumatra welcomed at the school gates with a body temperature check by a teacher and health worker wearing protective masks. <br /><br />Inside the classrooms, children's individual desks are separated with protective plastic panels, and both children and teachers are seen wearing face masks.<br /><br />The shortened teaching schedule reduces their day from 7:00 am until 9:30 am, and students are not permitted to play outside.<br /><br />Desriyondra, the principal of SDN 09 PPA school, explains in the video: "We run from Monday to Saturday because we have 60 students and can only have 10 students in the classroom at one time.<br /><br />"I thank God for this support. The school department share roles with parents, who prepare masks and supplies." <br /><br />Indonesia closed schools in March and allowed a phased reopening of schools on July 13, the beginning of the school year according to the ministry’s official academic calendar.
