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Here’s How Escambia Public Schools Will Handle The Eclipse On Monday
April 7, 2024
About 80% of the sun will be eclipsed Monday in Escambia County, and Escambia County Public Schools has announced how they will handle the event.
All outdoor activities not approved by school principals will be suspended during the time, and school personnel will review proper safety protocols with students during the eclipse. Approved activities will vary by school and teacher and can include viewing the eclipse through approved eyewear and/or viewing the eclipse indirectly using pinhole projection. Teachers have received training on these topics.
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7 Responses to “Here’s How Escambia Public Schools Will Handle The Eclipse On Monday”
@Bob
Have you not read all the warnings and seen all the closures directly attributed to the eclipse around the country?
Really?
Agencies have been chicken-littleing all over the place. A simple google search will bring up dozens.
@grandma
How did all those big deal events look through the cloud cover?
@Sedition
People aren’t “freaking out” that the eclipse is going to destroy the world. People are just excited because eclipses are really cool.
@Give me a break
This ain’t the first eclipse ever, and we seemed to have pulled through in the past.
So what has changed over the years?
Let’s review the facts: 1-A total solar eclipse crossing North America. 2-A Comet 3 times the size of Mt. Everest, that only comes near earth once ever 71 years. 3-Comet converges with the eclipse. 4-Planet Venus will be brightly visible on one side of the eclipsed sun. 5-AND second brightest planet Jupiter will be on the other side of the sun. FOUR celestial creations are converging on ONE DAY-tomorrow!
This is so rare that there is a lot of who-ha because it IS a big deal!!!
Because if you look at the eclipse with unprotected eyes you could damage your sight.
Isn’t that enough to make it a big “who-ha?”
Because everything is a big deal these days. So will the schools provide the glasses or do we as parents need to send them with our kids? Is it safer to just keep our kids home that day with people reacting this way??
I’m still trying to figure out what all the who-ha is about this eclipse. We had one (partial) back in the early 80s when I was in high school and it was just business as usual.
Why is everybody freaking out?