Students return to class at Gulfport High School

School is back in session for - students and teachers of the- gulfport school district.

- news 25's gabby cox went to - gulfport high school to get a - look at some of the new safety- meaures in place due to the - covid - 19 pandemic.- - back to school- the moment many have questioned- and awaited during the covid- 19 crisis.

However the main - - - - focus that lingers is how - students and faculty would- remain safe from the start of - the - year until the end.

- dr. tracy daniel-hardy, directo- of technology for the gulfport- school- district: "so really we're- concerned with making sure all- of our students and teachers- are safe so there is a plethora- of ways we are doing that.

Some- of those include taking - - - - temperature checks, making sure- students and adults are wearing- their masks - and they are wearing them - properly.

" - along with new precautions, suc- as grab and go lunches, - required masks and social - distancing, comes new - equipment and even the option o- - - - virtual learning that are all - effects of the pandemic.- dr. tracy daniel-hardy, directo- of technology of the gulfport - school- district: "new equipment, - additional processes, we have - quite a few children- who will be participating in- class virtually and that brings- about an- additional level of work and- support that we have to provide- " - gabby cox bridge stand up:- "about seventeen hundred- - - - students are enrolled here at - gulfport high school, but about- a quarter of them opted out for- virtual learning- this year because of the- pandemic, the staff is ensuring- safety regulations, such as - cleaning the little things like- - - - this handrail right here."- cecilia zahvdi, lead guidance - counselor at gulfport high- school: "the amount - of work that has gone into- pulling this off is unbelievabl- and our administrators, our - central office staff, technolog- department, our teachers is jus- this- big team effort."

- with the safety measures being- instilled in and out of the - classroom, students both in - school and virtually will - look ahead to a successful and- healthy year.

- in gulfport, gabby cox,