[SML] Dance floor cleaning?

[Bill Potter]

Yep, all out students are required to be masked while in buildings and our dance studio has been marked off to promote proper spacing.

My school has VERY thorough plans to minimize the risk of spreading and exposure. EVERY faculty and staff member and student was tested prior to the return to school and on-campus employees were expected to isolate (with their families) in their homes for two weeks before we started back. Those of us that live off campus must perform a temp check and affirm to our state of health daily. Students that have returned to campus (we still have a handful distance learners) are currently being re-tested. (We’ve already sent one student home for having local friends pick them up and leaving campus.) I’m actually pretty impressed with the school's plan to keep us as safe as possible. Fortunately, our part of NH has a VERY low infection rate. 

Stay safe y’all,

Bill in NH

> On Sep 8, 2020, at 10:32 AM, Dougherty, Jim via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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> 	"Our dance studios see 4 or 5 classes a day and the dance faculty are wondering what we should be doing between classes to clean/sanitize the floors."
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> Okay, good question, our Dance Department has a similar issue...
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> 	"We've been having them dance in socks, which we spray with an 80/20 mixture of Lysol and contact cement."
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> Hol up a sec...
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> 	"From: Don Taco <taco at peak.org>"
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> Oh, okay, nothing to see here.  Hi, Don, happy to see you posting!  For the love of everything, don't ever change.  BTW, for maximum adhesion it’s best to apply the contact cement to both surfaces so you should be mopping with the Lysol/contact cement solution as well and letting it dry to tack-free before the start of the next class.
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> To the original poster: Your dance faculty are teaching 4 or 5 classes, in person, inside? What are the general precautions in place there? There's nothing like that here unless the numbers are very small, all masked, and sometimes held outside under a tent.  Similar situation for our acting classes.  We're following a staged system, where transition to the next less-restrictive stage is dependent on case numbers, state guidelines and date.  Our winter and spring semesters' restrictions are still TBD.
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> - Jim Dougherty
> Middlebury College Theatre Department