ECPI University reopens its Richmond area campuses with temperature checks – abc 8 news
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — ECPI University and its three campuses in the Richmond area have reopened for class under some extra safety precautions, including temperature checks.
Most Virginia colleges have said on-campus instruction won’t return until the fall. Yet, ECPI is a year-round school that requires a lot of hands-on training.
Matt Grinsell, campus president of ECPI’s Richmond South Campus, says they had to think fast about how to safely get students back in the building.
8News watched as Grinsell took the temperature of students and staff entering the campus in Chesterfield. Temperature checks are now part of a mandatory health screening for all students and staff entering the ECPI buildings.
“Anyone in your family or household have COVID-19?” Grinsell asked a staff member entering the building.
When it comes to a passable temperature Grinsell told 8News, “We are looking for under 100.3 degrees Fahrenheit.” If their temperature is higher than that, they are taken aside for a separate screening and sent home.