DELAND, Fla. - Teachers at St. Barnabas Episcopal School transformed desks with plexiglass into mini Jeeps to make students feel more comfortable while social distancing in the classroom.The DeLand, Flordia-based pre-K through eighth-grade school provided teachers with transparent desk shields at the start of the year so students can take off their masks while sitting in class without potentially contracting COVID-19 or infecting others, according to St.
Barnabas' website.First-grade teachers Patricia Dovi and Kim Martin got the idea from a Texas-based educator named Jennifer Pierson, who shared a template for the desk-shield Jeep design on a social media page for teachers. "The kids were so cute yesterday.