In CA public schools there is usually a bare 18" to the side and 0" forwards in rows of desks, or vis versa, with 2' clearance along the side of seating areas.
A normal classroom has code clearances near the exit door along back, plus areas with the teacher's table and counters/bookcases etc.
The remaining central space is seating.
Average class size is 27 kids, normally 4 rows of 7 lengthwise or 3 across of 10... And touching in the alternate direction.
And desks are between 24 and 30" average diameter.
So best outcomes:
Lengthwise seating, to get to 6' spacing for a central seat that's 18" plus 30" plus 18" to get to 5'6"-
So remove a row either side and also shove over the second side row 3 more inches on each side and we have 3 rows taking up... 19.5'- plus a side passing aisle where 6' clearance is needed too? And nearly 20 feet is already too much width for a typical class.
So that is 2.5 seats removed widthwisefor each seat.
And we can have 2 centered lengthwise rows max. That just halved the student number.
Now let's address the back and fwd tip to tail issue:
Again, we need 72" clearance both ways. That is two and a half desks removed between every student in each row. Or take out 2 and move the 3rd front and back another 18" away. For each desk in a row. Out of 7 desks lined up.
You now took out 4 of 7 desks and added 6' in length- which doesn't exist per code, so you need to remove the 3rd desk in each row.
Now you have 2 rows of 2 desks each to gain a 6' circle of clearance around each desk.
4 students can COVID-code attend out of 27 or more in a typical American public school classroom.
That is..... 7x less kids. Or 7 seats removed for each one allowed.
Well....
In CA public schools there is usually a bare 18" to the side and 0" forwards in rows of desks, or vis versa, with 2' clearance along the side of seating areas.
A normal classroom has code clearances near the exit door along back, plus areas with the teacher's table and counters/bookcases etc.
The remaining central space is seating.
Average class size is 27 kids, normally 4 rows of 7 lengthwise or 3 across of 10... And touching in the alternate direction.
And desks are between 24 and 30" average diameter.
So best outcomes:
Lengthwise seating, to get to 6' spacing for a central seat that's 18" plus 30" plus 18" to get to 5'6"-
So remove a row either side and also shove over the second side row 3 more inches on each side and we have 3 rows taking up... 19.5'- plus a side passing aisle where 6' clearance is needed too? And nearly 20 feet is already too much width for a typical class.
So that is 2.5 seats removed widthwisefor each seat.
And we can have 2 centered lengthwise rows max. That just halved the student number.
Now let's address the back and fwd tip to tail issue: Again, we need 72" clearance both ways. That is two and a half desks removed between every student in each row. Or take out 2 and move the 3rd front and back another 18" away. For each desk in a row. Out of 7 desks lined up.
You now took out 4 of 7 desks and added 6' in length- which doesn't exist per code, so you need to remove the 3rd desk in each row.
Now you have 2 rows of 2 desks each to gain a 6' circle of clearance around each desk.
4 students can COVID-code attend out of 27 or more in a typical American public school classroom.
That is..... 7x less kids. Or 7 seats removed for each one allowed.
Huh.