Jill Biden Visits Masked Children at School Separated by Plexiglass

First Lady Jill Biden visited children separated by plexiglass to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in a Connecticut school Thursday.

At one table, four masked children separated by plexiglass wore masks as the first lady stopped to visit their classroom at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Meriden, Connecticut.

The first lady was joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, who praised the children’s masks.

“I love that, Ninja Turtles,” he said to one child. “Does that help you breathe better?”

One staff member said the children had attended school since August and the only problem was that some of their masks were too big.

“They’ll grow into it next year, right?” Cardona chuckled, before adding, “Hopefully not.”

The first lady urged students to keep a record of their coronavirus pandemic experiences to help them understand what they learned about themselves.

“Reflect on this time and journal it somehow whether you write it … whether you video it, whether you record it, whether you do it through artwork, we have to remember what this time was like,” Jill Biden said.

Cardona said the students were learning important life skills during the pandemic.

“You became stronger, you became more resilient, right?” Cardona said. “And those are skills that you’re going to carry your whole life, when something unexpected happens, something bad happens, then you can get through it with optimism and hard work.”

One student explained to the first lady the difficulty of keeping her phone charged during online learning.