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10 But Shelby said nothing in her 29 years prepared her for teaching in a pandemic. "It's just hard," she said. "The kids want to love on you, and you can't love on them. It's kind of like – I don't know how to say it – that part of loving on them is missing because you have to be socially distanced. I have to constantly enforce social distancing and spend a lot of time sanitizing the classroom." Nowadays it seems like something changes every day for teachers and students, Corcoran said. There are "always new precautions, new situations" that require them to adapt for their health and safety while still excelling in the classroom. She said the desk shields have helped make the best of a tough time. "I'm very thankful for the grant from the Alabama Power Foundation," she said. "If not for them, I don't know if it would have been possible to purchase all of the shields for my students. And they have absolutely loved being able to sit in groups with their friends." By Chuck Chandler 2020 Classroom Grant Recipients Birmingham Division • Central Park Elementary School (Birmingham) • Easter Seals of Birmingham • Jonesboro Elementary School (Bessemer) Eastern Division • Blount County Learning Center (Cleveland) • Iola Roberts Elementary School (Pell City) • Kitty Stone Elementary School (Jacksonville) • Oxford Elementary School (Oxford) • W.E. Striplin Elementary School (two grants) (Gadsden) Mobile Division • Allentown Elementary School (Semmes) • Bernice J. Causey Middle School (Mobile) • Citronelle High School • Lee Elementary School (Satsuma) • Mary G. Montgomery High School (Semmes) Southeast Division • Eufaula Elementary School • Beauregard Elementary School (Opelika) Southern Division • Butler County School System (Greenville) • J.E. Hobbs Elementary School (Camden) • Meadowview Elementary School (Selma) • R.B. Hudson Steam Academy (Selma) • School of Discovery Genesis Center (Selma) • Sophia P. Kingston Elementary School (Selma) • The Calhoun School (Hayneville) Western Division • Amelia Love Johnson High School (two grants) (Thomaston) • Brent Elementary School (Centreville) • Cordova Elementary School • Cordova High School • Haleyville Middle School • Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School (two grants) (Tuscaloosa) • Oakdale Elementary School (Tuscaloosa) • Sipsey Valley Middle School (Buhl) • Sulligent High School • Sweet Water High School (two grants) • Westlawn Middle School (two grants) (Tuscaloosa) • Westside Elementary School (three grants) (Tuscaloosa) • Woodland Forrest Elementary School (Tuscaloosa) PHOTOS BY MEG McKINNEY