When the custodial team at Bayard and Bancroft middle schools in Wilmington clean and disinfect the classrooms at night, they have new robotic companions.

ADIBOT, a UV-C light-emitting remote control robot, spends about three minutes alone in each classroom after a manual cleaning, blasting its disinfecting rays onto every surface.

The result is a next-level, chemical-free clean that destroys any trace of COVID-19 and other pathogens. So how did COVID-19-killing robots get into two of Christina School District’s schools, both with high rates of low-income students and kids of color?

It started when James Simmons, chief equity officer of the Delaware Department of Education, caught up with an old friend back when the pandemic was still young last year.

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