State Requirements
- Faculty and staff will wear face coverings.
- Signage will be used to designate entry/exit flow patterns to minimize congestion.
- Nonessential visitors and volunteers will be limited. Each school is to determine essential versus nonessential.
- Protocols will be established for any visitors and itinerant staff to wear face coverings and complete symptoms checks.
- Protocols will be established for drop-off/pick-up and will be communicated to families.
- Local health department personnel will be consulted regarding procedures for tracing a positive COVID-19 case by an employee, student, visitor, or those who have come into contact with an individual testing positive.
- Quarantine rooms will be designated at each school to temporarily house students who are ill and awaiting a return to home. Quarantine procedures will be included in the plan when we receive them from the state.
- Health and safety issues will be communicated transparently, while protecting the privacy of students and families.
- Staff and student symptoms and absenteeism will be monitored carefully.
- Staff and students will be educated on the motto: “If you feel sick; stay home,”
- Symptomatic individuals will not be allowed to physically return to school unless their symptoms are not due to a communicable disease as confirmed by a medical provider.
- Each school will designate a contact person for parent questions.
- District and school plans will be posted as a link on school websites.
Plan
- Personal protective equipment will be provided to employees based on assignment, including face masks,
face shields, plexiglass, and hand sanitizer.
- Faculty and staff will wear face coverings.
- Health and safety issues will be communicated by the school in coordination with the county health department under the supervision of the appropriate Administrator of Schools.
- Offices will be equipped with a gallon of hand sanitizer and plexiglass screens.
- Administrators will submit a school plan by the first day of school to their Administrator of Schools, including plans and protocols that will:
- Designate building entry and exit flow patterns (using multiple points of entry and exit in the morning and afternoon).
- Describe the student check-in and check-out process at their school (may include walking younger students out to their car so parents do not need to enter the school).
- Outline the expectations for visitors to monitor their health, wear a face covering, and enter the building beyond the office area only for necessary school business.
- Establish a quarantine room for students who are ill and awaiting a return to home.
- Establish a routine to monitor staff and student symptoms and absenteeism carefully.
- Communicate health and safety issues transparently, while protecting the privacy of students and families.
- Educate staff and students on the motto: “If you feel sick; stay home,”
- Not allow symptomatic individuals to physically return to school unless their symptoms are not due to a communicable disease as confirmed by a medical provider.
- Designate a contact person for parent questions regarding the return to school plans.
- Post a link on school websites to District and School Reopening Plans.
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