Element

Action

Instructional Model

School will operate in as normal a state as possible with five full days in person. No hybrid or remote instruction will be provided. 

Indoor mask requirement

Masks are optional for all students and staff, indoors and outdoors

Social distancing in classrooms

3 feet or more where possible; tables may be used and students may face one another in various room desk configurations as normal.

Temperature Screening

None

Social distance at lunch

Normal lunch schedule with as much social distancing as possible

Sanitation and cleaning 

We will use standard cleaning protocols

Food service

Normal

Snack - Elementary

Normal

Transportation 

Normal loads, masks required, opening of windows required

Playground procedures

Students will not be cohorted and can play normally.

Return to school following COVID-19 illness or exposure to a positive individual

Isolation rules remain in place. Individuals may return to school or work after a 5-day isolation period if they meet the symptom requirements. Upon return, a well-fitting mask must be worn at all times for days 6-10. If a mask cannot be worn, isolation must continue through day 10. Individuals required to wear a mask may remove the mask in order to eat or drink. When masks are removed, the individual must maintain 6 feet of social distance from others.

Notification of COVID-19 positive cases

The district will continue to post positive cases daily. Elementary: Families will at the classroom level will receive notification via communicable disease letter via backpack. In addition, cases will be posted by school and grade level on the district website each day. Secondary: Cases will be posted by school and grade level on the district website each day

Vaccinations staff

Per NYSDOH, all staff will be required to be vaccinated or tested weekly.

Educational Provision for COVID positive students who are isolated

Elementary students (Grades K-5) who are COVID positive will receive approximately 1-2 hours of individual or small-group instructional tutoring per day for the duration of their absence. The teacher will provide necessary materials through Google Classroom or for pickup at the school office. Secondary students (Grades 6-12) who are COVID positive will have the opportunity to view classroom instruction via passive live streaming of their classes. To preserve as normal an experience as possible for the students within the classroom, there will be no interaction between the teacher and the student viewing the passive live streaming. The teacher will provide necessary materials through Google Classroom or for pickup in the school office.

Support for IEP students who are quarantined, have Covid-19 and in isolation 

Students with IEPs who are quarantined will be provided with instructional support for all academic classes and related services. Depending on the length of quarantine or isolation, additional tutoring will be arranged at the building level to support a student’s mastery of IEP goals. 

Medically fragile students

Individualized student plan created in collaboration with medical recommendation and process for review based upon need.

Parents/Guardians/Vendors in buildings

Parents and visitors may enter buildings for meetings or to conduct school-related business. Parents who will be visiting/volunteering/assisting in classrooms should be vaccinated or provide a OR provide a negative PCR or Antigen test. The district can provide free tests.

Larger indoor school events during the day involving students and staff only

Events held as normally as possible by using larger common spaces and classrooms to maintain reasonable and normal density and spacing of at least 3 feet where possible.

Band and Chorus

Band and chorus will operate normally with as much distancing as practicable. Wind instruments will utilize specialized face masks and bell covers whenever possible.

Clubs

Clubs should operate as normally as possible by using spaces that facilitate maintaining spacing of at least 3 feet where practicable.

Athletics

Athletics will operate normally with as much distancing as practicable.

Ventilation

District ventilation was evaluated and optimized for fresh air and filtration by our mechanical engineers at the start of the 2020-21 school year. The current status remains. We will explore augmenting with portable HEPA where needed and also address improvements through our capital campaign..

Trips

School trips will generally operate normally with some additional safeguards and provisions as may be required by the individual activity.

Materials Sharing and Library Books

May be checked out and used normally

Book Fairs-Elementary

May operate normally

Faculty Meetings

Will operate normally and in person