2020-21 School Reopening Drafts Plans for the Richmond City School Board Presented by: Jason Kamras, Superintendent Venue: Richmond City School Board Meeting Date: July 9, 2020 Richmond Public Schools | 301 North 9 th Street | Richmond, VA | www.rvaschools.net
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Guiding Principles Equity • We strive to ensure that the students who need the most receive the most. Empathy • We strive to take into consideration everyone’s unique life circumstances during this extraordinary time. Efficiency • We strive to create a plan that we can successfully execute given the resources we have. 2 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Reopening Surveys and Task Force Surveys • Families: 4,801 respondents (about 20% of families); all schools represented • Staff: 2,116 respondents (about 70% of school-based employees); all schools represented Teachers/Support Staff/Community Member Reopening Task Force • Thank you to everyone who served on the Reopening Task Force! We deeply appreciate your feedback and insights. Members: Andrea Jewett (Director of Education - Richmond Alterative School), Andria Impson (Teacher – Boushall), Angela Dews (Teacher • – Armstrong), Anith Stith (Teacher – Armstrong), Charlotte Hayer (Teacher - Richmond Community), Cierra Sowers (Teacher – Boushall), Coretta (Cory) Adkins (Teacher – Reid), Dearsley Vernon (Community Member - Communities in Schools), Dianne Callender (Social Worker - Richmond Alternative School), Elizabeth Jorgensen-Best (Teacher - Westover Hills), Elizabeth Wait (Teacher – Armstrong), Gustavo Angeles (Community Member - Sacred Heart Center), James Pickren (Parent), James Wagner (Teacher - Richmond Community), Jason Roberts (Teacher – Woodville), K. Richardson (Teacher – Obama), Kai Banks (Parent), (Kathryn) Margi Roseberry (Teacher – Fisher), Katina Harris (Teacher – Boushall), Kelly Cannon (Parent), Keri Treadway (Teacher – Fox), Ketia Singleton (Teacher – Cary), Kristi Remkus (Parent), Laura White (Teacher – Westover Hills), Leigh Young (Teacher – Mumford and Cary), Luis Luna (Teacher – Huguenot), Margo Buchanan (Community Member - SCAN), Marybeth Ryan (Teacher – Woodville), Meghan McPherson (Teacher – Boushall), Monique Emde (Parent), Natasha Thomas (Teacher – Southampton), Nicole Glover (Teacher – Huguenot), Phillip Moorhouse (Teacher – Armstrong), Ralph Stuckey (Community Member - Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority), Ramah Johnson (Counselor – TJHS), Robin Majer (Teacher – Cary), Rosemary Hardwich (Teacher – Mary Scott and Holton), Sarah Kindig (Parent), Tiana Addai-Mensah (Teacher – Miles Jones), Tichi Eppes (Community Member), Tiffany Floyd (Teacher – Blackwell, Carver and Fox), Timmy Nguyen (Community Member), Zelma Lee (Staff Member – Redd) 3 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Section I Health and Safety 4 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Health and Safety Daily Screening Each day, all students, staff, and visitors will engage in two screenings: • Before leaving home, all staff and students will answer the CDC screening questions about how they feel vis-à-vis possible COVID-19 symptoms to determine if they should stay home. RPS will conduct a comprehensive awareness campaign about the key questions in the self-screening. • Once at school, all staff, students, and visitors will receive a temperature check via a walk-through temperature scanner that can accurately scan up to 70 individuals per minute (per the CDC, the fever threshold is 100.4). Two staff will monitor each scanner to ensure all individuals are properly scanned. Adults will need to immediately go home and contact their medical provider. Similarly, schools will immediately contact the parents/caregivers of students who register temperatures above 100.4 so that they can be picked up. • Cost: $180K (60 scanners at $3,000/scanner; larger schools would receive two scanners). 5 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Health and Safety Masks Each day, all students, staff, and visitors will be required to wear a face covering while in an RPS building (school or central office). • All students, staff, and visitors will be required to wear a face covering at all times (including on the bus), except for certain medically fragile students for whom wearing masks may not be appropriate. Families who do not want their children to wear masks will be required to choose the all virtual path for their children. Similarly, staff who are unable to wear masks due to health conditions will be required to work remotely. • Students, staff, and visitors will be encouraged to bring their own masks when they come to a school building. But RPS will provide a face covering to anyone who does not have one when they arrive, no questions asked. • RPS will provide N95 masks for all nurses. RPS will also provide clear masks for unique educational circumstances when seeing one’s mouth is critical (for example, for speech pathologists, for students with hearing loss, or for teachers during phonics instruction). • Cost: $216K ($66K for 30,000 cloth masks at $2.20/mask; $50K for 100,000 disposable masks at $0.50/mask; $100,000 for clear masks, as needed) 6 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Health and Safety Physical Distancing All individuals – student to student, student to adult, adult to adult – will be required to maintain at least three feet distance between them at all times. Six feet of distance will be maintained when possible. • Student desks will be arranged with at least three feet between them. • To the extent possible, mixing groups of students will be avoided. • Use of communal spaces (for example, playgrounds) will be staggered to limit the number of students at any one time. • All front office reception points (school and central office) will have a Plexiglass shield. • Cost: $15K (100 reception area Plexiglass dividers at $150/divider). 7 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Health and Safety Handwashing & Hand Sanitizing Handwashing remains one of the most important ways to stop the spread of COVID-19. • Multiple breaks will be built into student schedules for handwashing (using classroom sinks in primary grades and the bathroom for others). • The supply of soap and paper towel for classroom and bathroom sinks will be monitored, recorded, and restocked throughout the day. • All classrooms and common areas (for example, library, office, entry space) will have a wall mounted hand sanitizing station. • Cost: $1.15M ($600K for additional contracted custodial staff to focus exclusively on maintaining bathroom supplies and functionality; $150K for 2,500 wall-mounted hand sanitizer stations at $60/station; $400K for 2,500 gallons of hand sanitizer). 8 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
2020 2020-21 21 Sc Scho hool Reo eopeni ening ng: Draft Plans ns for the he Richm hmond nd City Sc Scho hool Board Health and Safety Facilities While the science indicates that the risk of surface transmission is low, RPS will take a number of steps to ensure that our buildings are clean and disinfected at all times. • All RPS buildings will be deep cleaned over the summer. In addition, all RPS bathroom sinks, soap dispensers, and paper towel dispensers will be fully functional and fully stocked for the start of school and through the year. This work has already started. • Custodians will have clear protocols for daily classroom cleaning. Completion of these protocols will be documented and posted for students, families, and staff. • Teachers will receive cleaning supplies for cleaning high-touch surfaces during the day, as necessary. • Classrooms with limited ventilation will receive portable air filtration systems. • All water fountains will be shut off. Students will use hydration stations to fill water bottles and/or cups. • Cost: $2.175M ($1.5 million for summer deep cleaning; $500K for classroom cleaning supplies; $75K for 500 portable air filtration systems at $125/system; $100K for 25,000 hydration station cups at $0.03/cup for 180 days). 9 Richmond Public Schools | July 9, 2020
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