● Call to order ● Executive Order to meet electronically ● Roll Call and Introductions ● Presentation ● Board Questions Please note that this meeting is being recorded.
Continuous Learning Planning for Academic Year 2020-2021 SAU 24 Board Meeting - July 21, 2020
Work so far ● Internal SAU 24 Task Force convened in late May 2020 and has been meeting (at least) weekly to research and make recommendations for ■ Calendar/schedule ■ School operations ■ Teaching & Learning, including social emotional learning and support ● Student, Family, Staff survey conducted in early June. Results were analyzed by task force committees ● Community Update (7/10/20) with feedback solicited from families and staff ● Governor Sununu’s guidance document released on 7/14/20
Goals in planning To bring as many students back to school for as much time as possible in a way that mitigates risk and prioritizes the safety of our students and staff.
DRAFT Please note that everything shared tonight is a working draft. We continue to go through the process of honing our ideas as we get additional information and feedback from stakeholders. Individual district boards will meet over the next couple of weeks to vote on plans.
Feedback from 7/10/20 Community Update
Staff feedback
Key takeaways from community feedback ● Social emotional learning needs to be a high priority. ● Increased emphasis is needed to address the specific needs of students who are identified or receiving tiered services ● Many parents are concerned about younger children wearing masks and about the impact of wearing masks all day ● Staff members see the use of masks and PPE as important to any return to school ● There is significant concern about the impact of remote learning and hybrid schedules on parent employment. ● More engagement, teacher/student interaction, and communication and support for parents and students need to be built in to remote learning if it continues
Governor’s Guidance School Operations ● Adult visitors to any school building shall wear masks. ● Identify a COVID-19 Coordinator ● Plan for an infection incident - similar to a school violence plan ○ Follow CDC guidance for isolation and testing ○ Report suspected or confirmed cases to NH DHHS ● Develop a daily screening process for staff, students, and visitors ○ Onsite for staff and visitors ○ At home for students ● Maximize physical distance in classrooms and re-arrange classrooms to get chairs/desks at least 3 feet apart - 6 feet is preferred, with assigned seats. ○ Adult should try to maintain 6 feet of physical distancing ○ Remove items that are hard to clean and not necessary for instructional purposes.
Governor’s Guidance School Operations (continued) ● Maintain cohorts as much as possible, including lunch and recess. ● Follow CDC guidance for cleaning and disinfecting ● Face covering should be worn when traveling throughout the building and when 6 feet of physical distancing cannot be maintained. ○ Accommodations for students with disabilities should be considered ○ Face coverings for students should be provided by the student’s families with disposable options available when the student arrives without one. ● Hand hygiene should be practiced at specific times and hand sanitizer should be available in all classrooms. ● Assess and address any ventilation needs in the buildings. ● Enhance safety procedures for transportation
Governor’s Guidance Teaching & Learning ● Schools must consider strategies to define and identify at-risk students and put in place appropriate supports. ○ This includes academic and social emotional health. ● Establish a baseline for student learning in the fall, and ○ Put in place plans for student learning, and monitor those plans throughout the year ● Develop a hybrid or blended learning model that recognizes that there may be a need to move between learning scenarios rapidly. ○ Pay close attention to the burden of double planning ● Consider technology that will support blended learning and provide training to staff, students, and parents.
Tonight’s Presentation ● Overall broad recommendations, based on the current situation ● Henniker: 1-4 current cases ● Stoddard: 1-4 current cases ● Weare: 11 current cases Planning for in-person school, but Governor Sununu stressed that this isn’t “mission accomplished” and says we “have a long way to go.” ● Initial building level planning, with potential challenges Thousands of specific logistics need to be worked out at the district and building level over the next weeks .
Multiple Layers of Protection Universal protections ● Limited visitors in building ● Daily screening ● Hand hygiene ● Cleaning ● Cohorts Additional two layers of protection for each individual in each situation ● Masks ● Distance ● Other PPE (shields/plexiglass) ● Outdoors
Return to School (Grades K-6) Face-to-Face, Cohort approach Teachers grouped to allow for redundancy, flexibility, and stability during unpredictable absences of teachers and changes in conditions
CWES c ohort model- students remain with their cohort all day. Considerations for any Face to Face Return: ● Preschool- Exploring different programming options; potentially moving to a service provider model ● Kindergarten- Transportation requirement ○ Consider running a 2 day full day program with a Friday remote option? ● Nurse Assistant to support increased needs ● Storage- We must move A LOT of furniture out of the building to create adequate space between students ○ Storage unit on campus would be beneficial ● Replace large tables with individual desks- Kindergarten and Prek has tables ● Visitors in the building- new plan ● Parent Drop off and Pick up- need additional time and new plan for arrival and dismissal ○ Evaluating different programs to expedite parent pick up (cost involved) ○ Need additional staffing for AM drop off (# depends on student ratio decision) ● Recess by cohort with no mixing of students ● Lunch- no mixing of cohorts some in class lunches will occur ● Subs?
CWES continued Enrolled 20-21 CWES Students Grade Number of students Number of teachers Class Size PreK 32 2 8 (in Fall) 12 estimated by Nov. Kindergarten 41 2 10-12 (enrollment in process) expecting 14-15 Grade 1 76 5 15-16 Grade 2 98 5 19-20 Grade 3 79 5 15-16
CWES
CWES continued Implications for student spacing 3 feet apart ● Grades 1 & 3= 15-16 students Grade 2= 19-20 ● Students can remain in designated classes ● All service providers, special education teachers, UA teachers, etc can perform their position in their contract. ● Teachers will have a planning period and students will have a modified UA ● Lunch coverage for staff would be covered
JFES Current enrollment by grade: K-5, 1st-9, 2nd -13, 3rd-7, 4 th-13, 5th-9 Proposed Groupings: K/1=14, 2nd-13, 3rd/4th=15, 4th/5th=14 K-5 Cohort Model ● Students from each grade level attend school with a cohort of their peers 5 days each week. ● Cohorts of 16 students or less, with heterogeneous groups. ● Cohorts will stay together with their teacher and a Paraprofessional for the entire school day including lunch and recess. ● Special Education services will be delivered in K-2 cohort and 3-5 cohort ● Unified Arts will be taught in a K-2 Cohort and 3-5 Cohort and rotated 4x in the year (approx. every 45 days) students will receive 1 Unified Arts per week.
Sept-Nov Nov-Feb Feb-Apr Apr-Jun PE K/1 2nd 3/4 4/5 Wellness 2nd K/1 4/5 3/4 Art 3/4 4/5 K/1 2nd Library/Tech 4/5 3/4 2nd K Integration Music? SEL lessons?
JFES- possible budget impacts ● Modular- no access to running water/sink ● Nurse accessibility during the school day for additional duties, screenings-currently 1 day per week ● Broadband (town committee working on this issue) ● Additional staff (substitutes)to cover absences/duties ● Busing- how it will work with SAU 29 plan-working with First Student @ numbers ● Additional teacher days at beginning ● Small increase to transportation costs for disinfecting ● Storage unit for removed furniture from classrooms ● After School Programming- mixing of cohorts
HCS: preK-6 Cohort Model ● Students from each grade level attend Reallocation of Professional Staff: school with a cohort of their peers 5 days - Special Education Teacher 1x each week. - Math Intervention Teacher 1x ● Cohorts of 16 students or less, with - Librarian 1x heterogeneous groups. Special Considerations/Challenges: ● Cohorts will stay together with their - Preschool: may pursue other models teacher for the entire school day, - Impact of staggered arrival self-contained. - Planning: changed assignments, levels, ● Unified Arts: Art, Music, PE (~20 day contents rotation) via video or outside as - Hygiene: 2 sixth grade rooms do not have weather/topics permit. sinks ● Interventions and specialized instruction - Reallocates former non-instructional via video. spaces which need outfitting
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