Keyport Public Schools Reopening Plan 8-5-20 Lisa M. Savoia, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools
Reopening Planning The Plan will address the four key subject areas: A. Conditions for Learning B. Leadership and Planning C. Policy and Funding D. Continuity of Learning
A. Conditions for Learning
Conditions for Learning Overview A. Health & Safety Standards - Ten Critical Areas of Operation 1. General Health & Safety Guidelines 2. Classrooms, Testing, and Therapy Rooms 3. Transportation 4. Student Flow, Entry, Exit, and Common Areas 5. Screening, PPE, and Response to Students and Staff Presenting Symptoms 6. Contact Tracing 7. Facilities Cleaning Practices 8. Meals 9. Recess/Physical Education Extra curricular Activities & Use of Facilitie s Outside School Hours 10. B. Academic, Social, and Behavioral Supports 1. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and School Climate & Culture 2. Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports (MTSS) 3. Wraparound Supports 4. Food Service & Distribution 5. Quality Child Care
Conditions for Learning Health & Safety General Health & Safety Guidelines: 1. a. Adults, Staff and Teachers required face coverings b. Students will also be required face coverings. c. Air Conditioning filtration system 2. Classrooms, Testing, & Therapy Rooms a. Seating 6 feet apart - if unable, physical barriers between desks, desks facing same direction, or students sitting on the same side at a table b. Increased hand sanitizing stations & hand-washing c. There will be no lockers. Students can hang their backpacks on their chairs. d. Students should not share materials.
Conditions for Learning Health & Safety 3. Transportation a. All students who require busing (Union Beach, Vocational, Shared Time, etc.) must follow the mandated face coverings while on school busses. b. Buses either district owned or contracted must be cleaned & disinfected before & after each run. Student Flow, Entry, Exit, and Common Areas 4. a. Entry and Exit points will be specific for each building. When approaching the school grounds, all staff and students must wear masks. Students will be assigned a door to enter/exit. b. Social distancing signage and markers (6 feet apart) will be on sidewalks and entry lines to the building. At the entry points students will go through a screening process. There will be no parking during drop-off times. c. Stairways and hallways will be marked for directional traffic. d. Water fountains will be closed. Students can bring a bottle of water and the filling stations will be open and available.
Conditions for Learning Health & Safety 5. Screening, Personal Protection Equipment (PPE, and Response to Students & Staff Presenting Symptoms. a. Screening Procedures for Students 1. Parents/Guardians will be required to complete a universal screening form prior to the start of the school year. This form states that the parent will be checking their children every morning prior to leaving for school. 2. Student temperatures will be checked prior to entering the school building. 3. Prior to coming to school, if a child presents with any of the identified symptoms, was in close contact with anyone presenting with the CDC identified symptoms, or traveled to or were in close contact with an individual that has traveled to a CDC travel restriction state, the parent/guardian will be required to keep their child home and report their absence to the main office.
Conditions for Learning Health & Safety 5. Screening, Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), and Response to Students & Staff Presenting Symptoms. a. Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) 1. School staff and visitors are required to wear face coverings unless doing so would inhibit the individual's health or the individual is under two years of age. 2. Students are required to wear face coverings when social distancing cannot be maintained and are encouraged to wear masks throughout the day. We will have extra disposable masks available. 3. If a visitor refuses to wear a face covering for non-medical reasons and if such covering cannot be provided to the individual at the point of entry, the visitor’s entry to the school/district facility will be denied.
Conditions for Learning Health & Safety 6. Contact Tracing a. Contact tracing is the process used to identify those who have come into contact with people who have tested positive for many contagious diseases, including COVID-19. b. When the school district becomes aware of a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 the Department of Health will be contacted. The Department of Health will provide guidance/direction on a case per case basis and will lead the contact tracing process. 7. Facilities Cleaning Practices a. School officials will continue to adhere to existing required facilities cleaning practices and procedures, and any new specific requirements of the local health department as they arise. b. Cleaning/disinfecting schedules, targeted areas to be cleaned, and methods and materials to be used such as Enviro-solutions 64H Neutral Disinfectant, and we have purchased Electrostatic Sprayers for additional disinfecting. c. A schedule for increased routine cleaning and disinfection will be implemented in high-touch areas, and all other cleaning schedules will be maintained. d. All appropriate staff will be trained on new cleaning processes. Our custodians are being trained via ATRA , a company specializing in cleaning.
Conditions for Learning Health & Safety 8. Meals a. The district will have a pickup for 5 days breakfast and 5 days lunch on Monday evenings from 4pm to 7pm. b. Distribution will take place at Keyport Central School. c. A Google form will be completed by any family wishing to have “Grab & Go” provided weekly. 9. Recess/Physical Education a. During physical education class social distancing guidelines will be met. Students will be spaced 6 ft apart and the use of equipment will follow the guidelines set forth by state and local stakeholders. b. Students will be encouraged to come to school dressed appropriately to participate in physical education class as the locker rooms will be closed. 10. Field Trips-Extracurricular,Outside Use of facilities. a. For the month of September there will be no extracurricular activities and outside facilities use.
Conditions for Learning Academic, Social, & Behavior Supports The impact of social isolation on both students and educators is essential: A. SEL will be utilized to re-engage students, support adults, rebuild relationships,and create a foundation for academic learning. B. Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for prevention, intervention, and enrichment for academics and behavior that offers education and families a mechanism to identify individual students who need extra support will be provided. C. Wraparound services outside of the traditional school based services to address the academic, behavioral, and social-emotional needs of students inside and outside school will be provided.
B. Leadership & Planning
Leadership & Planning Overview B. Leadership & Planning 1. Establishing a Restart Committee and Pandemic Response Teams 2. Scheduling 3. Staffing 4. In-Person & Hybrid Learning Environments: Roles & Responsibilities 5. Educator Roles Related to school Technology Needs 6. Athletics
Leadership & Planning 1. Establishing a Restart Committee and Pandemic Response Teams a. A Restart Committee and Pandemic Response Teams were established and were instrumental in the creation of the District’s Reopening Plan 2. Scheduling- Students 2020-2021 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Student Group A In Person In Person Virtual Virtual Whole (Last name A-L) District Student Group Virtual B Virtual Virtual In Person In Person (Last name M-Z) School Hours for in-person day KCS KHS Start of Day 8:30 7:55 End of Day 12:35 12:26 **This schedule may change as the NJ Department of Education and NJ State Government Agencies release more guidance.
Leadership & Planning 1. Scheduling and Instructional Considerations: a. Staggered start and dismissal times b. Seat time requirements for KHS c. Separate educational plans for hybrid and fully virtual d. Fully Virtual Cohort at KHS e. Dedicated teachers for fully virtual students at KCS (dependent on staffing and need) f. Instructional plan includes a combination of synchronous and asynchronous daily learning activities. i. For example daily fundations lesson in grades K-3 can be taught synchronously as the teacher leads the lesson in person, and students can work with at home kits. g. Take home kits with materials will be provided to each student in the district. **This schedule may change as the NJ Department of Education and NJ State Government Agencies release more guidance.
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