School Reopening Scenario Planning June 26, 2020
CDC Considerations for Decisions ❏ Ability to protect children and employees with higher risks ❏ Ability to screen students and employees upon arrival ❏ Capacity to promote healthy hygiene practices ❏ Capacity to intensify cleaning, disinfection, and ventilation ❏ Ability to social distance ❏ Ability to train all employees on health and safety protocols
Flexibility ● 100% vs 95% per pupil funding for Online School ● 98% of funding at 100th day SY2020 or current ● 180 days of instruction - no flexibility ● Enrollment Stability Grant Requirements ● Distance or Online counts as attending Executive Order
If school resumes in August... 68% Attend LESD School Parent 20% Distance Learning until Survey more closed 6.15.20 comfortable 6% Liberty Online School
In Person Distance School Year 2020 CHOICES Liberty Online Parents choose from multiple options School Hybrid
1 In-Person, At-School ❏ Assigned a community school teacher(s) ❏ Attend in-person five days per week, Wed. early release ❏ Implement social distancing, hygiene, cleaning protocols, and health monitoring ❏ Honor staff requests for in-person teaching assignment as much as possible
1 In-Person, At School M-F Guidelines Yes Partial No Class or Cafeteria Seating 6’ apart Lines 6’ apart Hygiene and Health - training, routines, required masks, temp checks Cleaning Bus Seating
Pros ● Most effective teaching and learning ● Restores social interaction for children ● Child care for parents Cons ● Not possible to socially distance with 100% of students returning ● If conditions worsen or State authorities close school, students will shift to 100% distance learning ● COVID spread is worse than when school was closed last spring In-Person, At-School
2 Distance Learning at Community School ❏ Assigned dedicated community school teachers (6-8 content areas or special areas may be supplemented with distance learning teacher from another school). ❏ Flexibility to shift to in-person teacher at the same school ❏ Access to school community virtual clubs, school activities, and events ❏ Utilize Google Classroom learning platform with daily, scheduled Google Meets with class, small groups, or individual sessions ❏ Utilize District curriculum and pacing similar to in-person learning
Pros ● Curriculum and pacing matched to in-person learning ● Exposure to COVID rate at school for students 0% ● Teachers are solely focused on optimizing the distance student learning experience ● Connected to school community ● Flexibility to shift to in-person learning when conditions improve ● Provides alternative for high risk staff Cons ● More rigid schedule for synchronous Google Meets for instruction from teacher ● Child care for parents ● Students will still need adult support, especially K-3 ● Students miss out on social interaction Distance Learning
3 Liberty Online School ❏ Students withdraw from community school and enroll for entire year in Liberty Online School ❏ Self-paced direct instruction, practice, and assessment using Edgenuity, a commercial online learning platform ❏ Mostly asynchronous, allowing students flexibility in schedules ❏ Requires learning coaches (adults to support students) ❏ Assigned a Liberty Online School teacher to monitor student success, intervene with a mini lesson, and communicate with parents
Pros ● Self-paced, students can accelerate to meet their potential ● Exposure to COVID rate at school for students 0% ● Flexibility in when students are actively learning, 24/7 ● Provides stability for a year-long virtual learning choice Cons ● Not connected to community school ● Child care for parents ● Students will still need adult support, especially K-3 ● Less social interaction with teacher and peers than Distance Learning ● Very limited flexibility to shift to in-person Liberty Online School
4 Hybrid ❏ Use either Option 1 or Option 4 for In-Person choice for parents ❏ Reduces population on campus to approximately 50% ❏ Students attend in-person two days a week and three days a week distance. ❏ Or, some students could attend half days in cohorts (transportation is an issue) ❏ Executive Order requires that parents who need a place for their children to go must be provided free learning on the three “distance” days if requested
Sample K-1st HYBRID SCHEDULE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Cohort A-AM Cohort A-AM Every other Cohort A-AM Cohort A-AM In-Person Cohort B-PM Cohort B-PM Wed Cohort A Cohort B-PM Cohort B-PM Learning or B at School Cohort B-AM Cohort B-AM Cohort B Cohort B-AM Cohort B-AM Distance Cohort A-PM Cohort A-PM Cohort A Cohort A-PM Cohort A-PM Learning at Home
Sample 2nd-8th HYBRID SCHEDULE Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday In-Person Cohort A Cohort A Cohort B Cohort B at School Distance Cohorts Learning Cohort B Cohort B Cohort A Cohort A A & B at Home Family Cohorts
4 Hybrid Social Distancing Recommendations Yes Partial No Class or Cafeteria Seating 6’ apart Lines 6’ apart Hygiene and Health - training, routines, recommended masks, temp checks Cleaning Bus Seating
Pros ● All children have access to in-person teaching ● Restores social interaction for children ● Reduces exposure risk by 50% for students and staff Cons ● C hild care must be provided for students who do not have a place to go ● K-1 may be on a different schedule than siblings if the cohort model is not consistent kindergarten through 8th grade - childcare issues ● In-person instruction is limited ● Teachers must prepare for both in-person and distance simultaneously Hybrid
Administrative Recommendation Options In Person Distance Learning DECISION Liberty Online School
Liberty Elementary School District
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