SCC RETURN TO LEARN PLANS

 

Below are the full Return to Learn plans from the South Central Calhoun Community School District. The district will offer both on-site learning and distance learning models. Classes will take place from Monday through Friday. Staff are required to wear either facemasks or face shields, while facemasks or face shields are strongly encouraged, but not required for students.

SCC ELEMENTARY

This plan was developed with much thought and consideration for the safety and wellbeing of staff and students of SCC while they are physically present in the building. As new recommendations, updated data and results of trial-and error are received, this plan will be revised and updated as appropriate.

BUS: Social Distancing – Families will be encouraged to use alternative transportation if able to do so. Students will always ride the same bus. They will have assigned seats according to their homeroom.

Masks – Masks will be encouraged for students. Families that opt to have students wear masks will be responsible for providing and laundering them as needed. Masks and/or face shields will be required for drivers.

Sanitizing – Windows will remain open as weather allows. Seats and handrails will be sanitized after each route. Students will use hand sanitizer both as they board and get off the bus. Child-safe sanitizer will be provided. Students should not bring their own on school buses.

ARRIVAL: Drop-off – A staff member will be on duty at the end of the sidewalk to supervise TK-3rd grade parent drop-off as well as the arrival of bikers and walkers. Parents will not be allowed to walk their child into the building. The supervisor will make sure that students do not congregate in groups but instead go directly into the building and to their lockers. All preschoolers who do not ride buses will enter through the preschool door. Staff will be on duty to supervise. Parents will not enter the building.

Doors – The main door, preschool door, and northeast door will be propped open to minimize contact with door handles. Interior doors should remain open as much as possible.

Face coverings – Masks and other coverings will be required of all staff and provided by the district. Masks for students will be allowed at the discretion of parents/guardians. Families that opt to have students wear masks will be responsible for providing and laundering them as needed. They are also encouraged to supply a lanyard on which their child’s facemask can be clipped to prevent contamination/loss. Teachers will be notified of which students are expected to wear masks and will do their best to ensure they are worn correctly according to parent request.

Preventative teaching (in guidance classes) will occur to prevent any type of stigma associated with either wearing or not wearing a face covering.

Belongings from home – Students should not bring unneeded items from home.

Morning assembly areas – All students will go directly to their lockers to store all belongings and then to their classrooms to wash their hands. Breakfast eaters will then

go to the cafeteria. Non-breakfast eaters will stay in their classrooms. Students will not congregate in the gym, hallways,or cafeteria.

Screening for fevers – SCC Elementary will not be taking routine temperatures of staff or students.

BREAKFAST: Students will not pick up their trays, silverware, napkins, or milk. Food service staff will hand all items to students. A scan system will replace the keypad, so students will not need to touch any equipment. Each cohort (classroom) will have an assigned table. Two staff members will be on duty to wipe and disinfect tables and seats between students if needed.

When finished, students will return to their classrooms and wash their hands.

COMMON AREAS: Teaching – A library of teaching videos will be created to explicitly teach and model expectations for health and safety in all areas of the school. Students will walk in single-file lines on the right side of the hallway.

Required signs – Print signs from the CDC or IDPH website and post at entrances, in hallways, and near restroom and classroom sinks.

Hallway traffic – Vinyl lines will indicate where they are to walk. They will walk with their hands to their side and not touch anything in the hallway. Teachers will teach, model and practice these expectations.

Drinking fountains – Hallway drinking fountains will be disabled and covered. Students will bring water bottles from home and will fill them in their respective classrooms. Water bottles will be sent home weekly to be washed and returned. The district will also be supplying bottled water to be made available during meal times and as needed.

Restrooms – Restrooms will be cleaned and sanitized daily by the custodial staff. Handwashing after restroom use will bevsupervised by adults to the greatest extent possible.

CLASSROOMS: Doors – Classroom doors will remain open as much as possible, especially during times of transition, to avoid direct contact with door knobs.

Handwashing and hand sanitizer – Proper handwashing procedures will be taught by the classroom teacher and nurse using the Glo-Germ curriculum, practiced and reinforced often.

Students will wash their hands, with adult supervision, upon arrival in the morning, as well as before and after lunch. They will use hand sanitizer each time they enter another room/return to their classroom.

Desk placement –To the greatest extent possible, desks and tables should be arranged so that there is two to three feet, or about an arm’s length, or space between students, students are not directly facing each other in close proximity. Having students sit on the floor/carpet is allowed.

Instruction – Teachers will be intentional in their planning to address gaps resulting from COVID closure. This will include referring to “2020–21 Priority Instructional Content in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics,” referring to Early Literacy Blueprint” *development of scope/sequence for year *understanding of prerequisite skills and vertical alignment, referring formative assessment and conducting regular screening and intervention.

Group work – Small group work, for example at a kidney table, is allowed as students who are not facing each other. No more than 4-6 students should be at the table at one time. Partner work within a classroom cohort is allowed provided students are practicing good hygiene and are supervised.

Shared supplies and tools – As much as possible, students would keep separate and use their own supplies. When necessary, supplies may be shared among a cohort provided good hygiene and handwashing practices are followed. Items such as math manipulatives should be shared among the same group of children, not across the entire class, and should be sanitized before being put away.

Cleaning – Teachers will build a morning and afternoon cleaning time into their daily schedules. This will involve sanitizing frequently touched surfaces including but limited to light switches, door knobs, faucet handles, pencil sharpener, desks, and tables. Students can assist in cleaning with proper supervision. The custodial staff will provide proper supplies.

RECESS: Only one grade will go to recess at a time. Adults will walk students outside. Staff on duty will ensure that students are engaging in play and not congregating in groups. At the end of recess, students will not line up, but will walk directly back to their classrooms. If inclement weather prevents outdoor recess, teachers will provide alternative activities in their classrooms. There will be no indoor recess in hallways or the gym.

LUNCH: Serving line – Lunch times will be staggered so that only one class is waiting in line at a time. Students will line up in a pre-determined and consistent order. Lunch numbers will be scanned from a list rather than typed in by students.

Serving procedures – Students will not take their own trays, silverware, napkins, or milk cartons. Food service personnel will hand these items to students. Kitchen staff who are serving will wear masks and gloves. The number of items and portion size has been increased. Seconds will not be served to avoid mixing of cohorts. There will be no salad bar or self-serve items, including condiments. Staff members, wearing gloves, will disperse condiments at each table.

Seating – Students will sit in groups of under 10. As students finish eating, they will return to their assigned tables to wait to leave the cafeteria.

ENCORE CLASSES: P.E. – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the gym in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. Class will be held outdoors as frequently as possible. Activities with a high degree of contact will be avoided and replaced with a f​ocus on programs and activities that help ensure safe distancing and ​target individual games and sports. Shared equipment will be sanitized between classes during warm-ups.

Music – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the room in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. The teacher will follow guidelines specific to singing including singing outside or in a space that allows distancing (i.e. the gym). Students will not use shared instruments.

Art and guidance – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the room in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. Students will bring their own art supplies from the homeroom classroom. Tables will be sanitized between classes. Students and associates can help with this task.

Library and info media – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the library in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. This will include the use of hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting.

Students will be allowed to check out books per the usual guidelines. All library books that are ready to be returned will be collected on Thursdays from the classrooms to a cart and allowed to sit in quarantine until Monday at which time they will be re-shelved.

Chromebook surfaces and headphones will be sanitized between users. To eliminate the need for this, as much as possible students will bring their assigned chromebooks and headphones to class in the library for technology instruction and/or the technology teacher will go to the homeroom classroom.

INTERVENTION GROUPS: SMART – Scheduling will occur so that the mixing of students from different homerooms will be limited. The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting so that students are not passing each other in the doorways. This will include the use of hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting.

Surfaces, equipment, and materials will be sanitized mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

Title I, special education, TAG, sensory room – Scheduling will occur so that the mixing of students from different homerooms will be limited. Teachers will develop procedures for entering and exiting so that students are not passing each other in the doorways. Tables and desks will be sanitized between groups. Materials may be shared by students within a group but must be sanitized before use by the next group.

PRESCHOOL: Home visits – Home visits will not be conducted this fall. Individual classroom visits will be done instead.

Arrival – Staff will meet students at the door. Parents will not be allowed inside the building. Students will wash their hands upon arrival.

Meals – No meals will be served family style. All snacks will be individually pre-packaged and distributed by an adult.

Personal hygiene – Handwashing will be supervised at all times per the Head Start Performance Standards. Tooth brushing at school will be suspended for the time being.

Sanitizing – Surfaces and toys will be sanitized daily per the Head Start Performance Standards.

HIGH-RISK EMPLOYEES: Compromised health – Staff members with conditions that compromise their immunity or other conditions that increase their risk may request that the district provide personal protective equipment such as face masks or shields. They are also encouraged to talk to their supervisor regarding any tasks required of them that pose additional risk.

1:1 associates – Staff members who work in very close proximity to students, especially those working 1:1 with special education students, may request that the district provide personal protective equipment such as facemasks or shields. They are also encouraged to talk to their supervisor regarding any tasks required of them that pose additional risk.

ILL STAFF MEMBERS: Sick leave – Staff members who have temperatures of 100.4 or high are required to stay/go home. They are not to return until they are fever free, without fever-reducing medication, for 24 hours. Staff members who know of exposure to COVID-19 positive individuals, who experience fever and/or other symptoms, and/or have been tested for COVID-19 should consult with the school nurse and administration in regards to whether or not they can continue to work. Guidance will be sought from Public Health. Current protocols call for 10 day quarantine for a positive test for COVID-19 and 14 days for exposure to an individual who has tested positive.

Substitutes – Every effort will be made to ensure qualified substitutes are hired. In the event that a substitute is not available, the building principal will follow the established protocol for reassigning available staff to cover for the absent staff.

ILL STUDENTS: Nurse’s office – First aid supplies (bandaids and ice packs) will be distributed to each classroom to minimize visits to the nurse’s office. Students who complain of symptoms and/or are suspected of having fevers will be sent to the nurse’s office for assessment. The nurse will determine when students need to be sent home and if they need to be isolated until they are picked up. Rooms M and N will be available if needed. The school nurse will provide additional teaching relative to hygiene (i.e. handwashing, coughing into an elbow, etc.) at the beginning of the year and as needed.

Required absences – Students who are sent home or stay home due to a fever will be required to remain at home until they are fever free for 24 hours. Students who have fevers and other symptoms and/or test positive for COVID will be allowed to return to school, according to guidance provided by Public Health. Guidance will also be sought in regards to siblings. Current protocols call for 10 day quarantine for an individual who tests positive and 14 day quarantine for an individual who has been exposed. Public Health will be consulted as to the need to quarantine siblings and/or cohorts.

ATTENDANCE: If parents choose not to send their children to school due to concerns about COVID-19, they must: Notify the principal of their decision, ensure their child completes and returns the minimum required assignments as provided by the classroom teacher.

If these requirements are met, the absence will be considered “excused.” If not, the absence will be considered “unexcused” without a note from a physician explaining the absence.

GUESTS: Family members, volunteers and other visitors are not allowed at this time. Parents who are dropping off/picking up students at times other than the regular schedule should call the office rather than enter the building. Guest speakers or other presentations will be done via technology, as will field trips. Anyone who must enter the building will be asked the protocol questions, subjected to temperature checks, and required to wear masks.

DISMISSAL: Students will remain in their classrooms until it is time for their group to leave. Students will not assemble in the hallways.

 

SCC MIDDLE SCHOOL

This plan was developed with much thought and consideration for the safety and wellbeing of staff and students of SCC while they are physically present in the building. As new recommendations, updated data and results of trial-and error are received, this plan will be revised and updated as appropriate.

BUS: Social Distancing – Families will be encouraged to use alternative transportation if able to do so. Students will always ride the same bus. They will have assigned seats according to their homeroom.

Masks – Masks will be encouraged for students. Families that opt to have students wear masks will be responsible for providing and laundering them as needed. Masks and/or face shields will be required for drivers.

Sanitizing – Windows will remain open as weather allows. Seats and handrails will be sanitized after each route. Students will use hand sanitizer both as they board and get off the bus. Child-safe sanitizer will be provided. Students should not bring their own on school buses.

ARRIVAL: Drop-off – Parents will not be allowed to walk their children into the building. Visitors will only be allowed in the building by permission from administration, but in general are encouraged to do business with the school via phone and email. The supervisor will make sure that students do not congregate in groups but instead go directly into the building and to their lockers or respective rooms, if not eating breakfast. When entering classrooms and/or cafeteria, students will use hand sanitizer.

Doors – The main door, preschool door, and northeast door will be propped open to minimize contact with door handles. Interior doors should remain open as much as possible.

Screening for fevers – SCC will not be taking routine temperatures of staff or students.

Face Coverings – Masks and other coverings will be required by staff. They will be provided to staff upon request. Students will have the option of wearing masks. Preventative teaching (from all staff members) will occur to prevent any type of stigma associated with either wearing or not wearing a face covering. Teachers throughout the building will also address students being harassed for wearing or not wearing masks.

BREAKFAST: Students will not pick up their trays, silverware, napkins, or milk. Food service staff will hand all items to students. Students will speak their lunch number to the staff person rather than type it on the number pad. Students will sit at every-other seat at the breakfast tables. Two staff members will be on duty to wipe and disinfect tables and seats between students. When finished, students will return to their classrooms and sanitize.    

COMMON AREAS: Required signs – Print signs from the CDC or IDPH website and post at entrances, in hallways, and near restroom and classroom sinks.

Hallway Traffic – Dotted lines will split the hallway traffic. Students and teachers will be required to walk on the right hand side of the hallway. Efforts will be made to stagger class dismissals. Teachers will monitor hallways.

Drinking Fountains – Hallway drinking fountains will be disabled and covered. Students will bring water bottles from home.

Restrooms – Occupancy numbers will be on the door to each restroom. Students will be asked to wait outside of the restroom until they’re able to enter. Teachers will teach expectations for restroom usage.

CLASSROOMS: Doors – Classroom doors will remain open as much as possible, especially during times of transition, to avoid direct contact with door knobs.

Handwashing and Hand Sanitizer – Students will be encouraged to use hand sanitizer each time they enter a classroom throughout the day.

Desk Placement – To the greatest extent possible, desks and tables should be arranged so that there is two to three feet, or about an arm’s length, or space between students, students are not directly facing each other in close proximity and study halls will socially distance students at tables with the above guidelines.

Instruction – Teachers will be intentional in their planning to address gaps resulting from COVID-19 closure. This will include development of scope/sequence for year, with teachers touching on essential knowledge lost in the spring for all academic areas, understanding of prerequisite skills and vertical alignment frequent formative assessment  and regular screening and intervention.

Group Work – While working in groups students should try to keep distance between themselves and their partners.

Shared Supplies and Tools – As much as possible, students would keep separate and use their own supplies. When necessary, supplies may be shared provided good hygiene and handwashing practices are followed.

Cleaning – Every teacher will use a systematic approach to sanitizing their room or space. This will involve sanitizing frequently touched surfaces including but limited to light switches, door knobs, faucet handles, pencil sharpener, desks and tables. Students can assist in cleaning with proper supervision. The custodial staff will provide proper supplies.

RECESS: While walking outside for recess students will practice proper social distancing. Staff on duty will ensure that students are engaging in play and not congregating in groups. At the end of recess, students will not line up but will walk directly back to their classrooms. If inclement weather prevents outdoor recess, teachers will provide alternative activities in their classrooms. There will be no more than one section of students in the gym at one time for recess during inclement weather. The gym will be used on a rotating basis, as needed.

LUNCH: Grab and go lunches are a possibility. Students will not take their own trays, silverware, napkins, or milk cartons. Food service personnel will hand these items to students. Staff who are serving will wear masks and gloves. There will be no salad bar or self-serve items, including condiments. Staff members, wearing gloves, will disperse condiments at each table.

Serving Line – Lunch times will be staggered so that only one class is waiting in line at a time. Students will be reminded to maintain a distance. Students will speak their numbers to a staff member rather than type their numbers on the keypad.

Seating – Students will social distance by sitting in every other seat at the tables. Teachers will be encouraged to take classes outside to eat, weather permitting. Other areas of the building will be utilized to help classes be socially distant at lunch.

Sanitizing – Staff members and students will sanitize tables and seats between groups.

SPECIAL CLASSES: P .E. – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the gym in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. Class will be held outdoors as frequently as possible. Activities with a high degree of contact will be avoided and replaced with a f​ocus on programs and activities that help ensure safe distancing and ​target individual games and sports. Shared equipment will be sanitized between classes during warm-ups.

Music – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the room in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. The teacher will follow guidelines specific to singing. Students will not use shared instruments.

Art and Guidance – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the room in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. Tables will be sanitized between classes. Students and associates can help with this task.

Library and Info Media – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the library in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. This will include the use of hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting. Students will be allowed to check out books per the usual guidelines. Books that are returned to the library will be left sitting in the library office for 72 hours before being returned to the shelf. Chromebook surfaces and headphones will be sanitized between users.

Technology – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the room in order to minimize classes passing each other in the hall or doorway. Tables and computers will be sanitized between classes. Students and associates can help with this task.

INTERVENTION GROUPS: SELF-Room – Room structure will help to prevent the mixing of students from different homerooms will be limited. The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting so that students are not passing each other in the doorways. This will include the use of hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting. Surfaces, equipment, and materials will be sanitized mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

Math/Reading Interventions | TAG | Special Education –Scheduling will occur so that the mixing of students from different homerooms will be limited. Teachers will develop procedures for entering and exiting so that students are not passing each other in the doorways. Tables and desks will be sanitized between groups. Materials may be shared by students within a group but must be sanitized before use by the next group.

Some special education students have limited communication skills and are not able to express that they are experiencing symptoms or that they feel ill. In these few cases, the assigned associate will take the student’s temperature upon arrival and mid-day. Any temperature over 100.1 will be reported to the school nurse.

HIGH-RISK EMPLOYEES: Compromised Health of Staff – Staff are encouraged to talk to their supervisor regarding any tasks required of them that pose additional risk.

ILL STAFF MEMBERS: Sick leave – Staff members who have temperatures of 100.4 or high are required to stay/go home. They are not to return until they are fever free, without fever-reducing medication, for 24 hours. Staff members who know of exposure to COVID-19 positive individuals, who experience fever and/or other symptoms, and/or have been tested for COVID-19 should consult with the school nurse and administration in regards to whether or not they can continue to work. Guidance will be sought from Public Health. Current protocols call for 10 day quarantine for a positive test for COVID-19 and 14 days for exposure to an individual who has tested positive.

Substitutes – Every effort will be made to ensure qualified substitutes are hired. In the event that a substitute is not available, the building principal will follow the established protocol for reassigning available staff to cover for the absent staff.

ILL STUDENTS: Nurse’s office – First aid supplies (bandaids and ice packs) will be distributed to each classroom to minimize visits to the nurse’s office. Students who complain of symptoms and/or are suspected of having fevers will be sent to the nurse’s office for assessment. The nurse will determine when students need to be sent home and if they need to be isolated until they are picked up. Rooms M and N will be available if needed. The school nurse will provide additional teaching relative to hygiene (i.e. handwashing, coughing into an elbow, etc.) at the beginning of the year and as needed.

Required absences – Students who are sent home or stay home due to a fever will be required to remain at home until they are fever free for 24 hours. Students who have fevers and other symptoms and/or test positive for COVID will be allowed to return to school, according to guidance provided by Public Health. Guidance will also be sought in regards to siblings. Current protocols call for 10 day quarantine for an individual who tests positive and 14 day quarantine for an individual who has been exposed. Public Health will be consulted as to the need to quarantine siblings and/or cohorts.

ATTENDANCE: If parents choose not to send their children to school due to concerns about COVID-19, they must: Notify the principal of their decision, ensure their child completes and returns the minimum required assignments as provided by the classroom teacher.

If these requirements are met, the absence will be considered “excused.” If not, the absence will be considered “unexcused” without a note from a physician explaining the absence.

GUESTS: Family members, volunteers and other visitors are not allowed at this time. This includes eating lunch with students. Parents who are dropping off/picking up students at times other than the regular schedule should call the office rather than enter the building. Guest speakers or other presentations will be done via technology, as will field trips. Anyone who must enter the building will be asked the protocol questions, subjected to temperature checks, and required to wear masks.

DISMISSAL: Students will remain in their classrooms until it is time for their group to leave. Students will not assemble in the hallways.

 

SCC HIGH SCHOOL

This plan was developed with much thought and consideration for the safety and wellbeing of staff and students of SCC while they are physically present in the building. As new recommendations, updated data and results of trial-and error are received, this plan will be revised and updated as appropriate.

SCHOOL SCHEDULE: Daily time schedule – The high school will use an eight block period, each class period will be approximately forty-two minutes in length. All students would be in attendance everyday.

Study Halls – With an eight-block schedule all students would be assigned to a minimum of six classes.  This means they may have one study halls built into their school day.  Ninth period would still be on the schedule and students, not assigned to a teacher, could use this time to complete class assignments or study.

College class taught at SCC High School – In accordance with Iowa Central Community College requirements, all college credit classes taught in the high school building would meet every day.

Online college classes – Students would need to work on these classes during the time on their schedule and still meet the weekly assignment goals established by the Iowa Central Community College Instructor. If a student does not have an assigned period for their online class, then they will need to work on the classes outside of the school day.

SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION: Social distancing – Route/Shuttle Buses – Families will be encouraged to use alternative transportation if able to do so. Students will always ride the same bus.  They will have assigned seats.

Activity Buses/Vehicles – On the bus, if possible, students will sit one person to a seat and, if not possible, no more than two students per seat. Other school transportation will attempt to create as much space as possible between students.

Masks – Route/Shuttle/Activity Buses and Vehicles – Masks will be encouraged but not required for students. Coaches and drivers are required to wear a mask when on the bus and/or vehicle. 

Sanitizing – Route/Shuttle/Activity Buses and Vehicles – Windows will remain open as weather allows. Buses will be sanitized after each bus is used.

ARRIVAL: Drop-off – Staff members will encourage students to not congregate in groups larger than 10 and remind the students to maintain proper safe distancing (Six feet apart when possible). SCC will ask that parents not enter the building unless they have a need to be in the building. Preschool may want to have a staff member at the south door to remind parents that we prefer they not come in the building with their child.

Doors – At the beginning of the school day the east and south doors will be propped open to minimize contact with door handles. Interior doors should remain open as much as possible.

Screening for fevers – SCC will not be taking temperatures of staff, students and/or other visitors prior to entering the building.

Face coverings – Masks and other coverings will not be required of students. Student’s parents/guardian can require their child/children to wear a mask.  The parents/guardian will be responsible to provide masks for their child/children. Staff will be required to wear a face covering (mask, shield, etc.) when in the building around students.  Face coverings will be provided to staff upon request. Preventative teaching will occur to prevent any type of stigma associated with either wearing or not wearing a face covering.

Mornings – All students will go to their lockers to store all belongings, pick up breakfast (if eating), and report to their first period class. Staff should encourage students to maintain proper distancing and keep student groups to no more than ten students.

BREAKFAST: Students will not pick up their trays, silverware, napkins, or milk. Food service staff will hand all items to students. Students will scan their lunch card and/or speak their lunch number to the staff person. Students may sit at every-other seat at the breakfast tables or take their breakfast to their first period class, to eat. If a student eats in the lunchroom, when finished, students will be encouraged to wash their hands and go to their first period class. Students eating in an alternate site will be given directions about cleanup and other procedures. At the end of the breakfast period, staff members will wipe and disinfect tables and seats.

COMMON AREAS:  Required signs – Printed signs from the CDC or IDPH website and post at entrances, in hallways, and near restroom and classroom sinks.

Hallway traffic – Students should attempt to walk in single-file lines on the right side of the hallway, leaving an arm’s length distance between each other. They should avoid touching anything in the hallway. 

Drinking fountains – Hallway drinking fountains will be disabled and covered. 

Restrooms – Students are encouraged to maintain small numbers in the restroom area.  Students may have to wait out in the hall until someone leaves before entering.

Training room – The training room door will be closed and locked during the school day.  Students may not use the ice machine.

Family and consumer science equipment          - All equipment in the FCS room will be used for classroom instruction only. This means a student may not store their lunches in one of the refrigerators located in the room or use the microwaves to heat up lunches (the microwave in the lunch room will be available for student use).

CLASSROOMS: Doors – Classroom doors will remain open as much as possible, especially during times of transition, to avoid direct contact with door knobs.

Hand washing and hand sanitizer – Students will be encouraged to wash their hands upon arrival in the morning, as well as before and after lunch. Students should use hand sanitizer throughout the school day.

Desk placement  - To the greatest extent possible, desks and tables should be arranged so that there is two to three feet, or about an arm’s length of space between students. Avoid having students directly facing each other in close proximity.

Instruction – Teachers will be intentional in their planning to address gaps resulting from COVID closure.  This may include; referencing the 2020–21 priority instructional content in the various instructional areas, development of scope/sequence for the school year, understanding of prerequisite skills and vertical alignment using formative assessment to determine levels of student understanding, and designing interventions and learning spirals into lessons.

Group work – Small group work is allowed as long as students are not facing each other or are spaced in a safe manner and no more than four to six students are grouped together at a time. Partner work is allowed provided students are practicing good hygiene, safe spacing, and are supervised.

Field trips/excursions – During the first semester, possibly longer, class will not be taking field trips and/or class excursions.

School to Career class – There will be no STC sites during the first semester. Prior to the beginning of the second semester, the program and safety of students going outside the building for education will be evaluated.

Shared Supplies and Tools – As much as possible, students should avoid sharing supplies or tools. When necessary, supplies and tools may be shared provided good hygiene and hand washing practices are followed.  At the end of each period, supplies and tools should be sanitized.

If using teaching manipulatives, they should be sanitized before being put away.

Cleaning – Teachers should build a cleaning time into their daily schedules. This will involve sanitizing frequently touched surfaces including but not limited to light switches, door knobs, faucet handles, pencil sharpener, desks and tables. Students can assist in cleaning with proper supervision. The custodial staff will provide proper supplies.

LUNCH: Serving line – Two lunch periods will be utilized. Lunch tables may be located in the lunchroom and in the auditorium lobby.  This will help with the spacing of students and minimize the number of student in the lunchroom at one time. Students will enter the lunch room find a table, sit down, and wait for their class group and/or table to be called to the hallway.  Students should be reminded to maintain safe distancing. Students will scan their lunch card and/or speak their lunch number to the staff person.

Serving procedures – Students will not take their own trays, silverware, napkins, or milk cartons.  Food service personnel will hand these items to students. Staff helping to serve will wear masks and gloves. There will be no salad bar or self-serve items, including condiments.

Seating – Students will sit in groups of under 10. However, alternate sites to eat lunch may be used. Students, eating in the lunchroom, when finished will return to their assigned tables and wait to be dismissed from lunch. 

Students eating in an alternate site will be given direction about cleanup and other procedures. Tables and seats will be sanitized between groups.

SPECIAL CLASSES: P.E. – The teacher will develop procedures for students in the locker rooms, wellness center and gym; in order to keep students at a proper safe distance. 

Class should be held outdoors as frequently as possible. Avoided activities with a high degree of contact and replace them with a focus on programs and activities that help ensure proper safe distancing and target individual games and sports. Shared equipment should be sanitized between classes or during warm-ups. 

Music – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the room in order to keep students at a proper safe distance. The teacher will follow guidelines specific to singing. Students should not use shared instruments.

Visual arts – The teacher will develop procedures for entering and exiting the room in order to keep students at a proper safe distance. Tables and shared equipment should be sanitized between classes. 

Library – The staff will develop procedures for entering and exiting the library in order to keep students at a proper safe distance.  Students will be allowed to check out books per the usual guidelines.  Books that are returned to the library should be left sitting in the library back room for 72 hours before being returned to the shelf. Computers, laptops, headphones, etc. surfaces should be sanitized between users.

BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Weightlifting – Students, under supervision of staff may use the wellness center to lift. Equipment and area will need to be sanitized after students are done with their workouts. Students may not be in the wellness center without a staff member supervising.

Jazz band/vocal music groups – The teachers will develop a schedule and procedures for these activities.

Athletic and co-curricular events – All activities that are governed by other agencies (IHSAA. IGHSAU, etc.) will follow guide lines established by the respective governing organization.

PRESCHOOL (at SCC High School): Home visits – Home visits will not be conducted this fall. Individual classroom visits will be done instead. Staff will meet students at the door. Parents will not be allowed inside the building.

Arrival – Students in Mrs. Lamaak’s class will enter her room through the west doors at the bottom of the stairs leading to her room. Students in Mrs. Bixenstine’s class will enter her room through the south doors to the main building. Students will wash their hands upon arrival. Staff will take student temperatures.

Meals – No meals will be served family style. All snacks will be individually pre-packaged and distributed by an adult.

Personal hygiene – Hand washing will be supervised at all times per the Head Start Performance Standards. Tooth brushing at school will be suspended for the time being. 

Sanitizing – Surfaces and toys will be sanitized daily per the Head Start Performance Standards.

HIGH-RISK EMPLOYEES: Compromised health – Staff members with conditions that compromise their immunity or other conditions that increase their risk may request that the district provide personal protective equipment such as face masks and/or shields.  They are also encouraged to talk to their supervisor regarding any tasks required of them that pose additional risk.

Associates  - Staff members who work in very close proximity to students, especially those working 1:1 with special education students, may request that the district provide personal protective equipment such as face masks and/or shields. They are also encouraged to talk to their supervisor regarding any tasks required of them that pose additional risk.

ILL STAFF MEMBERS: Sick leave – Staff members who have temperatures of 100.3 or higher are required to stay/go home.  They are not to return until they are fever free for 24 hours.

Staff members who know of exposure to COVID positive individuals, who experience fever and/or other symptoms, and/or have been tested for COVID, should consult with the school nurse and administration in regards to whether or not they can continue to work.  Guidance will be sought from Public Health. 

Current protocols call for 10 day quarantine for a positive test for COVID and 14 days for exposure to an individual who has tested positive.

Substitutes – Every effort will be made to ensure qualified substitutes are hired. In the event that a substitute is not available, the building principal will follow the established protocol for re-assigning available staff to cover for the absent staff.

ILL STUDENTS: Nurse’s Office – First aid supplies (Band-Aids) will be available to staff to keep in their classroom to minimize visits to the nurse’s and high school office. Students who complain of symptoms and/or are suspected of having fevers will be sent to the nurse’s office for assessment.  The nurse will determine when students need to be sent home and if they need to be isolated until they are picked up.

Required absences – Students who are sent home or stay home due to a fever will be required to remain at home until they are fever free for 24 hours. Students who are asked to quarantine at home due to possible exposure and/or a positive test will continue their education using a distance learning model.

Students who have fevers and other symptoms and/or test positive for COVID will be allowed to return to school according to guidance provided by Public Health.  Guidance will also be sought in regards to siblings.

Current protocols call for 10 day quarantine for an individual who tests positive and 14 day quarantine for an individual who has been exposed. Public Health will be consulted as to the need to quarantine siblings and/or cohorts.

GUESTS: Family members and other visitors will be discouraged from entering the building at this time. Parents who are dropping off/picking up students at times other than the regular schedule should call the office rather than enter the building. Your child/children will be sent out by the office. Guest speakers or other presentations should be done via technology. Volunteers will not be used at this time.

INSTRUCTIONAL SCHEDULE:      

Daily Schedule

Period 1                       8:25-9:07

Period 2                       9:11-9:53

Period 3                       9:57-10:39

Period 4                       10:43-11:25

Period 5                       11:29-12:40

1st lunch wave             11:29-11:54

Class                            11:58-12:40

Class                            11:29-12:11

2nd lunch wave            12:15-12:40

Period 6                       12:44-1:26

Period 7                       1:30-2:12

Period 8                        2:16-2:58

Guided Study Hall        3:02-3:30

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL INFORMATION: Student Council Members report to Mr. Olson’s room by 8:15 a.m. to help guide freshmen. Freshmen report to school by 8:15 a.m. Meet in the lunchroom and pick up a new class schedule. At the 8:20 bell, freshmen would report to first period classes. Freshmen will run their schedule for periods one through eight. Sophomores through seniors riding shuttle bus report to lunchroom by 8:25 a.m. Sophomores through seniors not riding the shuttle bus would report to school no sooner than 9:30 a.m.

First Day of School Freshman Class Schedule

Period 1                       8:25-8:29

Period 2                       8:33-8:37

Period 3                       8:41-8:45

Period 4                       8:49-8:53

Period 5                       8:57-9:01

Period 6                       9:05-9:09

Period 7                       9:13-9:17

Period 8                       9:21-9:25

Class meetings            9:35-10:10

First Day of School (Grades 10-12 schedule) – Class Elections and Mr. Martin – 9:35 a.m. to 10:10  a.m. Seniors report to library, juniors to Auditorium, sophomores to Lunchroom and freshmen to Gym. School begins at 10:15 a.m.

First Day of School Teaching Schedule

Period 1                       10:15-10:44

Period 2                       10:48-11:17

Period 3                       11:21-11:50

Period 5                       11:54-12:52

1st Lunch Wave           11:54-12:19

Class                            12:23-12:52

Class                            11:54-12:23

2nd Lunch Wave          12:27-12:52.

Period 4                       12:56—1:25.

Period 6                       1:26—1:58.

Period 7                       2:02-2:31.

Period 8                       2:35-3:04

DISTANCE LEARNING: Staff may develop a distance learning component for their lessons.  This may be a short video of the concepts of your lesson, lesson assignments to be completed, online learning (khan academy), etc. or it may be a distance learning program. Should the school shut down again by the State of Iowa, staff will need to be prepared to teach the State Standards to all students in a distance learning model.