Date Issued: Dec. 14, 2020 COVID-19 Mode of Instruction Metrics for K-12 Education

GREEN Minimal Community Transmission Increased Community Transmission Heightened Community Transmission Substantial Community Transmission “On Track” “Community Spread” “Accelerated” “Critical” < 1 CASES/100,000 PEOPLE DAILY >1-10 CASES/100,000 PEOPLE DAILY >10-25 CASES/100,000 PEOPLE DAILY >25 CASES/100,000 PEOPLE DAILY In Person or Remote Learning In Person or Remote Learning Hybrid or Remote Learning More Aggressive Hybrid; Consider Remote Learning  Maintain best health practices for  Maintain best health practices for  Assure highest level of best health  All students and staff entering facility social distancing, mask use, social distancing, mask use, practices for social distancing, must practice best health practices for handwashing, and sanitation per handwashing, and sanitation per mask use, handwashing, and social distancing, mask use, Healthy At Schools Guidance on Healthy At Schools Guidance on sanitation per Healthy At Schools handwashing, and sanitation per Safety Expectations and Best Safety Expectations and Best Guidance on Safety Expectations Healthy At Schools Guidance on Safety Practices for Kentucky Schools (K- Practices for Kentucky Schools (K- and Best Practices for Kentucky Expectations and Best Practices for 12) 12) Schools (K-12) Kentucky Schools (K-12)  Encourage small group cohorts in  Encourage small student cohorts  Consider implementing a hybrid  Implement more aggressive hybrid classrooms for in person in classrooms for in person learning model that reduces the model to further reduce volume of instruction to reduce transmission instruction to reduce transmission volume of students and students and educators in school  Cancel field trips/assemblies or  Cancel field trips/assemblies or educators in school facilities. facilities other large group activities other large group activities  Cancel field trips/assemblies or  Consider suspension of in person  Adhere to Governor’s current  Adhere to Governor’s current other large group activities instruction activities until a lower guidance regarding group guidance regarding group  Adhere to Governor’s current level is achieved at a future weekly gatherings gatherings guidance regarding group decision point  Encourage the school community  Local officials, school gatherings  If classes are suspended, activate to actively continue COVID-19 administrators and public health  Local officials, school administrators remote learning for all learners safety guidelines leaders will coordinate additional and public health leaders should  If classes are suspended, continue  Limit any nonessential visitors, mitigation needed collaborate to implement aggressive essential student support services volunteers and activities who are  Address with school community mitigation measures both in schools including meals, student not from the local geographic area, need to actively engage in and in communities engagement and special education e.g., community, town, city, county heightened safety precautions to  Encourage school community to service  At any level, if an outbreak is prevent ongoing cases or school aggressively engage in safety  Community-wide meetings are determined by the LHD, closure precautions to prevent increase in encouraged to fully engage all leaders guidance may be provided to  At any level if an outbreak is cases resulting in school closure and citizens to halt disease spread and close a classroom or individual determined by the LHD, guidance  If the decision is made to move to return the community to Orange, school may be provided to close a remote learning, schools may bring Yellow, or Level at a future classroom or individual school small groups of students into the weekly checkpoint to maintain in building to receive targeted services person learning that supplements learning  Athletic activities allowed per  Athletic activities allowed per  Athletic activities allowed per  Consistent with above, consider KHSAA guidance KHSAA guidance KHSAA guidance suspending school related athletic and extracurricular activities