Campus Decision-Making Scenarios for AY 2020-2021

Campus Decision-Making Scenarios for AY 2020-2021 Process: UMKC leadership will maintain weekly check-ins with KC Public Health, Rockhurst University, Avila University, and the Kansas City Art Institute; the purpose of check-in is to report campus positivity rate and patterns, community incidence and patterns, and healthcare capacity so that decision scenarios can be evaluated. The campus will be classified in one of three decision-making states: Green, Yellow, Red. The variables impacting these states are described below. For the purpose of evaluating decision-making states, the following assumptions have been established: 1. The jurisdiction for comparison and decision-making is Kansas City, Missouri and the Kansas City Department of Public Health. 2. The baseline campus incidence will be established Monday, September 14—three weeks after the start of the fall semester. This baseline will be used as a comparison between the campus and community and across time within our campus community. 3. The denominator for establishing incidence within a given time period will be the estimate of all students, faculty, and staff who are on campus at some point during the fall semester. The current estimate is 10,000, based on enrollment in face-to-face and hybrid courses and faculty/staff work arrangements. 4. The variables/thresholds included in the decision making scenarios can change over time as new information about COVID is known and/or as the KC Health Department provides updated guidance. Decision-Making States and University Functions Courses Student Services Residential Life Campus/Building Auxiliary Access Functions (e.g., Berkley CFCD) Green State Mix of Face-to- Mix of Face-to- Open at capacity; with Open to the Open with health Face, Hybrid, Face, Hybrid, health and safety public with health and safety Community is open, not sheltering-in-place; Online Online measures in place and safety measures in place face covering and physical distancing measures in place required Most services by appointment only Community testing resources are available and healthcare system is not overwhelmed Campus incidence is not significantly different from community incidence (per capita) at September 14 baseline date. No evidence of super-spreader events. Yellow State Courses online* Student services Possibly remain open; Evaluate ability to Consider on a online* Evaluate based on offer open case-by-case basis Campus incidence is significantly greater *Transition could pattern of cases number of critical with health than the community incidence (per capita), result in portions *Transition could student support department, either in total or by age group, for > one of campus going result in portions spaces open with based on pattern week. online or the of student masks/social of cases entire campus. services going distancing (e.g., If over 5% of individuals in a building or on Time period for online or all computer rooms campus positive any day, 4% test positive online student services. by appointment) over 2 days in a row or 3% test positive for coursework Time period 3 days in a row. could be could be variable. variable. Campus contract tracing cannot be completed within 48 hours. Campus quarantine and isolation spaces are near or at capacity (5% of residence hall capacity). Evidence of uncontained transmission in the campus population. Evidence of pockets of transmission or super-spreader transmission across campus (on or off campus events). Recommendation by KC Health Department to modify approach. Red State Courses online Student services Limited Depopulate Depopulate online capacity/emergency cases in residence only Community Shelter-in-place issued by KC, MO .

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