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COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN CONGRATULATIONS CSNMaximize Community Enhancement Plan: Maximize Learning Learning • Minimize Risk • Minimize RiskPage 1 CSN CLASS OF 2020 Head of School Greeting Dr. David July 17 Watson 2020 Dear Parents, Colleagues, Students and Friends of However, should any CSN student be unable to be Community School of Naples, on campus, our At-Home Learning option (AHL - see page four) provides an outstanding livestream I hope you gained some valuable data from our video alternative which we believe is unmatched in Enhancements document which we sent to you our state. on June 19th, regarding the broad working guidelines we have established to re-open school In the current COVID-19 pandemic, no school can on August 17th. guarantee everyone’s safety on campus 100%. We all understand this as parents, students and Now, with a month to go before our re-opening, I am colleagues, both in and out of the classroom. Even pleased to share with you this detailed document: something as simple as going to the supermarket our Community Enhancement Plan, which these days, for example, involves a whole new risk- provides a detailed overview of what we have worked safety routine, as we have seen. on to date, including policies and procedures we have adopted for implementation starting in August. However, while it is impossible to eliminate all risks, Community School of Naples is taking every Over the last few weeks, we have committed reasonable precaution to minimize that risk to the ourselves to planning a safe re-opening of CSN. We greatest extent possible. Awareness of how infection have sought advice from experts in the field of spreads and what we can do to mitigate that spread education, public health, and medicine. We have and keep ourselves and our community healthy is included in our deliberations perspectives from important in keeping the viral load on campus as public health officials, the Florida Department of low as possible. That is how we move forward Health, the Florida Council of Independent Schools positively, making the best and most informed (FCIS, our accrediting body), our CSN COVID-19 decisions for all in our community at every stage. Advisory Council, members of the Board of Trustees and our Senior Leadership Team. Each of us has our part to play. Thank you therefore to everyone for your patience, trust and Although the attached guide may be modified as sense of individual and collective responsibility as circumstances change, I would ask everyone to we begin what will certainly be a unique school please read through the document carefully, as we year. will ask every member of our community to commit to the policies and procedures outlined I will be in touch with everyone once again closer once we return to school. to the start of school. I hope that you are enjoying the summer, wherever you may be. See you all The CSN experience is of course ideally delivered soon! in person via On-Campus Learning. Doing so safely will require us to carefully balance a first- Kind regards, class standard of care for mitigating risk with our first-class educational program. To this end, my Dr. David Watson colleagues and I are all fully committed. Head of School CSN Community Enhancement Plan: Maximize Learning • Minimize Risk Page 2 Table of Contents @ At-Home Learning 4 Classroom Protocols 5 Classroom Technology 6 Campus Hygiene 7 Campus Spaces 8 Dining Options 9 Faculty and Staff 10 Personal Conduct 11 Community Conduct 12 Health Protocols 13 Athletic Protocols 14 ? Additional Q&A 15 This Community Enhancement Plan is based on the one-page executive summary released on June 19. You will find the original ten enhancements and their checklists on the following pages. As before, this document is dynamic and subject to change. As more information becomes available, CSN will adapt accordingly. Special thanks to the individuals below who provided insight to this document. Senior Leadership Team Advisory Council • David Watson • Donna Norkeliunas • Richard Abood • Ashley Gerry • Vivienne Carr • Colleen Potocki • Bernadette Barakett • Dale Painter • Eric Johnson • Paul Selvidio • Steve Csotty • Saurabh Patel • Jacqueline McCormick • Bart Weiss • Heather Dockweiler • Amy Quinn • Amy Moviel • Janet Gable • Rita Touma CSN Community Enhancement Plan: Maximize Learning • Minimize Risk Page 3 For maximum flexibility, CSN’s Academic Excellence will be available as two modes for this school year: At-Home Learning and On-Campus Learning. Students will be able to move from one mode to another as individual and community needs arise. No matter their location or mode, students will be able to continue on their learning path. AT-HOME ON-CAMPUS LEARNING LEARNING ๏ At-Home Learning is for students unable to ๏ On-Campus Learning is the primary option be on campus for the following reasons: for the vast majority of CSN students. • Documented health condition that places ๏ This document details the dozens of ways them in an at-risk category in which the campus environment has been • Experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms, enhanced to maximize learning and such as fever, loss of taste/smell, etc. minimize risk. • Self-quarantining after being exposed ๏ In the event the entire campus is ordered to to a positive COVID-19 case be closed, all students would participate in • Has tested positive for COVID-19 AHL until the order is lifted. • Other student or family needs ๏ For the day(s) that a student will be AHL, a parent should call or email the division office before 8:30 a.m. ๏ AHL students will livestream their classes and participate in real time. ๏ AHL does not count as an absence if the student fully participates in the class. ๏ AHL students cannot participate in athletic practices or games on the day(s) they are fully learning from home. Q&A Q: What if my child is too sick to learn from home? Q: My student and family have no documented health A: Then they should rest and recover! Students who issues. Can we still start the school year via AHL? are sick at home or at the doctor’s office during a A: Yes, this is an option. Please contact your division class will be able to work with their teachers to get head to explore this possibility. caught up. They would be considered sick at home, not AHL. Q: If my child is unable to livestream the class at the set time, can they watch a recording later? Q: My child or someone in our home has a health issue A: Classes will not be recorded because of current that makes leaving the house impossible. Could my technology limitations, general privacy concerns, child do AHL for an entire semester or year? and the importance of live, interactive learning. A: Yes. Please contact the school nurse and your Students will be able to work with their teachers to division head by August 7 to discuss this option. get caught up if they miss a class. CSN Community Enhancement Plan: Maximize Learning • Minimize Risk Page 4 Classroom Protocols ✓ Distance desks to the maximum extent possible ✓ Face desks the same direction where possible ✓ Install plexiglass dividers where determined ✓ Teach students protocols for movement within classrooms, using materials, and other activities Classroom & Office Setup ๏ LS students will travel as a homeroom cohort ๏ During the summer, every classroom will be to minimize interaction with other students. reconfigured to increase physical distance ๏ PE classes will prioritize activity that between students. maintains physical distance. MS students ๏ Nonessential items like filing cabinets will will not change into PE clothes. be removed, and new desks have been ๏ Teachers will be encouraged to hold class ordered for some spaces. outside on occasion, when weather and ๏ Before the first day of school, every classroom space permit. will be evaluated and approved by the division head using a safety checklist. ๏ Plexiglass dividers will be installed in high- traffic areas, such as office reception areas. Classroom Protocols ๏ Paper handouts and shared materials will be reduced where possible. ๏ Before and after class, teachers will prop doors open to keep students from crowding or touching doors. ๏ Teachers will welcome and dismiss students in an orderly way, such as row by row. Assigned seats are likely. CSN Community Enhancement Plan: Maximize Learning • Minimize Risk Page 5 Classroom Technology ✓ Outfit classrooms with interactive technology to livestream lessons for students home sick ✓ Provide an at-home learning experience that is engaging and and in real time With Portal and Workplace, any CSN student unable to be on campus will be able to participate in the live classroom environment. Portal Workplace ๏ Every CSN classroom will be equipped with ๏ Workplace will largely replace both Zoom a Portal+, which features a 15.6” display that (video calls) and Remind (text messages). has both portrait or landscape orientations. ๏ Workplace is a platform that facilitates ๏ Portal+ Smart Camera has 12.5 MP and communication between individuals within 140˚ field of view, which means it can a single organization, in this case CSN. capture the vast majority of a classroom and ๏ Every CSN student and teacher will be livestream in HD quality. provided a Workplace account using their ๏ Even more impressive, the Smart Camera CSN email address. uses artificial intelligence to automatically ๏ With Workplace, teachers and students can pan and zoom, always keeping the teachers easily communicate with one another in frame while they actively teach. through: News Feed (group posts), Chat ๏ Portal+ Smart Sound uses a 4-mic array to (group and individual messages), and capture 360˚ sound while minimizing Rooms (group video calls). background noise. ๏ Workplace Rooms will allow At-Home ๏ One-touch privacy mutes the microphone Learning students to access their livestreamed and disables the camera when not in use.