Back to School PLANS FOR HEALTH, SAFETY, AND LEARNING DURING COVID-19 1st SEMETER, 2021-2022 Updated September 22, 2021 Table of Contents Back to School Learning options for frst semester…..1 Health and safety measures…..2 Learning options for the Planning ahead…..3 Daily health assessment….3 2021-2022 school year Addressing positive cases of COVID-19….4 After the 2020-2021 school year, Flagler Schools Instructional Guide….5 announced the learning options available for the FAQ…..6 following year. They are:
Traditional, In-Person COVID-19 SYMPTOMS* ● Fever or chills (100°F or greater) Classes ● Dry cough ● Shortness of breath or difculty breathing On-campus, in-person classes fve ● Fatigue days a week with health and safety ● Muscle or body aches precautions in place. ● Headache
● Transportation to and from school is ofered. ● New loss of taste or smell ● State assessments on campus. ● Sore throat ● School-based teacher. ● Congestion or runny nose ● Attendance is taken daily. ● Nausea or vomiting ● Students follow a daily schedule. ● Students are actively engaged in face-to-face ● Diarrhea classes. ● Productive cough ● Use strategies such as spacing seating further apart ● Abdominal pain or in the same direction. ● Runny nose ● Work with the local health department on providing a *The CDC continues to update this list as it learns more about safe, secure, and sanitary learning environment. COVID-19. Find out more: Symptoms of Coronavirus ● Face coverings are optional for all staf and visitors, and students.
Guidance Documents: iFlagler Virtual School Virtual instruction through iFlagler Florida Department of Education https://bit.ly/FloridaDOE ● Some live lessons, but students work according to their own schedules as long as they maintain the required pace. Florida Department of Health: ● Requires a semester commitment. ● State assessments and some local diagnostics are on https://foridahealthcovid19.gov/ campus. ● iFlagler local teacher is assigned. ● Attendance is taken weekly. CDC Recommendations ● Students work independently. https://bit.ly/CDCrecommends2021 ● Students are engaged in class through independent work and interactions with teachers. American Academy of Pediatrics https://bit.ly/AAPrecommends
1 Health and Safety Measures Steps Taken to Safeguard Student, Staf Health
Riding the bus Drinking Fountains Parents/Visitors Buses will run at normal capacity. Drinking fountains have been Non-essential visitation will be Students will be assigned seats. turned on. Additional bottle filling limited. High-touch areas will be disinfected stations have been installed. regularly. Students should bring water bottles On-campus mentoring programs will resume in person. to school to stay hydrated. There will be no sharing of water bottles.
Student Expectations Students are encouraged to bring their own school supplies to limit the sharing of those supplies during Medically Vulnerable Use of Facilities class. Students will be reminded Medical care plans will be followed The use of our facilities by outside frequently to wash their hands or use for medically vulnerable students. groups beyond the school day is hand sanitizer and be aware of allowed. These groups must follow our current Use of Facilities personal space. Hand sanitizer is guidelines. available.
School Nurse Protocols are in place for students Extracurriculars visiting the nurse to limit exposure to Indoor programs will operate at 50% illness. Students with COVID-19 capacity. Outdoor events operate as symptoms will be separated from Sports normal clinic operations, and normal. parents/guardians will be required to Sports teams/programs will operate pick up their child immediately and as normal. asked to confer with their family Locker rooms/equipment will be health care provider. regularly disinfected. Field Trips Off-campus field trips will be allowed.
Restrooms Campus Safety When possible, restroom breaks will Before/After Care Classrooms, including surface areas, be managed to minimize the number Our Extended Day program, run by will be disinfected regularly. of students in the restroom area at Flagler Technical College, as well as one time. The restrooms will be Boys and Girls Club activities or 21st Classroom furniture and desks will cleaned routinely, throughout the day. Century activities will continue as be spread out to allow for maximum normal. space between students. Strategies such as spacing seating further apart or in the same direction are encouraged. Recess State-mandated school-wide safety In Pre-K through 6th grade, recess is drills will be conducted as normal. allowed, with outdoor activities Family Events encouraged. On-campus events such as open house and curriculum nights may be held virtual-only, part virtual, or in Breakfast and Lunch person, when appropriate. Every effort will be made to maximize the distance between students in our Face Coverings cafeterias. The menu will offer Face coverings are optional and will wrapped food items as available. be provided to students and staff if Each school has increased outdoor requested. eating areas, where possible.
2 Planning ahead Families, staf should be prepared for changes at any time
While school may be in session this year, the COVID-19 public In the event a school is required to close, all students in health crisis has not ended. The health situation in our state the district or affected school would switch to Remote changes daily. Surges or even smaller localized cases of Learning for the required length of closing. Should normal COVID-19 could make changes to the school plan school operations be disrupted, options could include the unavoidable. Flagler Schools leaders will continue to work following and are dependent on conditions at the time: closely with county health officials and other government officials while making decisions to maintain the safety and health of its learning environment. ● One or more schools going to a school-based virtual Families and staff need to be prepared for any range of model due to a localized outbreak while others remain scenarios that could happen, depending on the nature of the in session. situation and the extent of the community spread of COVID-19. ● 100% school-based virtual for all schools
Daily health assessments All Flagler Schools staff and students are asked to conduct a health self-assessment (view here) prior to arriving on one of our campuses or sites. Staff and parents/guardians are asked to review the list of COVID-19 symptoms daily to determine if you should go to school/work or stay home.
(see the list on page 1)
Any staff member or student who is sick or displays symptoms of COVID-19 should stay home to prevent the spread of illness.
Important: Students or staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 must have clearance from the DOH or a medical doctor before returning to campus/site.
If a staff member becomes ill during the day, they will be sent home. If a student becomes ill during the day, he/she will be moved to a separate area. Their emergency contacts will be called and given instructions to pick them up immediately in a safe manner. Contact information, including emergency contacts, needs to be up-to-date in Skyward. Please contact the student's school registrar if updates are needed. →Make a family plan
❏ Make a plan now. Families and staf should work out a schedule to cover childcare needs or seek out childcare resources that are available on a last-minute basis. ❏ Students who are issued a take-home device should carry it back and forth between home to school every day. ❏ Make a plan for what to do if you or someone in your home gets sick. 3 A student or staf member tests positive for COVID-19… ...NOW WHAT?
1. School ofcials are notifed b. If a student or staf member has tested positive, Flagler Schools will make this information available each day on our 2. Contact tracing begins district website. This information will also communicate the next steps with families a. The Flagler County Department of Health and staf who may be directly impacted will begin the process of contact tracing. and how it impacts regular school They determine who should operations as soon as the district is able. quarantine/self-isolate. Flagler Schools You can fnd this information here. has enhanced our processes and now a c. The district will NOT communicate if a school-based administrator aids in family member of a student or staf contact tracing on our campuses. member has tested positive, but will still b. Any person determined to be in close take appropriate quarantining steps for contact by the Flagler County Health the impacted student or staf, per CDC Department will be notifed and provided guidelines. recommendations on the next steps by d. Due to laws protecting student and staf the health department. privacy, no identifying information about c. Per Florida Dept of Health Emergency the student or staf member testing Rule 64DER-15, if a student is contact positive will be released to the public. traced and shows no symptoms Any Flagler Schools students or staf who (asymptomatic), the parent/legal guardian are identifed as having been in close can allow the student to return to school contact (as defned by the CDC) with the as long as the student continues to show individual will be notifed as part of the no symptoms. contact tracing process and instructed on what steps to take. An example of the type of work the contact tracing team will engage in when there is a positive case includes: 4. Keep Learning Going ● Developing a timeline to determine when the person ● During any school closing, Flagler who tested positive for COVID-19 started Schools will continue to provide experiencing symptoms to accurately calculate the instruction and learning opportunities. If a 48-hour period before the person began to student tests positive for COVID-19, the experience COVID-19 symptoms. District will continue to provide ● Identifying students and staf who meet the CDC instruction and learning opportunities. defnition of having “close contact” (within a 6-foot space for at least 15 minutes) with a person testing positive for COVID-19. ● Work with families of students who are under quarantine so their educational services can continue.
3. Communicating with the community a. Flagler Schools will communicate with families and staf only about positive cases among students and staf in its schools.
4 2021-22 Instructional Guide for Students & Parents During a Stay-Home Directive
“Stay-home” directive means a public K-12 student who is under a quarantine order or is not physically present in school due to contact with, or the asymptomatic contraction of, COVID-19
What should I expect of my school and the district? ● As stated in Emergency Rule 6AER21-01, Pupil Attendance Records for COVID-19, Flagler Schools has adopted procedures to continue the education of a student given a stay-home directive. ● Access to daily work for the core subject areas (ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies) through Schoology or a paper-based instructional packet. ● Access to all Instructional resources including online resources and textbooks. ● Regular communication about instructional expectations. Support for students who have questions or need assistance. ● After-school online help for students needing direct support.
What does the school expect of the student?
● Ask for assistance from the teacher or support personnel as needed. ● Complete daily work, submit work per established mode (Schoology, paper-based). ● Participate in after-school online assistance if direct support is needed.
How does my child access Schoology and Classlink? ● Navigating Schoology on a Laptop ● Schoology Navigation on an iPad ● Signing into iReady with Classlink
Navigating Schoology on a Laptop Schoology Navigation on an iPad Signing into Iready with Classlink
5 Who can I call for assistance with getting my child’s work, if school staff is not available? ● The Teaching and Learning Department will gladly assist 386-437-7526 ext. 1117 from 7:30-4:30.
2021-22 Instructional Guide for Students & Parents During a Stay-Home Directive
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How will my child get their school work? A. Your child’s teacher will provide access to daily work for core classes (ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies) through an instructional packet or Schoology.
Q. Who is going to provide assistance to my child? A. If you have questions about the school work, please contact your child’s teacher. If your child needs help completing their school work, your child may join one of the after-school online support classes being provided.
Q. Will my child’s IEP goals/services be addressed? A. When a student with a disability is quarantined for a period of time, the same tutoring options will be offered as those that non-disabled peers are offered. The ESE Assistant Principal will communicate to families the supplemental services and specially-designed instruction will resume upon return to school. This protocol is based on the Flagler Schools COVID State Guidelines https://flaglerschools.com/coronavirus__covid-19_/state_guidance
Q. Is there a remote live learning option? A. There is no remote-live learning option this year. We are providing after-school online support for students who need help completing their school work.
Q. I don’t know how to use Schoology or Classlink? A. Here are links that will help you access these applications. ● Navigating Schoology on a Laptop ● Schoology Navigation on an iPad ● Signing into iReady with Classlink
Q. Is this an excused absence?
6 A. As long as the student is engaged in their assigned work, they will be classified as “in attendance.” See Emergency Rule 6AER21-01 from the Florida Department of Education and State Board of Education.
Q. What happens if my child is exposed again? A. They would follow the same procedures.
Q. Will my child that is in K-3 be given an iPad to complete work? A. If your child does not already have a device and will need one to complete work during quarantine, a device will be provided for use during quarantine.
Q. What if we do not have internet access? A. Please contact the attendance clerk at your child’s school and they will support you in getting a WIFI Hotspot temporarily assigned to your child.
If you have questions regarding this process, please contact one of the administrators at your child’s school.
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