Welcome Back, Buhrer Families
In This Edition:
- In-Person Learning Resumes Next Week!
- Dismissal Reminder
- After School Activities
- Covid Safety Protocols
- Covid Testing Information
- Picture Retake Information
- Letter from Eric Gordon
In-Person Learning Resumes Next Week!
Earlier today, Eric Gordon announced that CMSD schools will resume in-person learning next week on Monday, January 10th. We will continue to follow CDC guidelines and district protocols to ensure that all students, staff and families remain safe.
As we begin to welcome students back to school next week, please remember to keep your child home if they are experiencing any flu-like symptoms. You can report your child's absence by calling the front office at 216-838-8350. If your child has tested positive for Covid, please call the Covid hotline at 216-838-9355 or email covid@clevelandmetroschools.org.
We are excited to have our students back at school. As a Buhrer family, we all play a part in keeping our kids and school community safe and healthy. Please take a moment to review the Covid safety protocols, testing information and letter from Eric Gordon below.
We are grateful for your dedication to our kids and to our school. Thank you!
Michele Sanchez
Principal
Dismissal Reminder
Please help our teachers and staff by picking students up on-time each day.
- Kindergarten is dismissed beginning at 3:45pm from their classrooms.
- Grades 1-2 are dismissed beginning at 3:45pm through the gym doors onto Buhrer Ave.
- Grades 3-8 are dismissed beginning at 3:55pm through the back of the building on Rowley Ave.
- All students must be picked up by 4:05pm
After School Activities Will Resume on Monday
Covid Safety Protocols
- Temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
- Sore throat
- Cough (for students with chronic cough due to allergies or asthma, a change in their cough from baseline)
- Difficulty breathing (for students with asthma, a change from their baseline breathing)
- Diarrhea or vomiting
- New onset of severe headache, especially with a fever
Students should not attend school in-person if they or their caregiver identifies new development of any of the symptoms above.
At the school level, all students and staff are required to wear masks, classrooms are consistently cleaned and students and staff who are showing the above symptoms are sent home.
Covid Testing
Picture Retake Information
Picture makeup/retake day will be Tuesday, January 18th.
To view your child's pictures before retake day, you will need to log into your Lifetouch account: https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/#/login.
January 6th Letter from CEO Gordon to Families
COVID Hotline
The health and safety of our school community is important to everyone. The CMSD COVID Hotline team wants to make you aware that there may have been individuals in our schools who were infected with COVID-19 that were not known or reported to us before schools went on winter break.
In partnership with the City of Cleveland Department of Health, we encourage you to monitor your child(ren) and members of your household for possible symptoms of COVID-19. Symptoms may include:
● Fever or chills
● Headache
● Cough
● Loss of taste or smell
● Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
● Sore throat
● Fatigue
● Congestion or runny nose
● Muscle or body aches
● Nausea, vomiting or diarrhea
If you or your child(ren) experience any of these symptoms, please stay home and contact your healthcare provider to be tested. If your child(ren) or another member in your household tests positive, please call our CMSD COVID hotline at 216-838-9355 or email covid@clevelandmetroschools.org.
We all have a role to play in staying healthy. As a reminder, wash your hands often, keep a distance of 3-6 feet between yourself and others whenever possible, clean commonly touched surfaces daily, wear a mask when outside or in any group setting and cover your cough and sneeze.
Don’t forget, vaccination is one of the best ways to protect yourself and your family from COVID-19.
Thank you for helping to keep our school community safe.
Thank you!
Michele Sanchez
Principal