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Rosa Parks/Millbrook ISSDA
January 3-7, 2022
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Lancaster ISD COVID-19 Testing Clinic
Lancaster ISD COVID-19 Testing Clinic
We encourage everyone to get tested for COVID-19. Our district will provide the following COVID-19 testing clinics for Lancaster ISD staff members on the following dates and locations:
Monday, January 3, 2022, 7am - 9am at the Lancaster Administration Building (422 S. Centre Ave. Lancaster, TX 75146
Wednesday, January 5, 2022, 7am - 9am and 2pm - 4pm at the Lancaster Middle School auditorium, located at 822 W Pleasant Run Rd. Lancaster, TX 75146.
Thursday, January 6, 2022, 7am - 9am and 2pm - 4pm at the Lancaster Middle School auditorium, located at 822 W Pleasant Run Rd. Lancaster, TX 75146.
District Communication
Throughout the duration of our holiday break, our Lancaster ISD District Leadership and Health Services teams have monitored the current uptick in COVID-19 cases. Currently, Dallas County’s COVID-19 risk level is listed as red, local hospitals have a limited number of beds, and several individuals within our community have unfortunately tested positive for COVID-19.
For those reasons, we believe that it is in the best interest of our district to pivot our students’ return to school to our virtual learning option. Lancaster ISD students will not return to in-person learning on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Instead, we will implement our district-wide instructional pivot process so students can attend school virtually on Wednesday, January 5, 2022 through Friday, January 7, 2022.
Decisions to close our schools are only made after very careful consideration. In this case, our health services department has remained updated on the current COVID-19 trends in our community, and we believe this is the best option for our school district. We also fully understand the need that parents or guardians might encounter with respect to securing child care. Therefore, Tuesday, January 4, will serve as an instructional pivot transitional day for parents to prepare students to begin virtual learning on Wednesday, January 5. We will reassess this situation on Friday, January 7, 2022, and confirm our projected in-person return date of Monday, January 10, 2022, via email.
While we know this extended time of online learning presents challenges for some families, given our current pandemic status, it is necessary to prevent students from returning next week, only to have to send them home again before the end of the week.
Please know that our priority is to provide in-person learning for all students. However, decisions to pivot to virtual learning or return to school are based on the ever-changing impact of COVID-19 throughout our community. While we are doing all we can to continue in-person learning for all, until this pandemic is under control, the possibility that there will be a need to shift to on-line learning again remains constant.
We want you to know that Lancaster ISD and our campus leadership teams have planned our instructional pivot process scenario in our Operation Safe Tiger Reopening plan to make this a seamless transition. Your campus principal and department supervisor will be in direct contact with you this weekend. Please review the following information so that you are aware of what will take place next week.
- Lancaster ISD students will not return to in-person learning on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Instead, we will implement our district-wide instructional pivot process so students can attend school virtually on Wednesday, January 5, through Friday, January 7. Tuesday, January 4, will now serve as a pivot transition preparation day for campuses and parents to prepare for virtual learning on Wednesday, January 5.
- Decisions to close our schools are only made after very careful consideration. In this case, our health services department has remained updated on the current COVID-19 trends in our community, and we believe this is the best option for our school district.
- On Monday, January 3, 2022, Lancaster ISD employees will report to work as normal and work inside of their classroom/office for the scheduled professional learning day.
- All employees are asked to complete the following LISD 2022 Return from Winter Break Survey: https://forms.gle/iwvQLiidQwib85wg9
- Campus principals and department heads will communicate directly with their campus/department their expectations regarding the campus pivots and specific campus needs for a smooth pivot process.
- On Friday, January 7, we will reassess this situation and confirm our projected in-person return date of Monday, January 10, via email.
RPM vs. The Gap Season Schedule
Jan. 3 Professional Development (8:30-4:00 Virtual)
Jan. 3 Immunization Clinic (9-12; LISD Administration Bldg.)
Jan. 3-4 Student Device pickup (3:00-6:00pm)
Jan. 4 Virtual Academy Preparation
Jan. 5-7 Students Return for Virtual Learning
Jan. 6 Frontiers of Flight Museum (5th Grade; Virtual)
Jan. 13 3rd Six Weeks Ends
Jan. 14 Professional Development (No School)
Jan. 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (No School)
Jan. 18-21 MAP MOY Assessments
Jan. 18-Feb. 18 MOY Circle testing
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Yvonne M. Thornton, M. Ed.
Rosa Parks/Millbrook Information Systems & Software Design Academy
#WeAreOne: Building Children, Character, And Community Everyday
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~Forest Whitcraft
Email: yvonnethornton@lancasterisd.org
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Location: 630 Millbrook Drive, Lancaster, TX, USA
Phone: 972-218-1574
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