Message from the Principal...
Our parents are valued partners in our Roadmap to Reopening Plan. In addition to wearing cloth face coverings, social distancing, washing hands, and regular cleaning and disinfecting of frequently touched surfaces, an essential element in helping slow the spread of COVID-19 at school is each parent’s commitment to screening their child daily for symptoms. Parents are also asked to keep any student exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 at home and to notify the campus. Attached is a copy of the current screening process which outlines the symptoms. Please review the information and be sure to keep your child at home if he/she is exhibiting any of the symptoms described.
Please note that all campuses are closed to visitors at this time to help stop the spread of COVID-19. If you must visit a campus, we ask that you screen yourself prior to leaving your home. All visitors that come on a campus/facility will be required to use the Access Intercom system or call the front office from their vehicle. Once the reception area identifies the person and their need to be on campus, they will be allowed in the building. All visitors will be required to sign in using the visitor program. Each visitor will be asked the screening questions. If a “yes” response is given to one of the questions, the visitor will be asked to leave the campus immediately.
Parent/teacher conferences, ARDS, 504 meetings etc. will be held virtually or by telephone.
Thank you for helping to keep our school community safe.
Stay Well,
Mrs. Stewart
Masks or Face Shields
CISD Level 3:
- Students in grades 3-12 are required to wear face coverings in all areas, including classrooms, and when social distancing of at least 6 ft. is not possible.
- Students in grades PreK-2 are asked to wear face coverings while in the classrooms.
- All students (PreK-12) will wear face coverings, as developmentally appropriate and feasible, on buses, during transitions, and in school common areas.
This practice will help mitigate interruptions to in-person instruction. TEA defines "close contact" with an individual who is lab-confirmed to have COVID-19 as
- being directly exposed to infectious secretions (e.g., being coughed on while not wearing a mask or face shield);
- being within 6 feet for a cumulative duration of 15 minutes, while not wearing a mask or face shield.
A student who is deemed "Close Contact" would require them to quarantine for 14 days and not be present for in person instruction. Continuously wearing a mask during the day will help your child to not have interruptions or changes in their educational setting.
Please label your child's mask or face shield on the inside and not the outside. This will allow us to identify and return any mask and also for security purposes.
We know that some of our youngest Lions will need help learning to wear a mask, and we will help gradually extend the amount of time they can wear them. Part of what we do each year is help our students develop the skills to meet school expectations. This year is no different. We will work with all of our students to wear masks appropriately.
Car Riders
Students will be dropped off in the morning beginning at 7:30 utilizing the side parking lot (Stewart's Crossing entrance) of the campus. Students are to remain in their car with a parent till they reach a designated drop off spot (numbered 1-6). Students can not wait under the porch due to social distancing guidelines.
- Students should wear a mask during arrival and dismissal times
- Students, staff, and parents will practice social distancing
- We recommend students are car riders when possible
- Please remain in your vehicles at all times
- Only let your child out of the vehicle at a designated cone
- We will be utilizing designated entry ways for car riders and bus riders
- All car riders will enter and exit through the cafeteria entrance.
- Please have your child unbuckled when it is time to exit the vehicle
- We recommend children opening their own car door
- We ask that all biker/walker parents socially distance while waiting on their child
- We ask that no parents utilize the front entrance to walk their child into school
- Car riders and bus riders will be allowed to enter their designated entry between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. each morning
- Please do not drop off children and leave them on the front porch or at their designated entry door before 7:30 a.m.
- Parents will not be allowed to congregate on the front porch area during arrival and dismissal times
- Parents will not be allowed to walk their child into the building
Thank you for your support as we work through the the safest way for students to arrive and dismiss each day.
If you don not have a car rider sign, you will be asked to park and show identification. There will be no exceptions to student safety and our duty to provide the best care to all our students.
Bus & Day Care
This will allow for greater socials distancing of students utilizing our hallways for each bus to line up.
- Students should wear a mask during arrival, dismissal, and while riding the bus.
- Bus riders will enter and exit using the front entrances to the school.
- Students will sit in bus order down the grade level hallways to maintain social distancing.
- Families are asked to maintain social distancing at bus stops.
