Rifle Community Television has the video from the July 20, 2020 School Board meeting online. The video includes the workshop immediately preceding the board meeting.

Garfield Re-2 will be providing you the most up to date information as we develop, refine, and review our protocols for the 2020-21 return to learning. You can find all of this information on the Garfield Re-2 website as well at www.garfieldre2.net (Bookmark this page). We will send out updates as soon as we have protocols established. Please keep a close eye on your email and the Garfield Re-2 website.

Safety

To provide the safest environment possible for your children and our staff, Garfield Re-2 is using the Colorado Department of Education’s Reopening Schools Health Guidance by Covid-19 Phase document to guide us in refining our safety protocols. Within schools, we are using a layered approach to prevention measures. Prevention does not rely on only one measure. A combination of these measures will help reduce exposures within the school environment. These layered measures include a combination of masks, distancing, cohorting, hand washing, and/or scheduling that reduces the number of students in one location at any only time.

• 6 foot distancing where possible.

• We know 6-foot between-student spacing reduces disease transmission risk and should be preferred. Three-foot distancing still provides substantial benefits and is acceptable in the context of a comprehensive disease control strategy.

• Teachers and other adult staff should make the greatest effort to adhere to 6-foot distancing, as their risk and disease transmission potential is higher than students.

• Face coverings will be required for ages 11 and above as per Gov. Polis public health order on 7/17/20.

• There will be daily screenings for students and staff for fever and other COVID-19 symptoms.

• There will be no more than 25 students in a classroom. Larger spaces can have more people while physically distanced at 6-feet.

• Group sizes outside will be limited to 175.

• Cleaning Protocols

• The Garfield Re-2 Facilities and Custodial staff are committed to doing everything in their power to keep your children and our staff safe. Our staff will be using protocols that increase the frequency of disinfecting both classrooms and high touch surfaces.

• Custodial staffs will be disinfecting every room, every day;

• There will be increased attention to high touch surfaces such as door handles, light switches and handrails;

• Bathrooms will be disinfected multiple times a day;

• Playgrounds, where applicable, will be disinfected multiple times a day;

• Garfield Re-2 has purchased foggers to support the custodial staff and make these processes more efficient.

School Meals - Breakfast and Lunch

• Garfield Re-2 will continue to serve breakfast and lunch on-site when schools are open and in the event that we must go to a hybrid or distance learning educational model, Garfield Re-2 will provide take-home meals for our students.

• For on-site food service, new health/safety protocols for students and food service staff will include hand washing or sanitizing before and after meals, staff will wear facial coverings in the cafeteria, and social distancing in the serving line and cashier line will be required.

• Buffet style stations, including salad bars, will NOT be available in the cafeterias. Students are highly discouraged from sharing food and/or drinks with others.

• Breakfast will be served in a paper bag. Breakfast may be served in the classroom after the bell to children wanting to participate. Specific protocols for school breakfast will be provided by the individual schools.

• Lunch will be served in a reusable green eco-clam shell. Children will grab a pre-filled container and their milk. All students will be required to physically distance while eating their lunch. Specific protocols for school lunch will be provided by the individual schools. The trash and uneaten food will stay in the container and a cart will be provided for them to deposit the remains after eating.

• Every student will be issued a student ID. This year it will be used as a touchless lunch ID that can be scanned when the student receives their lunch. This will eliminate the need for every student to touch a key pad and enter their student ID number.

• We encourage all families to deposit funds into their child’s account prior to the first day of school. Our E-funds will be the safest method to pay. No cash will be taken for ala carte items, only “contactless” payments will be accepted. Please reach out to us for more information on E-Funds and contactless payments if you have questions at 970-665-7697.

The best way to help keep our schools open is to keep COVID-19 cases in Garfield County as low as possible.

Help us by making the following commitments:

I commit to:

WEAR a mask.

WASH my hands.

WALK, ride or play 6 feet away.

WORK together safely.

IF ILL – stay home

The Rifle Bears will have their live ceremony on July 25th at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 am in Bear Stadium. The senior class divided up into three different groups to graduate at these times. Each senior will have two tickets to use for their parents to attend. TICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO THE CEREMONY.

All ceremonies will be live-streamed. Graduation will be live streamed on the Rifle High School Facebook page, the Garfield Re-2 Facebook page, the Rifle Community Television facebook page, and you can watch it from the comfort of your home using the Rifle TV plus app on your Roku, Apple TV or other streaming device.

Whether you are new to Re-2 or returning to learning in 2020, the registration portals are up and running.

Both students new to Garfield Re-2 and students returning to Garfield Re-2 can find their registration links here. It is important that you complete the registration process, so that we have the best contact information for you, and so we can determine how many students want to take advantage of in-person and online classes, and so we can determine our transportation needs.