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October 7, 2020 - Plan B Safety Edition
Schedule Reminders:
- Beginning October 19, PreK-2nd Grade and EC Self contained Group A students will attend in-person instruction on Mondays and Tuesdays while PreK-2nd Group B students will attend in-person instruction on Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, all students will receive at-home instruction.
On Thursday we plan to host:
- A virtual parent meeting for K-2 families on Thursday, October 8th. We will meet with Plan B families at 5:30PM and Virtual Academy families (Plan C) at 6:30PM. We will also meet with PreK families on Tuesday, October 13 at 5:30PM. Meetings will be recorded and shared out on Friday.
October 8 at 5:30 PM: K-2 Plan B Parent Meeting Link: https://chathamk12nc.zoom.us/j/94785971248?pwd=TFBFTjFTN0hUaDNEc3lObTVZT29sUT09
October 8 at 6:30 PM: K-2 Virtual Academy Parent Meeting Link: https://chathamk12nc.zoom.us/j/97730302414?pwd=TFBWM21CRE9jVGVZRmxSWnFkRFhBdz09
- In preparation for these meetings, please submit any questions you may have here. We will do our best to address them where appropriate or in the upcoming Panda Family News.
On Friday, we plan to share:
Group A and Group B rosters for students returning to in person instruction. Please know we have been working on this list for several weeks and that we have done our best to coordinate with the entire Northwoods HS feeder pattern to ensure that siblings are in the same group. In the event you wish for your child to return to face-to-face instruction, you can unenroll from the Virtual Academy by sending an email to Mr. Mitch Stensland requesting your child be unenrolled from the Virtual Academy: mstensland@chathamk12.nc.us. The deadline for K-8 students to enroll or unenroll in Virtual Academy is 5 p.m. Monday, October 12.
Wishing you well #PandaFamily,
Mrs. Haithcox
Documents Used to Guide Reopening
Priorities for PES Reopening Plans:
Student and Staff Health and Safety
Creating a learning environment in which all students and teachers will be successful
To the extent possible maintaining stability for families (e.g. teacher-student assignments etc.)
Balancing the unique demands of the Virtual Academy
Please access guidance documents above used to support PES planning.
Safety Protocols
Please reference the StrongSchools NC Public Health Toolkit for the following information
Daily Parent/Guardian Attestation Sample: Page 19
Screening Flow Chart: Page 21
Arrival
Carpool Procedures
- With your masks on, pull up to a carpool stop where a staff member is standing.
- Parents/Guardians complete Daily Symptom Screening/Attestation.
- Student gets temperature taken by staff member.
- Fever free students (less than 100.4) may exit car. Fevers above 100.4 will pull up to the overflow spot and have their temperature taken again in 10 minutes.
- Students needing breakfast may pick up at kiosk at carpool
- Students Enter the building through the 1st grade hallway door and walk on right side of hallway to class.
- Students should follow the yellow markings on the floor to ensure social distancing guidelines are met.
Bus Procedures
- Students must have a mask on to get on the bus. **more information coming regarding Daily Attestation**
- Upon arrival at school, students will get their temperature taken by a staff member.
- Fever free students (less than 100.4) may exit the bus. Fevers above 100.4 will be taken to the isolation room and have their temperature taken again in 10 minutes.
- Students needing breakfast may pick up at kiosk along the bus path.
- Students Enter the building through the Kindergarten breezeway door and walk on right side of hallway to class.
- Students should follow the yellow markings on the floor to ensure social distancing guidelines are met.
Dismissal
To ensure social distancing requirements can be met, students will depart campus using the school bus or through carpool. We use a double carpool lane dismissal process, you can review the procedures here. The Dismissal bell rings at 2:55.
K-2 families may begin stopping by the school from 10-2 to pick up carpool tags. Please plan to have picked up your carpool tag by Friday, October 16th.