Hawk Hybrid In-Person Handbook
Return To School April 5th & 8th, 2021
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO - Hybrid In-Person Handbook
To ensure Montclair Hawks return successfully, please know the plan before you return.
HYBRID START DATES
APRIL 5TH - KINDERGARTEN - 2ND (MONDAY)
APRIL 8TH - 3RD - 5TH (THURSDAY)
COMINGS AND GOINGS
Please take a moment to let the school know how your child will be coming to school and departing, especially if this information changes throughout the week. Tell you teacher your plan. Let them know if your child will be taking the free daily lunch.
- Bus
- Walk/Bicycle
- Parent/Guardian Pick-Up
- Vermont Hills Daycare
VIDEO EXPLANATION FOR APRIL
There are a few clarifications to the video:
- Unlike the video, Montclair students will not be cleaning their desks.
- All exterior doors will remain locked at all times. Instead, teachers will greet their students in their class by opening the exterior door to their classroom and welcoming students directly into their room. Staff will direct students as to the path they should follow to reach their classroom's exterior door. Teachers will also explain this to their students prior to the start of In-Person instruction.
- Visitors who need to speak with office staff will need to ring the doorbell on our front doors. Karen or Sue will meet you on the "front porch".
- Volunteers are not allowed inside Montclair at this time.
- For Montclair, our playground will be closed from 8:00am to 4:00pm once In-Person Hybrid begins. Classrooms may use outdoor space for instruction and students will not be using the playground during school hours, so modeling this expectation is important.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Parent/Guardian Screening Before Arrival
- Home Based Student Screening
- Please Keep Ill Students Out Of School
- Screening Upon Arrival At School
- Daily Visual Symptom Screening Upon Arrival
- Face Covering Mask Policy
- How To Wash Your Hands Guidance
- Take Home materials And Supply List
- In-Person Instruction Schedule
- Arrival And Dismissal Procedures
- Bus Riders
- Meals, Hydration, Library Pick Up
- Specials
- COVID-19 Symptom Protocol
PARENT/GUARDIAN SCREENING BEFORE ARRIVAL
- Parents and guardians will perform a daily health evaluation before sending students to school.
- If a student is exhibiting a fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, a new loss of taste or smell or any of the symptoms on our Too Sick for School - Keep ill Students Out of School flyer, the student should stay home.
SCREENING UPON ARRIVAL AT SCHOOL
BUS
- If your child rides the bus to school, the driver will greet them, record their attendance and do another visual evaluation.
- If a student exhibits or complains of any COVID-like symptoms, the child will be directed to sit in the first three rows of the bus, isolated from the rest of the students. Drivers will notify dispatch and dispatch will notify the school. These children will disembark first. A staff member will meet them and take them to the isolation room.
SCHOOL
- As students arrive on school grounds, staff members will greet them, direct them to the entrance to their classroom, and do another visual check.
- If a student exhibits or complains of any COVID-like symptoms, the child will be isolated from the rest of the students
- The front office will be called to request that an adult accompany the student to the isolation room.
- A designated staff member will take the student’s temperature.
- If the student presents with COVID-like symptoms or symptoms warranting exclusion from school, the student will wait in the school isolation room until a parent/guardian can pick up the student.
- We will encourage parent/guardians to take the student to see a health care provider for evaluation.
FACE COVERING MASK POLICY
Total mask wearing time for bus riders includes time on the bus to school, class at school, and time on the bus home.
Total mask wearing time for those who walk to school or arrive in vehicle includes the time from whenever they arrive on campus until they leave campus.
TAKE HOME MATERIALS & SUPPLY LIST
Students attending in-person instruction will not be a part of ongoing Grab & Go events. They may, however, continue using their tote bags to bring items to and from school.
Grab & Go events will be reserved for students remaining in CDL only. The exception to this being if a student needs to move to CDL temporarily for a class or individual quarantine.
Library bags, daily meal bags will be delivered to students' classroom.
See the PDF below for a supply list associated with your grade level.
IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
Montclair is a regular start elementary school.
- Arrival 8:45-9:00am
- Morning In-Person Hybrid Instruction Session: 9:00am - 11:15am
- Students should be picked up no later than 11:30am
- Afternoon Asynchronous Instruction 12:15-2:30pm
- Specials live on Zoom on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (two PE lessons and two Music lessons)
- Some students will receive live instruction on Zoom in the afternoon from our ELD, Special Education, and/or Intervention staff
- Some ELD, Special Education, or Intervention supports may be scheduled after 2:30 and/or on Wednesdays.
- All students will have a live launch to their day on Zoom on Wednesdays. The remainder of the day they will have asynchronous activities similar to how Wednesdays have run the entire year.
Students should expect to have a full day of school similar to their current 8:30-2:30 school day.
ARRIVAL AT 8:45 AM
Arrival is at 8:45 AM. The parking lot is very small, so please follow the procedures to reduce traffic concerns. Be mindful, we do not have staff in position until 8:45 AM.
- AT 8:45 AM ALL STUDENTS WILL DISEMBARK BUSES AND AUTOMOBILES. Please do not have students get out of their vehicle until 8:45 AM.
- CAUTION is our friend. Please drive slowly and watch for children.
- Discourage walkers/bikers from arriving before 8:45 AM
- Buses use the curbside lane to drop off riders
- Please remain in your car at all times. Parents/Guardians may NOT get out of the car - use the drop off system
- Car Drop Off - use center lane to drop off student.
- Staff members will help child disembark vehicle and get to curb.
- Let your child unbuckle seat belt and collect their items.
- Pull forward as far as possible to allow other cars to proceed forward.
- Once child disembarks from car, you may use the pass through lane to exit slowly.
UPON ARRIVAL: Grade levels will enter take different paths to enter classrooms.
- K/1 students will be guided by staff as they enter building via cafeteria. They will then be directed to exterior doors of their classrooms.
- 2/3 students will enter building via lobby, pass through and out to garden. These students will enter their classrooms through exterior classroom doors.
- 4/5 students will use front sidewalk and enter building via exterior classroom doors.
- STUDENTS WILL NOT USE PLAYGROUND BEFORE SCHOOL
STUDENTS WHO RIDE BIKE & WALK TO SCHOOL
Families will need to say goodbye prior to students coming on campus. Families should not walk onto campus in the morning. The only exception will be for Kindergartners.
There will be a crossing guard at Vermont and Oleson at 8:45 AM to assist walkers and bicycling students cross the street.
Bikers may lock their bikes in bike rack behind Library and proceed to their classroom's exterior door. Walkers may proceed directly to their classroom's exterior door.
Kindergarten parents that walk their child to school, will walk them to the flag pole,where staff will be ready to assist kindergartners inside the cafeteria. Kindergarten parents that drive MUST remain in their car.
DISMISSAL AT 11:15 AM
The most chaotic part of our day is dismissal. Our parking lot is much too small to accommodate the many vehicles and buses at one time. Please be patience, kind and follow procedures, so that everyone is safe.
- Bus dismissal shall begin once buses arrive, between 11:08-11:15 AM.
- Parent/Car Pick-Up Dismissal begins at 11:15 AM, once buses have left. Please do NOT line up with buses - if you arrive early park in a parking spot.
- Please remain in your car at all times.
- Students will be socially distanced in cohorts waiting for their name to be called.
- Parent/Car Pick-Up please have your name plate in the passenger side front windshield.
- A staff member will call your child(ren)'s last name, students will come together to enter your car.
- Continue to pull forward along curb in order to reduce a bottleneck.
STUDENT WHO RIDE BIKE & WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL
Unlike in other years, parent/guardians will NOT gather outside of the building to wait for their child(ren). Most students are capable of walking to the parking lot entrance via the sidewalks. Kindergarten parents, staff will assist your child to a waiting area near the parking lot entrance (east sidewalk).
Students will be dismissed to walk or ride their bike home once bus students are dismissed (11:08-11:15 AM).
Families will not be able to remain on campus to use the playground. This is done in order to maintain cohort safety - Vermont Hills day care program will be utilizing the facility/playground once students are dismissed.
STUDENTS WHO RIDE BUS TO/FROM SCHOOL
Bus riders will arrive around 8:45 AM and enter classroom. Bus riders departing in afternoon will leave between 11:08-11:15 AM.
Bus Driver Procedures:
- The driver will likely ask each student for their name, especially in the first few weeks. For our youngest students, please practice with them so they can answer clearly with their first and last name.
The driver will then complete the screening steps as outlined in the Screening Info above.
- The driver will direct the students where to sit, loading the bus from rear to front.
- We will make every effort to place one child per seat with members of the same household sitting together on the bus.
- All students will need to wear masks while on the bus.
- ALL students will disembark buses at 8:45 AM.
Notes:
- Each time students disembark, high-touch areas will be disinfected. At the end of the day, the entire bus will be sanitized.
- At least three windows per side will be lowered to the red line, and roof hatches will be open to ensure extra airflow and ventilation.
- Our Transportation Department will be notifying families about bus routes for Hybrid instruction. Families can learn more on the BSD Transportation website.
MEAL DISTRIBUTION
No meals will be eaten in school. Meal sacks with handles will be provided daily to students as they leave for the day. Tuesday meal sacks will include two days of meals. Breakfast, Lunch and Supper will be provided. There is no fee for any meal. Allergies, meal modifications with medical documentation will be accommodated, and separate meal bags marked with the student name will be prepared as needed.
All students will be given a meal sack each day unless their parent/guardian has opted out of meals. If you choose to opt out and then later want to opt in, just contact the Montclair office.
ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER
Drinking fountains will not be operating during hybrid instruction. Students are asked to bring their own water bottle to school each day. Glass bottles are not allowed for safety reasons. Please be sure to label your student's water bottle with their first and last name. Disposable cups will be available for students who do not have a water bottle on a given day. We will remind students to take their water bottle home each day for cleaning at home.
PTO has graciously purchased water bottles for those students that need one.
GRAB & GO CURBSIDE MEALS & LIBRARY BAGS
Library bag pick-up will continue for all students. HIP students will receive library bags at their classroom doors, CDL students an pick up bags on Thursdays, curbside from 3:00 - 5:00 PM.