Beacon News
Week of September 5, 2021
About Us
Email: ldove2@wcpss.net
Website: https://www.wcpss.net/ballentinees
Location: 1651 McLaurin Lane, Fuquay-Varina, NC, USA
Phone: (919)-557-1120
Facebook: facebook.com/BallentineElementary
Twitter: @BESFirefly
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Bus/Carpool Update
As always, for the safety of our students, staff, and families, please drive carefully and refrain from using your cell phone while on campus in the carpool line.
Our afternoon bus times have greatly improved over the last couple of weeks. Hopefully, this trend will continue and we can get back to a somewhat normal schedule.
Reminders
- Transportation changes can only be changed with a written note from a parent/guardian. Please do not send a message to your child's teacher about changing their transportation. If you have a true emergency, please contact the school office at 919-557-1120.
- We have noticed an increase in early dismissal pick-ups. Please note, we do not dismiss students after 3:15. At the end of the day, we are busy communicating transportation changes to get ready for dismissal. When office staff members are interrupted during this time, it increases the chance that we miss communicating important information. Thanks for your help with this! If you want to pick up your child early, please come before 3:15 pm.
Student Face Coverings and Covid Exposures Procedure
- Wear a face covering properly over the nose, mouth, and chin in all indoor public settings | With most students now attending school in-person, the spread of COVID-19 at social gatherings outside of school is a significant challenge for schools.
According to our current guidelines, a possible exposure is defined as an individual being in close contact (within 6 ft.) of an individual who tested positive for COVID 19 for 15 min. or more. To be considered a possible exposure, this period of close contact would need to take place within the 2 days prior to the individual testing positive, or beginning symptoms related to COVID 19.
- The reason why face coverings reduce instances of exposures is because in the case of students, if both parties are known to have been properly wearing face coverings during the instance(s) of close contact, the student would not be required to quarantine. While we cannot eliminate possible exposures all together, we can greatly reduce them by following this guidance.
- Face coverings are also required for visitors when indoors at schools or district buildings, including visitors to Board of Education and committee meetings.
BES Grade Level Quarantine Plan
Families, to ensure our students are still receiving instruction if they have to quarantine, our teams have developed a plan. Please review the Quarantine Plan below. Students can only use this plan if they have been quarantined due to exposure or diagnosed with Covid-19.
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Dates to remember
- September 7th: Tracks 3 & 4 Interims
- September 10th: Track 1 students track-out
- September 13th: Track 2 students track-in
- September 13th: PTA Meeting 6:00pm
- September 14th: Fall Pictures for tracks 2 & 4
- September 21st: PTA Chipotle Fundraiser
- September 28th: School Improvement Team Mtg at 7:45
- September 30th: Track 4 students track-out
- October 1st: Teacher Workday (No school for students)
- October 7th: Fall Pictures for tracks 1 & 3