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SAFETY PROCEDURES/ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL PLAN
Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
STRONGER TOGETHER LEARNING TOGETHER!
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! READ THIS CAREFULLY!
Arrival and dismissal procedures are for our students/parents who selected the ONSITE option based on the following timeline, and they were communicated by our teachers and assistant principals.
To check your child’s status, you may always communicate with your teacher’s homeroom teachers.
Students must be in uniform if they selected onsite and coming to school.
Please note that no parents are allowed on the campus.
The new schedule was in effect starting on Monday, September 21, and all onsite and online students will follow the same schedule.
EVERY DAY, LIVE SESSION STARTS WITH THE HOMEROOM LIVE SESSION THROUGH THE ZOOM AT 8:00 AM. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR HOMEROOM TEACHERS IF YOU ARE NOT PROVIDED LIVE SESSIONS ZOOM LINKS YET.
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Please review our back to school plan under the parent portal:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1og1FEJr5-0H1qZkCkWpeSWgxFM88WLF_
You may always visit our COVID-19 dashboard from https://www.sstschools.org/apps/pages/covid-19-dashboard
Dear parents,
Please check your child’s health conditions each morning and make sure that your child is not showing any of the following symptoms:
COVID-19 Symptoms
· Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit · Loss of taste or smell · Cough · Difficulty breathing · Shortness of breath · Fatigue · Headache · Chills · Sore throat · Congestion or runny nose · Shaking or exaggerated shivering · Significant muscle pain or ache · Diarrhea · Nausea or vomiting
Parents and Guardians,
Please make sure that your child is bringing his/her own technology device or assigned device by the school including charger and headphones.
Please remember that onsite and online services will be happening through the live zoom sessions and the Schoology.
Please contact your homeroom teachers if your child was not assigned a device and you do not have the device for your child. We will try our best to meet the needs of your child.
ARRIVAL-ARRIVAL-ARRIVAL
The school entrance is from Clodine road and the exit is thru Boss Gaston road. Please form two lines when you get into our school property from Clodine road. You will follow the lines around to the back covered area for drop off. There will be cones directing you to merge into one lane for student drop-off.
We will have staff on the covered porch area as students are arriving. The safety and health of students and staff are our top priority. We will not be able to assist students with exiting the vehicles, they must do this on their own. Our staff members will be taking temperatures as students exit vehicles. If temperatures are below 100 degrees you will be cleared to exit the carpool line. If a student has a temperature of 100 or above, you will be asked to take the student home. We do expect this process to take a while the first few days so please be patient.
We will open our gym door at 7:30 AM to admit the students into our building. We will have staff stationed throughout the building to escort students safely to class. There will be no parents allowed in the building during this time. Please understand, this is for the safety of all staff and students. All students will go directly to their classrooms. Those needing breakfast will be served and able to eat in the classrooms.
Breakfast will stop being served at 7:50 AM. If your child is having breakfast they will need to arrive to class by this time.
Arrival ends at 7:50 AM, students are tardy at and/or after 7:50 am.
At 7:50 AM. staff will enter the building and lock the back doors. Parents will need to park in designated parents and visitor parking and go around to the front and check students in at the office after 7:50 AM.
For Pre-K students, teachers will share all information regarding arrival and dismissal procedures.
DISMISSAL-DISMISSAL-DISMISSAL
We will not begin dismissing our car riders in K thru 8th grades until 3:20 PM (Pre-K at 2:50 PM.). From 2:00-2:50 pm the lane closest to the building will be designated for Pre-K pick-up only. This will ensure a safe dismissal for those students. We will open that lane at 2:50 PM. for others to line up for the 3:20 PM dismissal.
Please follow these instructions at all times!
· Staying in the first lane and not using the 2nd and 3rd lane for pickup
· Follow the instructions given by our staff
· Car tags have been emailed by homeroom teachers. If you have not received an email or car tag, please communicate with your child’s teacher. Students will not be dismissed without the dismissal car tag. Tags should be visible in the windshield.
· No student will be dismissed from the front office between 2:45 PM. and 3:45 PM.
· Any students picked up after 3:50 PM, it will be considered a late pick-up and be charged a $15 fee after the first warning.
· Please seat students on the driver’s side of the car.
· No cell phone use while driving on the school premises.
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Our focus is a safe arrival and dismissal for all of our students. We will also do our best to minimize your time in line.
DAYCARE RIDERS: Please inform your child’s teacher if they will be picked up by a daycare provider. Teachers need to know the name and phone number of the daycare. Please provide the daycare with a car tag as well.
Thank you for your patience as we develop our procedures and we will appreciate your collaboration!
PARENT ONSITE BACK TO SCHOOL SAFETY PROCEDURES
ONSITE SAFETY PROCEDURES AT SST SUGARLAND.
This document is prepared based on the district guidelines which can be found under our parent portal at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1og1FEJr5-0H1qZkCkWpeSWgxFM88WLF_
ENTRY SCREENING
PROTOCOLS
Before buildings reopen, employees, parents, students, and community members will be notified about and undergo training in:
We trained our Staff Wednesday 9/16/2020 virtually. Live training will take place on Friday 9/18/2020. Safe school training is shared as well.
We will do this presentation to the parents this Thursday, 9/17/2020 PK thru 2nd: 5:00 pm-6:00 pm 3rd thru 8th:6:00 pm-7:00 pm.
New protocols include requiring all SST employees, students, visitors, and vendors to undergo daily entry screenings, wear masks, wash hands regularly, and practice physical distancing.
All employees, students, visitors, and vendors will undergo daily screenings conducted by campus health aides and other assigned and trained staff at designated entry points where signage detailing COVID-19 symptoms will be posted for reference.
Our staff screening/temperature check will occur upon entry at the staff door each morning.
All people entering the building will undergo the same screening.
All SST employees and students will be asked if they are experiencing any symptoms. Those who respond 'yes' will be isolated, sent home, and referred to medical care if needed. Those who respond 'no' will then move forward to temperature screening.
Those who are not experiencing symptoms and meet temperature screening standards (under 100 degrees) will be allowed entry.
Additionally, everyone entering any district campus or building must self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms and check their temperature. This includes, but is not limited to: all students, parents, employees, visitors, and vendors.
Each individual who is coming to the campus is required to check his/her own health conditions each morning and make sure that he/she is not showing any of the following symptoms:
COVID-19 Symptoms
· Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees Fahrenheit · Loss of taste or smell · Cough · Difficulty breathing · Shortness of breath · Fatigue · Headache · Chills · Sore throat · Congestion or runny nose · Shaking or exaggerated shivering · Significant muscle pain or ache · Diarrhea · Nausea or vomiting
Those who are sick should stay at home.
Schools will establish staggered, no-contact pick-up, and drop-off times, requiring students to get in and out of cars independently and preventing parents from walking students into the building.
Pre-K dismissal 2:50-3:00
K-8 dismissal 3:20-3:50
Specific to Employees
All SST employees will be required to alert Ms. Ali at aali@ssttx.org, if they are notified/made aware of any positive case or possible contact with any individual at any time while on campus.
Specific to Parents and Visitors
Visitation will be limited to essential visitors who have previously scheduled appointments.
For Appointments, parents should call our front office at 281-277-7923 between the hours of 7:30 AM-4:00 PM.
All visitors must wear masks when inside an SST school or building.
Non-essential visitors should utilize virtual meetings, when possible.
Lunch visits are prohibited for the time being.
Non-essential deliveries — such as food, personal items, homework, musical instruments — are prohibited.
When picking up a student early from campus,
We ask that only one parent comes into the campus at a time. After the student has been signed out, the parent must wait in their car or outside the building. Front office lobbies are not currently open to visitors.
All meetings should be held virtually unless a face-to-face meeting is absolutely required (at campus administration's discretion). In such cases, the meetings must be held in designated conference rooms and scheduled in advance with all those attending adhering to social distancing.
All meetings will be online at SST Sugar Land.
Classrooms and office spaces will be reconfigured to maintain physical distancing between desks as much as possible.
Classrooms are arranged and designed based on at most 16 students in the classroom.
Physical distancing signage and floor markers will be installed throughout schools and buildings as a reminder.
Signages already placed throughout our school building.
Student movement throughout the campus will be minimized as much as possible to reduce contact.
No student and teacher rotations. Students were assigned the classroom based on 16 students the most. Two adults are assigned to each classroom.
It is mandatory that students and staff use no-touch greetings.
Elevator capacity will be limited to two people and floor marker placement signage must be followed. Students are not permitted to use the elevator unless a doctor’s note has been provided to the campus.
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT POLICIES
All students, employees, visitors, and vendors are required to wear masks/face shields that cover both their nose and mouth at all times.
● Masks/face shields will be provided to students, employees, and visitors if they do not have one. Acceptable masks include both district-issued and personal masks, disposable masks, homemade masks, handkerchiefs, and scarves. Please note that bandanas and masks with inappropriate graphics are not allowed.
SST SL will communicate with their parents and will ask the parents to make sure that students wear masks. Mask guidelines — including proper mask use and handling — will be communicated to parents, students, and employees, and schools will set aside instructional time to train students.
All campus staff will be tasked with monitoring mask/face shield use in district buildings.
● Non-campus employees must wear masks at all times when outside their personal office space, in common areas, or when unable to maintain a safe distance from other people.
● Masks can only be removed when non-campus employees are sitting in their personal cubical or office and are a safe distance away from anyone else.
HYGIENE PROTOCOLS
Fliers outlining hygiene tips and best practices will be posted in common areas, and all students, employees, visitors, and vendors will be required to follow hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Signs already posted in the school property..
● All individuals must routinely wash and sanitize their hands using either soap or hand sanitizer containing at least 60 percent alcohol.
● Hands must be washed for at least 20 seconds.
● Students and staff must cover coughs and sneezes with tissues, throw used tissues in the trash, and then wash hands
immediately with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
Signs already posted in the school property..
Students and employees are prohibited from sharing materials, supplies, equipment, and other items, unless absolutely necessary. If sharing is required, items must be sanitized by both the recipient and the lender. In classrooms, teachers must ensure all shared items are sanitized between uses.
Teachers will enforce this no sharing policy regarding school supplies.
CLEANING AND DISINFECTION PROTOCOLS
Facilities, maintenance, and operations employees will follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines regarding the cleaning, sanitation, and disinfection of all district facilities. High-touch areas — such as restrooms, main offices, early childhood classrooms, and employee sign-in/sign-out areas — will be cleaned and sanitized regularly.
We will increase the cleaning crew. We will be assigning them cleaning the restrooms and common areas regularly.
ISOLATION AT THE CAMPUS
Isolation areas will be established for students and adults who experience COVID-19 symptoms while at school or work. These isolation rooms will be supervised at all times, always stocked with masks and hand sanitizer, and thoroughly cleaned each day.
SST Sugar Land assigned room C120 in the downstairs for the isolation room. All signs are posted.
Should a student or employee become ill while at an SST campus or building, administrators will follow the protocols outlined in the Health and Medical Services Procedural Guideline provided to the campuses for exposure, suspected or confirmed positive COVID-19 results for students, employees, and visitor.
Once an individual is identified, school health aide (for students) or department supervisor (for employees) should be immediately notified to report exposure, suspected, or confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. The health aide will contact the student/employee to investigate, complete COVID-19 Case Report Form, and submit it to our operations manager at aali@ssttx.org.
Areas of buildings where the student or employee was present will be closed for cleaning and disinfection in alignment with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Environmental Protection Agency
Impacted staff, students, and parents will be notified of any closures and/or possible exposures.
CAMPUS CLOSURE PROTOCOLS
Campus administrators will provide a virtual learning action plan should the school need to close. Plans will include student technology provisions, ongoing parent communication, teacher training, and special procedures for special needs students.
Schoology will be used districtwide as the primary platform at all campuses. This will minimize the overall number of technology platforms utilized and avoid confusion among students and families. Virtual information sessions will be held to help parents and students understand the platforms before school starts.
Should a school or building need to close due to COVID-19 exposure, SST facilities, maintenance, and operations will determine the deep cleaning and sanitization timeline based on school size.
SST CAMPUS PROTOCOLS
Classrooms have been reconfigured to provide social distance between desks as best as possible, and students and staff must maintain social distance from each other as much as possible throughout the day. Students may have staggered schedules and alternate between in-person and virtual learning to accommodate physical distancing. Student assemblies will be held virtually.
● Schools must obtain current parent contact information and language preferences before school starts to better facilitate communication.
● Campus-based employees and students must follow infection and high-touch area protocols. Teachers will assist with the cleaning of classrooms between classes and equipment between uses.
● Students may not share any personal belongings, equipment, or other items, including computers, headphones, instruments, water bottles, costumes, uniforms, or other high-touch objects.
● Plexiglass sneeze guards will be installed, as needed, at front desk reception areas and shared workspaces.
RESTROOM PROTOCOLS
Restroom breaks for students will be scheduled throughout the school day and physical distancing will be controlled and monitored in restrooms. Markers will be placed on floors to help signal students on where to wait. Because they are considered high-touch areas, restrooms will be cleaned throughout the day. Restrooms will continue to be limited by the designations for specific grades for each restroom.
Staff members will be assigned a specific restroom by the operations manager at the campus and must adhere to only using the designated restroom. This will help reduce the risk of cross-contamination within all restrooms for staff.
The operations manager, along with the campus health aide, will indicate a restroom for visitors and place signage that clearly identifies that to all visitors. However, since visitors are extremely restricted, this will be in emergency situations only.
The visitors' restroom will be the middle staff restroom on the first floor.
PLAYGROUND PROTOCOLS
When deemed safe for use, playground areas will be utilized following a rotating schedule to enable physical distancing and sanitization in between student groups.
EMERGENCY DRILL PROTOCOLS
SST will continue to follow all outlined district campus safety protocols during emergency actions and emergency drills, including drills or emergencies related to fire, lockdown, shelter in place, and emergency evacuation.
The dean of students will assign each physical classroom to one of two groups (Red Group/Green Group) designated by a campus-printed sign at each classroom.
The dean of students will provide instructions through the intercom prior to the drill, notifying staff and students that a drill is commencing and instructing one designated group to delay exiting their classroom for a specific period of time (60 to 90 seconds, as determined by the principal) to reduce the pedestrian load in hallways and exit points. At the conclusion of the drill, the groups will stagger their re-entry into the building to maintain social distancing.
After each drill, staff and students will be reminded that in an actual emergency, they must exit/ evacuate without delay and without a staggered exit/evacuation.
In the event of an actual emergency, such as a fire, lockdown, evacuation, or a shelter in place, administrators will emphasize that social distancing will not be required but should be followed when possible.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
AFTER SCHOOL CARE & ATHLETICS
Extracurricular activities will follow the same safety protocols employed on campuses during the school day, with school-based extracurricular activities resuming when in-person instruction begins. Student assemblies, outdoor activities, and field lessons will be postponed or held virtually until it is deemed safe for them to resume in-person.
After school care will resume once in-person instruction resumes as well. All social distance protocols will be followed and after-school picks up policies will remain in place. Parents cannot go into the campus, as students should be checked out at the door.
SST Sugar land will start offering after-school dolphin care starting on Monday, September 28, 2020. Further details on this will be shared soon.
STUDENT MEALS PROTOCOLS
All students will have breakfast and lunch available each school day. Students will be charged for meals based on their eligibility status. Free and Reduced Meal Applications are available on SchoolCafe.com. Students may continue to bring breakfast or lunch to school but will not have access to microwaves. Food will not be accepted at the front office for students.
Students participating in in-person learning will eat meals in their classrooms. Students participating in virtual learning will have the ability to pick up meals via curbside delivery at the campus. Details for your campus will be released by the campus administration.
Snacks will be available to students participating in after-school activities, including after-school care, clubs, and tutoring.
The nutrition department will continue to accommodate dietary needs with proper documentation from a physician.
COMMUNICATION
SST is committed to informing parents, students, staff, and stakeholders about the SST 2020- 2021 Reopening Plan in advance of the start of the upcoming school year. We will continue to update everyone about any breaking news or updates using a variety of communications Emails and phone messages School websites Blog post Virtual community and District website Social media Staff meetings News media Parent guides
The Reopening Plan and all associated information will be available on the district's dedicated COVID-19 page at https://www.sstschools.org/covid19/
Disclaimer
Please note that all SST policies and procedures can be subject to change based on local and state guidance at any time
Communication is the key for our Success!
The school will send a weekly newsletter every Tuesday or Wednesday. “what are we learning this week” class newsletters need to be sent every Monday by our teachers. Every Monday, each teacher will send what we are learning this week by email to their parents. PK thru 2nd-grade teachers send the email individually, and 3rd thru and 5th-grade teachers will send one email to all parents. Each Middle school teacher will send an email to their parents every Monday. Our teachers will use all kinds of communication tools to share this information with you.
Dear parents/guardians,
please reach out to our teachers first in order to receive proper services for all your inquiries.
See our staff list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hvns9Vuv5Dp9VLqvjx1DR4gyTLmJfpmKaigtu0ocx_Q/edit#gid=1116358912
After reaching out to teachers, if you were not able to resolve your problems, please reach out to our student support team.
We would like to share our student support team.
- For all items related to PK thru 2nd grades, Ms. Davis, PK thru 2nd Assistant Principal cdavis@ssttx.org
- For academic-related items in 3-8 reach out to the Dean of Academics Mrs. Ahmad gahmad@ssttx.org.
- For discipline related items in 3-8 reach out to the Dean of Students Mrs. Boudreaux bboudreaux@ssttx.org.
- For any operational items: Ms. Ali, Operations Manager aali@ssttx.org
- For your parental involvement and federal items, Mr. Ozdogan, CEEP/FEDERALCEEP/Federal Programs joz@ssttx.org
- For SPED and 504 services, Ms. Fabiyi-Ipoga, SPED/504 Coordinator afabiyiipoga@ssttx.org
- For GT services, Ms. Maldar, GT Coordinator nmaldar@ssttx.org
- For ESL services, Ms. Godinez, ESL Coordinator lgodinez@ssttx.org
- For Testing Services, Testing Coordinator ogulle@ssttx.org
- For attendance related services, Ms. Tran, Attendance Clerk, Secretary, ntran@ssttx.org
- For registration, Ms.Ali , ARO , sali@ssttx.org
- For breakfast and lunch, Ms. Moradel, Lunch Clerk, Secretary, jmoradel@ssttx.org
- For technology support, Mr. Genc, IT-Specialist dgenc@ssttx.org
Dear parents,
we always want you to reach out to our principal. If you were not able to resolve your problems by reaching out to the appropriate personnel, then please contact our principal, Mr. Okumus at mokumus@ssttx.org.
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUGARLAND
Email: INFO.SSTSUGARLAND@SSTTX.ORG
Website: https://sugarland.sstschools.org/
Location: 10007 Clodine Road, Richmond, TX, USA
Phone: 281-277-7923
SST Sugar Land's 5-Pillars
We are respectful
We are prepared
We are involved
We follow directions!
We make wise choices!
SST Sugar Land's Core Ethical Values
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Integrity
Respectfulness
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