Bayonne School District 2020 2021 Pandemic Reopening Questions

Bayonne School District 2020 -2021 Pandemic Reopening Questions Roadmap to opening

Pandemic COVID 19 • The situation status is ever changing The purpose of this presentation is to decide the framework about opening our schools during the COVID 19 Pandemic

Pandemic COVID 19 Priorities • Health Safety of Students, Families, Employees, Residents • Health of students • Health of employees • Pandemic threats to continuity of education • Bridging the digital gap for all learners • Long Term absences of Students/Faculty • Cleaning of buildings and COVID-19 • Screening • Food distribution/supply

SAFETY For transmission reduction: Universal masking for school staff and children PPE supply for school nurses. Ideally segregated area for respiratory illness evaluation Increased cleaning of high touch surfaces / bathrooms Defer sports, arts, town halls, and extracurricular until the epidemiology is better understood Implement a tracking and surveillance system for school nurses to identify student and faculty symptoms and exposures PANDEMIC RESPONSE TEAM • Established relationship with public health and/or medical consultant to handle problems in real time • Temperature and symptom screening on arrival, with referral for care if screened positive • Students who have been/ becomes sick will need to provide evidence of full recovery before returning to school that include negative PCR x 2 (preferred) or asymptomatic/time based • • •

SECURITY/PANDEMIC RESPONSE • Points of egress admission / dismissal • We cannot open on a (normal) schedule and allow for social distancing in halls, bathroom, offices, cafeteria, entrance, classrooms • We need to consider a drastic change in school hours to allow for screening and safe entry and mitigation • Thermal scanning • Plan for shut down if multiple positives • Cleaning / PPE / co-curricular activities

Planning • • • For teaching and learning: Increased social distancing in the classroom and common areas. Non-punitive sick/stay at home policies and arrangements for tele-learning Virtual Library Virtual Field Trips Links to approved content On-line learning via virtual courses & at-home learning support Special needs education and service logs: 504 Technology deployment: devices and hotspots Virtual student counseling Stay home policies for following: exposure/quarantine/diagnosis COVID-19 Closing a school for following: exposure/quarantine/diagnosis COVID-19

Schoology. com Technology and use of OLS • OLS Online Learning System • All You Need for Teaching and Learning in One Platform • Schoology /skoo. luh. jee/—a learning management system (LMS) that has all the tools your institution needs to create engaging content, design lessons, and assess student understanding. • https: //www. schoology. com/k-12 • Blended learning environment or online learning / hybrid possible • Online platform for all grades • i. Pads, Chromebooks for all grades Pre. K-12

Pre-Pandemic Class Sizes? • Non Pandemic Class size +/-28 • Presently Approximately 357 +/- Classroom accommodate 28 +/1 per class district wide • 1 session per day • 180 Days & 4 Hour session counts as a school year/day

Pandemic Class Sizes? • Pandemic Class +/- 9 students • Reduce class size to 9 wing span all around when standing/leaving/moving • Presently Approx. 357 +/- Classroom accommodate 28 +/1 per class district wide • 1 session per day to accommodate 9 students per class • A, B, C days SEE EXAMPLE for 9 per class

Monday A Tuesday A Wednesday B Thursday B Friday C Monday C Tuesday A Wednesday A Thursday B Friday B Monday C Tuesday C Wednesday A Thursday A Friday B A, B, C days SEE EXAMPLE per 9 students per class

School Day for students, faculty & staff Practice Summer 2020? • Organize and pilot test for the fall • Prepare teacher training for mitigation and adaptation Small scale protocol testing Prepare equipment orders for PPE Simulate response to issues Experiment with staggered scheduling Determine best practices for increased hand washing, masking, social distancing Determine best practices for nightly school cleaning and bathroom supply replenishment • Develop internal and rapid communications system • • Organize and test grab-and-go healthy food program in classes • Create a safe place outdoors / indoors for children to play and exercise

Plans now • Points of egress admission / dismissal plexiglass • Label halls, stairs, classrooms social distancing • Hand sanitizer / PPE • Custodial staff cleaning • Collective bargaining agreements • Cleaning / PPE / co-curricular activities • Forecasting Fall/Winter 2020/2021 • HVAC Modifications

School Year 2020 -2021 PLAN DECISION • Remain in virtual learning platform – no in-person instruction all virtual the schedule of school will be consistent with a full day of instruction. Meals will be grab-n-go and provided on Tuesday and Thursday (modified for schedule days off) • Hybrid instruction combination of in-person and virtual. The schedule proposed is A/B/C The schedule rotates every 2 days - Breakfast will be grab-n-go and Lunch will be offered after the school days proposed time on/or about 1: 11 pm • All students receiving instruction 5 days per week with dismissal on/or about 1: 11 pm with grab-n -go lunch and breakfast being provided. • **** Plan three offers one challenge which must be considered. If a student/family opts out of live instruction and chooses to educate their child via the Bayonne School District Virtual Platform - and then decides at a later date to send their student(s) to school the district could have an issue with social distancing. Plan 3 doesn’t provide the district the opportunity to calculate with a high degree of accuracy how many students will attend school. **** •

Thank You ………to be continued ……………