COVID-19 Guidelines For Students Returning To School
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The following is a generalized list of guidelines area schools will implement as protocol for COVID-19 prevention during the 2020-2021 school year.
ATOKA
Atoka Public Schools will begin classes on Thursday, August 6, 2020.
DAILY SCREENING
1. Parents screening using provided checklist; if parents send their child to school, they are certified healthy. Some smaller schools may check temp at the door.
2. Staff also screen themselves. If they come to work, then they are certifying they have screened themselves.
AT SCHOOL
PROCEDURES
Isolation Room: Any student or staff member who exhibits a fever of 100 degrees will be instantly isolated in a predetermined isolation room and immediately sent home.
After being sent home, the student or staff member cannot return to school until one of the following criteria is met:
• Without COVID testing, the student or staff member must not be present at school for 10 days.
• After a negative COVID test, the student or staff member can return to physical school after 3 days of being fever free with no fever-reducing medication.
• The student will become a distance learner at home until he/she can return to school.
• The student will be counted as present because digital learning will be provided.
• The student will be entered into a Google form accessible only to necessary school personnel.
POSITIVE CASE
PK through 2nd Grade
1. Consult with county Health Department to begin contact tracing.
2. Communicate to staff.
3. Communicate to applicable parents depending on classroom arrangement.
4. Thoroughly sanitize classroom.
5. Positive case classroom goes to distance learning for 14 days while those students are quarantined. If the student has siblings, the siblings will be quarantined.
6. If the attendance of campus learners at the site and/or district where the positive case occurs reaches a 35% absenteeism rate, the site and/or district (dependent on school size and structure) will go to distance learning for 14 days. The count starts on the first day of distance learning.
7. Grab and Go meals will be provided starting on Day 1 of distance learning. Delivery schedule will be dictated by the district’s Child Nutrition capabilities.
POSITIVE CASE
3rd through 12th Grade
1. Consult with county Health Department to begin contact tracing.
2. Communicate to staff.
3. Communicate to parents at site about positive case.
4. County health departments will decide which students will have to be quarantined and go to distance learning dependent on exposure level as determined by the county health officials.
5. If the attendance at the site and/or district where the positive case occurs reaches a 35% absenteeism rate, the site and/or district (dependent on school size and structure) will go to distance learning for 14 days. The count starts on the first day of distance learning.
6. Grab and Go meals will be provided starting on Day 1 of distance learning. Delivery schedule will be dictated by the Child Nutrition capabilities.
CANEY
Caney Public School will begin classes on Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
HEALTH CHECKS
Student Temperature check/Health Screening will be performed:
• At Student drop off
• As students load buses (bus riders highly encouraged to wear masks).
• As High School students enter the building (designated area).
• Staff will be self-screened as they enter the building(s) each morning.
MASKS
Masks will be highly recommended for teachers, staff, and visitors (visitors will be limited).
• 5th -12th grade masks will be highly recommended.
• PreK-4th masks will be recommended but not required.
It is recommended parents purchase masks for their students prior to the start of the school year in the event that masks do become a requirement.
TRANSPORTATION
We are asking all parents that are able to transport their children to do so. This will allow us to use buses for students who have no other way to get to school and to do so as safely as possible.
Safety protocols on buses will include: health checks by a bus monitor as students board the bus, social distancing practices, seating charts, maximizing airflow and cleaning, and sanitation of buses before and after routes.
Any student with a temperature of 100 degrees or above will not be transported to school.
CLASSROOMS AND HALLWAYS
PreK-2nd grade will stay with the same teacher (class) all day. Students will participate in recess and PE following safety, sanitation, and handwashing procedures.
Third and Fourth grade will stay with the same teacher for half a day and then teachers will switch rooms. (Mrs. Bennett – ELA, Mrs. Carroll – Math/Science) Students will participate in recess and PE following safety, sanitation, and handwashing procedures.
Fifth through Eighth grade will remain in the same room all day (by grade) teachers will rotate through classrooms for each subject area. Students will participate in PE following safety, sanitation, and handwashing procedures.
• Lockers and hallway hooks will not be used.
• Hallway traffic will be monitored to avoid large crowds.
• Limit number of students in the restroom.
• Outside classrooms will be highly encouraged.
9th-12th
Students will follow normal schedules with social distancing and staggered breaks. The Junior class will be split into two sections. Lockers (if used) will be 5-6 feet apart with lockers not being used zip tied.
MEALS
Breakfast and lunch will be served in the classroom or teachers can take students outside to eat.
CLASSROOM AND
SOCIAL DISTANCING
Classrooms will be arranged to allow for as much social distancing as possible, with desks facing all in one direction.
HARDWARE AND
INTERNET
Chromebooks/IPads will be assigned to all students PreK-12th grade. One day a week will be a virtual day at school so that teachers can prepare students to be ready in case we have to move to distance learning.
This will allow students to practice the distance learning schedule under the supervision of the teachers so that they know what is expected from them during a school closure or if a student has to quarantine.
CLEANING/SANITATION OF BUILDINGS
The Cleaning Company will be cleaning/sanitizing daily after school hours. Cleaning and sanitizing will take place continually during the school day.
Hand Sanitizer, disinfectant, and cleaners will be available in every classroom and used throughout the day.
HARMONY
Harmony Public School will begin classes on Wednesday, August 5, 2020. Parents will only need to purchase a backpack for students. All school supplies will be provided by Harmony Public School.
DAILY SCREENING
The following plan has been created to allow our students to return to school for the 2020-2021 school year in the safest manner possible. The unprecedented times of the COVID-19 pandemic are constantly changing which means our response must also change at times.
We ask for your cooperation, flexibility, and patience as we strive educate your child during these extraordinary times.
Parents will screen using provided checklist; if parents send their child to school, they are certifying that student is healthy. School may check temperature at the door.
Staff will screen themselves. If they come to work, they are certifying they are healthy.
ACCESS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES
Due to COVID-19 and for the safety of our students, parents will only be allowed to enter the main building (office window only) during the regular school day.
For assistance, parents are asked to call the office at (580)889-3687.
BUS
TRANSPORTATION
Alternate transportation recommended for all bus riders if possible.
• Maximize air flow.
• Seating chart required on all buses.
• Additional bus routes. (District Decision)
TUSHKA
Tushka Public School will begin classes on Thursday, August 6, 2020.
In an effort to insure the safety of our students, faculty, and staff and to prevent the spread of communicable diseases, especially during the pandemic or public health crisis, Tushka Public School will be implementing the following protocol to control and restrict access to school property, activities, and events:
SCREENING
PROTOCOL FOR ENTERING SCHOOL FACILITY
Parents, legal guardians, and all school employees are encouraged to self-screen at home.
If a student or employee has a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, the student or employee should remain at home until the individual has been free of fever for three days with no fever reducing medication.
Tushka Public Schools will screen any individual (students, faculty and staff) who enters a school facility during the regular school day.
This screening process may include taking temperatures, asking health-related questions, and isolating those that have symptoms of a communicable disease.
Tushka Public School will adhere to guidelines set by local, state, and federal health and safety guidelines when feasible.
ACCESS TO SCHOOL FACILITIES
Due to COVID-19 and for the safety of our students, parents will not be allowed to enter school facilities during the regular school day.
For assistance, parents are asked to call the office at each school site:
• Tushka Public School 580-889-7355
• Elementary School Office Ext. 1
• High School Office Ext. 2
• Superintendent Office Ext. 3.
Students will not be permitted to enter the buildings until 7:30 AM each morning.
MASKS
Students, faculty and staff are permitted to wear a mask. Any person that chooses to wear a mask is encouraged to do so.
At this time, masks are not required. It is recommended that parents purchase masks for their students prior to the start of the new school year in the event that masks do become a requirement.
TRANSPORTATION
Students will be transported to and from school each day. We would also like to encourage parents that can bring their children to school each morning and pick them up each afternoon to do so. This would eliminate overcrowding on the bus routes.
Also, students are encouraged but not required to wear a face covering for the bus routes due to the small confined area of school bus. All school buses will be sanitized after the morning routes and afternoon routes are completed.
Remember to pre-screen your child before having them catch the bus in the mornings.
DISTANCE AND
VIRTUAL DAYS
In the event of school closure, Tushka Public Schools will implement distance/virtual days of instruction.
Students, parents and faculty members will be notified as early as possible regarding virtual days.
COMMUNICATION
Tushka Public Schools will use email, the school website, and school social media accounts to communicate with parents and students.
