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Mary M. Knight School Reopening Plan for 2020-21Instructional ModelA/B Schedules Our priorities for building plans for all our schools is to maximize the time students are at school and in front of a teacher while complying with the Washington State Department of Health K-12 Schools-Fall 2020-2021 Guidance. In addition, the plan has been created within the guidelines laid out in the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Reopening Washington Schools 2020-District Planning Guide and the FAQ document also from OSPI as of July 30, 2020. A/B Model A Group-50% Students Attend Monday/Thursday Grades K-12 (North Division)B-Group 50% Students Attend Tuesday/Friday Grades K-12 (South Division)*Wednesday would be Remote Learning for All StudentsK-12 Students would be divided into two (2) groups by the Geography of the District to keep family members attending school on the same day of the week in all grades. MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayA Group (K-12)B Group (K-12)Distance Learning (All) K-12A Group (K-12)B Group (K-12)Split/alternating schedule on-site with continuous remote learning off-site with one day distance learning. Predictable schedules for families, students, teachers, community childcare, tutoring, and activitiesPriority for students within the same family to follow the same weekly schedule – M/TH or T/FRIRemote Continuous Learning 2.0We will be prepared to shift quickly from face-to-face instruction to remote continuous learning 2.0 as required for the public health and safety of students and staff. We will follow a modified schedule to provide learning based on what is outlined above for consistency for our families and students. The schedule will follow the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) guidance of 30 minutes of class per day with no more than 3 hours a day. The elementary Remote Continuous Learning 2.0 schedule will follow the OSPI guidance of PreK/ 30 minutes, K-1/45 minutes, 2-3/60 minutes, and 4-5/90 minutes per day.Professional DevelopmentWe will have a robust professional development program created for our teachers around the following topics that are prioritized:Learning Management System Training (Google Classrooms)Best practice strategies in split/rotating schedules and remote learningHow to best use remote learning tools. Social Emotional needs of students, families, and staff in rotating/remote learning environmentsEssential standards, assessments and grading practices for the grade level, program area, or content areaCollecting and responding to student feedback in a remote environmentUnderstanding the latest guidance from the health experts on COVID-19 health and safety precautions. Part I. Mandatory Health Requirements. Our District has identified Dr. Daniel Stein, MD, Mason County Health OfficerOur District has identified the primary district-level point of contact for our reopening contact. Matt Mallery, Superintendent of Schools.We have reviewed the CDC definition of high-risk employees and the opportunity to identify themselves as high riskWe have engaged with high risk employees to address accommodations consistent with L& I requirements and the Governor’s proclamation about high-risk employees that ends on August 21, 2020 and Proclamation 20-46.2 that was issued on July 29, 2020. We have reviewed our drop-off and pick up plan to provide proper physical distance.Drop Off areas for School Busses will be in front of the High School and will be modified to include in front of the Elementary Building. We will have two screening areas or one at each building entry. Two (2) busses will drop off at each building (HS & Elm) to speed up health screening and to provide social distancing during the health screening. Parents who drop off students will do so from the HS parking lot and those students will be screened at the HS entry. Social Distancing and monitoring of students will be established at the entry of the Elementary building and High School building. We have a daily heath-screening plan in place for students and staff. Our plan is an “in-person” screening process conducted at school prior to the entry to the classrooms. Daily Screening will consist of a temperature check and a verbal interview with each student to see if they are experiencing any COVID-19 like systems or have been exposed to any confirmed positive COVID-19 family members. If a student does not meet the screening components, they will be escorted to the health room to be isolated and administered a second health screening. If the student fails the second screening, parents will be notified to and will be requested to pick up their child from school. If parents are unable to pick up a child due to transportation issues, we will deliver that child back home in a district vehicle to the parent. We have altered our indoor classroom and common spaces and reconfigured our processes to ensure six feet of physical distance between all persons in our school facilities as a planning framework.We have configured each classroom with individual student desks and chairs. We have removed additional classroom furnishing to create additional floor space to ensure the 6ft distancing requirement. We will be using the Stage and Gym Bleachers in the gymnasium to provide additional seating capacity at lunch. We will be using outdoor spaces as much as possible during HS Lunch as weather permits. We will need to develop a HS/MS lunch pattern of either splitting the lunches in an A/B format or having students each lunch in the classrooms to limit contact and create a more defined cohort group. We understand there will be limited times when students and staff need to be within six feet. These times are during instructional periods when teachers needs to offer additional individual assistance to students. Other times would be during passing time\s and transition time where students would pass each other in the hall. For Elementary recess, we will stagger the recess time so that only three (3) grade levels will be on the recess play area at one time. We will establish play areas and proper activities that reduce physical contact between students. We will accommodate students with disabilities and others who meet the exception in order to provide equitable services. We have developed a plan to provide adequate space for meals. Elementary students will have meals in classrooms for break. Three (3) grade levels will continue to eat lunch in the classroom and the other 3 grade levels will eat in the cafeteria. HS students will have meals in the cafeteria/stage/gymnasium and outside as much as practicable to ensure space for physical distancing. We will need to maintain HS/MS students in a cohort group as much as possible. HS/MS lunch will need to be staggered in an A/B group of students and some will need to have lunch in classrooms to limit physical contact and reduce the opportunity of exposure by cohorting students as much as possible. We have adequate hand washing stations within the facilities. K-3 have handwashing stations in each classroom as well as the restroom. 4-6 have access to hand washing in restrooms and the library. HS school students have access to hand washing stations in the restrooms and the locker rooms. All classrooms and common areas will have access to hand sanitizer as an additional safety measure. We have established clear expectations for face coverings for students, staff, and families. We have purchased additional disposable face coverings for students who may need a face covering or who have forgotten one. We have provided face covering to all employees. We have identified staff who may need additional PPE equipment based on their job duties, responsibilities, and functions. We have planned to keep windows open on the bus as much as practicable, students will wear face coverings on the bus and we will have addition face covering for students who have forgotten or lost their own. We will adjust loading of students and seating assignment to maximize distancing. We have purchased substantial quantities of cleaning supplies over the past four months. We have made a large investment in industrial disinfecting equipment that will be used in both buildings and on school busses. We have established a daily cleaning regime and a nightly cleaning regime. We have been working with Mason County Health for several months to develop a process to report any suspected or known cases. Mason County Health has informed us that they would contact the district to provide guidance, a communication tool and protocol to the district for any known cases of COVID-19 by a staff member or student. Part II-Statutory Education Requirements. We have established a 180-day school calendar and hours under the guidance and direction of a certificated teacher. Our current calendar has the end date of June 10, 2021 with two (2) additional non-student make up days if needed. We would extended the school calendar to June 19, 2021 if the school district needs to close due to COVID-19. Weekly ScheduleA/B Model A Group-50% Students Attend Monday/Thursday Grades K-12 (North Division)B-Group 50% Students Attend Tuesday/Friday Grades K-12 (South Division)*Wednesday would be Remote Learning for All StudentsK-12 Students would be divided into two (2) groups by the Geography of the District to keep family members attending school on the same day of the week in all grades. MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayA Group (K-12)B Group (K-12)Distance Learning (All) K-12A Group (K-12)B Group (K-12)Split/alternating schedule on-site with continuous remote learning off-site with one day distance learning. Predictable schedules for families, students, teachers, community childcare, tutoring, and activitiesPriority for students within the same family to follow the same weekly schedule – M/TH or T/FRIDaily Attendance-We have developed a method to take daily attendance based on our current process. Student attendance would be recorded in our data management system daily. Our communication plan with student and families is still in development. It would consist of parent teacher conferences before the beginning of the school year, technology orientation, and a review of the weekly instructional schedule. We have learning standards identified prior to the closure in March of 2020. We have not had time to clearly identity the standards across all grade levels prior to the beginning of the 2020-21 school year. Based on our initial screening that we will conduct during the first weeks of school, we will be better equipped to begin that work when we have assessed student’s knowledge and skills based on the current standards. Our grading standard will resume based on the 2019-20 process. Elementary: We will use Standards Bases Grades with a rating scale of 1 to 4.Middle Grades. We will use Standards Based Grades with a rating scale of 1 to 4. These grades will convert to a letter grade of A-F.High School, We will use Standards Based Grades with a rating scale of 1 to 4. These grades will convert to a letter grade of A-F.Part III-Additional Expectations Our plan to support the few students who earned incompletes in the spring is to offer more opportunity for credit retrial classes at the High School Level. In addition, students will have the opportunity to meet with teachers to review the plan for them to earn credit from the incomplete and submit work up to January 2021. Students who had earned an incomplete will have the option of working independently to make up the missed material, work in their current classroom (Math, English, etc.,) to seek additional assistance to make up the missed work while at the same time continuing in the current content. Student may stay after school to meet with teachers for tutoring and additional assistance. Our district did not develop a summer learning plan other than offering Extended School year.Our plan for universal screening is in development. For students in Kinder, there will be the annual WAKids assessment, which consists of a parent interview, student interviews, and assessment of kinder readiness skills. We are looking at two other platforms, 1.) Easy CBM assessment in reading and math. 2.) I-Ready assessment in both reading and math. Both assessments provide assessment data on student’s current academic levels, areas of strengths and weakness, and identifies student’s needs in regards to common core state standards. I-Ready would take the place of MAP’s testing and expand into supplemental instruction in both Reading and Math. Students would have access to supplemental support in both contents either in-person or remotely. Students in grades 7-12 will meet with their advisors, review their current HS transcript from the spring of 2020, and review the courses needed to meet their HSBP. Students will be assessed in each content classroom (English/Math, etc.) for placement and identify areas of strength and weakness based on the common core state standards. This will be accomplished the first week of school. Our family and community engagement would consist of an informational newsletter produced prior to the school year outlining the health and safety components, instructional model, grading policy, and questions regarding the use of technology. We plan to hold parent/conferences prior to the beginning of the school year to meet with parents to explain the instructional model and the new health and safety DOH guidance. Our district does not serve ELL learners since none qualifies for additional services. Our district invested over the summer in the purchase of technology, hardware and connectivity for students. Our staff has connectivity at school and at their residence. The district purchased 150 Chromebooks for student use. The district invested in 49 Verizon hotspots to distribute to families who have no access to broadband. The cost of the Hotspots if we allocated all 49 is $20,000. Annually. *The percentage of students who have adequate technology and connectivity to learn remotely 51-60%Over the summer, we purchased 150 Chromebooks, which is enough for a 1 to 1 model for all students. We collaborated with PUD #3 to install three (3) Wi-Fi hotspots in the community. At MMK, we have opened our Wi-Fi system at school so students can access the system in the parking lot. We invested in Verizon Wi-Fi hotspots with data plans that will be charged to the district and will be allocated to families who can attest that they have no internet access to their homes. Our district has professional development planned for August 20, 21, 24, and 25 on our LMS (Google Classrooms) system and on project based learning. We will need to bring is certain staff prior to these days to work on identifying standards, and LMS Support. We sent four (4) staff members to ESD 113 training over the summer on remote learning to support the staff in the implementation of the LMS. Our primary Learning Management System will be Google Classrooms. ................
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