Good morning RRPS Community, Please see below for the latest school reentry information in this Oct. 8 edition of the School Reentry E-Newsletter for the 2021-2022 school year:

Performing Arts Concerts, Plays & Recitals Rio Rancho Public Schools is thrilled that our performing arts students and teachers will be presenting concerts, plays, and recitals in person beginning this week. It has been too long since we were able to experience live performances where our students can demonstrate their talents with family and friends. Before these performances take place, we want to tell you about some COVID-19 safety protocols that will be in place for these performances. We ask that you review these protocols and follow them carefully when you attend our events. What we are doing to keep students safe All students will be masked during the performances. Students will be socially distanced from one another. Band instruments will be equipped with instrument bell covers. What we are doing to keep the audience safe Audience members will be required to wear masks over their mouths and nose at all times while indoors. All masks should adhere to face covering guidelines created by the NMPED on page 13 of their current COVID-19 Response Toolkit for New Mexico’s Public Schools. All audience members are asked to sit at least six feet apart, unless they are part of the same household. Depending on the performance, entire rows of seats may be taped off in order to ensure proper social distancing. We ask that audience members not sit in these areas. Announcements will be given prior to each performance reminding all in attendance about masking and social distancing. What you can do to help Although we are all excited to see our children perform, please consider limiting the number of household members who attend performances. Priority should be given to parents and guardians. Please abide by the above safety measures. Enjoy the performances! Many teachers and arts directors have been working with State officials over the last year to establish the above protocols in order to allow performances to take place. No one wants to return to the situation where performing arts students could only engage in their art form outdoors, were extremely limited in their activities, or could not perform at all. By following the above guidelines, you help us in our efforts to have further performances in the future, and to allow students to sing, play, dance, and act in person with each other and for you. We appreciate your cooperation, please enjoy and help us celebrate our Fine Arts Department performances safely!

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Parent University: The Dangers of E-Cigs Are you aware of the dangers posed to students by E-Cigs? Not sure how to talk to your kids about E-Cigs? Join us for a free online Parent University class all about the dangers of E-Cigs and what you can do to keep your kids safe. We'll have a presentation and Q&A session with representatives from the RRPS Safety & Security Team, RRPS Nursing Team and Rio Rancho Police Department. The class is open to all parents, guardians, staff members, students and Rio Rancho community members. During the Q&A session you'll be able to type your questions in the YouTube chat box and the presenters will answer them live. This is an informative class you don't want to miss! Thursday, Oct. 28 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Streamed live on our YouTube Channel Learn More About Parent University Classes September Ends with 173 Positive Cases Now that we are in the month of October, we want to let you know how many positive COVID-19 cases Rio Rancho Public Schools had in the month of September. The case counts only include those students, staff, and contractors who were present at an RRPS facility while in their infectious period. For the month of September 2021, Rio Rancho Public Schools ended with a total of 173 positive cases. Rio Rancho Public Schools is actively monitoring the case counts and will deploy enhanced COVID safety protocols should we see our infection rate at any school reach 3% or higher in a 14 day period. At this time, we do not have any schools approaching that level for infection rates. Currently, Rio Rancho Public Schools has more robust safety protocols than are required by NMPED and we will continue to do all we can to keep our students and staff save during the continuing COVID-19 public health pandemic. View Current Cases & Quarantines Web Page

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