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• Regular brick-and-mortar schooling with full attendance and extensive protocols and procedures in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through preventive measures that minimize opportunities for exposure. Students would need to wear masks and maintain safe social distancing at all times.
• Fully online/remote learning, with as many instructional devices provided as possible, professional development/planning to assist teachers in engaging their students remotely, and supports for our families at home. In a fully remote learning environment, teachers must have the tools, training, and support needed to provide high quality instruction.
• A hybrid model, combining elements of the two. What this would most likely consist of is schools operating at reduced capacity to further safeguard against COVID-19. On any given day, in-person learning would take place for some students, while remote learning would take place for others. In a hybrid model, the schools and district must plan a daily/weekly schedule that is conducive to learning while also minimizing the impact on families.

• Any time children are in school, extensive protocols and procedures will be in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 through preventive measures that minimize opportunities for exposure.
• Extensive cleaning and disinfecting protocols will be put into place throughout our buildings and facilities district-wide, including school buses, entrance ways, classrooms, hallways, restrooms, etc.
• Our Buildings and Grounds Department is upgrading air filtration equipment with components that make them more effective at filtering out pathogens including the coronavirus.

• Mask usage will be of critical importance by students and staff to prevent the spread of the virus, and under the current guidance, masks will be required for students.
• The district has been in the process of acquiring vast quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be deployed district-wide. Masks will be made available to students on an as-needed basis if a student forgets his or her mask at home. To address this need while also increasing school spirit, we are in the process of ordering reusable cloth masks for all students at each school with the school’s logo on it as a mask option for all students.
• We are also looking at ways to ensure that no students, staff, or visitors entering the building have a fever, including the installation of temperature scanners and screening procedures that can be completed at home.
• Parents and guardians will be able to rely on the schools and the district to take whatever preventive measures are possible to maximize student safety and minimize opportunities for exposure. The district and schools must also be able to rely on families to do their part. Each and every day a child is going to school, the family must confirm the following:
• Have you experienced any of the following symptoms in the last 14 days: Cough, Shortness of Breath or Trouble Breathing, Fever (above 100° F), Chills, Muscle Pain, Sore Throat, New Loss of Taste or Smell, Nausea, Vomiting, Diarrhea?
• Have you been in close or proximate contact in the past 14 days with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 or who has or had symptoms of COVID-19?
• Have you tested positive for COVID-19 within the last 14 days?
• Have you traveled internationally or from a state identified per the New York State Travel Advisory in the past 14 days?

• Measures must be taken to minimize the risk of exposure on school buses, by requiring masks.
• Staff have been formulating ways to reduce school bus capacity, such as by allowing families to temporarily opt out of transportation eligibility, and how that might impact traffic congestion at arrival/dismissal. Next week, we will send out a notice to all families who are eligible for transportation, to solicit volunteers to temporarily opt out of bus transportation and instead either walk or transport their child on their own.
• Schools are exploring flexibility in school arrival/dismissal procedures to ensure that social distancing is followed as students enter and exit the building (and potentially to accommodate a greater number of parents/guardians driving their children to school).

• The Food Service Department has been working hard to plan for each eventuality, including how breakfast and lunch will be able to be made available in each school building in the fully in-person or hybrid scenarios. Each school must take into account the size of the cafeteria, the number of students inside for each lunch period, and whether those students could be kept 6 feet apart. If not, other options must be identified, such as allowing students to remain in their classrooms while eating.
• The Food Service Department has been exploring new opportunities for online meal ordering and payment to facilitate the challenges presented by COVID-19.
• Food Service is also planning to continue to offer breakfast/lunch in a completely remote/online learning environment, and for those students who are learning at home in a hybrid model.