School Level Planning
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Issue/Consideration
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Solution (*indicate supports required)
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- Arrival/departure of students –adjusted recesses to decrease transitions within the day.
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- ALL elementary schools will be following the adjusted recess day—morning recess from 8:53-9:08 AM (no 10:30 recess) and afternoon recess from 3:22-3:37 PM (no 2:15 recess)
- *Transportation will send a new schedule for pickup/drop off letters that will be implemented on September 8—this will adjust pickup/drop off times by 15 minutes to accommodate for the new adjusted recess times.
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- Adjusted morning and afternoon recess consideration for breaks
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- Teachers will provide a short body break as required during morning and afternoon instruction
- Staggered Lunch – the students will be divided into 2 groups to have outdoor recess at the beginning of lunch hour/other group eats and then flip outdoor groups and eating groups.
- Group A – Lunch recess is from 11:45-12:00. Students eat lunch from 12:00-12:45
- Group B – Students eat lunch from 11:45-12:30. Lunch recess is from 12:30-12:45
- Students are encouraged to go home for lunch, if possible
- Students will wash their hands prior to going out for recess and when they come in from recess
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- Drop off and Pick up of non-transported students.
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- Non-transported students should arrive between 8:53-9:08 during the new supervised recess time
- We encourage students to arrive closer to 9:08 AM to avoid playground congestion
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- Entry and Exit Procedures
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- Entering the building – staff will use a megaphone at each entrance and call classes in one at a time to enter the building and put their footwear away. Classroom teachers will meet their students at the entrance and escort them back to class.
- Exiting the Building – Classroom teachers will escort their students to the appropriate door.
- Movement within the school - We will implement one-way traffic throughout the school. Floors markers are in place to help direct the students travel in the appropriate direction and maintain appropriate social distancing, when able to.
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- Public Entry into the School
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- Signs have been posted on all doors to STOP and call office if entry is required.
- Parent meetings, if required, will be done virtually.
- No guest speakers or outside presenters are allowed in schools until further notice (only RBE employees ie: Outdoor Ed.)
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- Reduced Movement Throughout the Day
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- In September, students’ cohorts will be their classroom. They will remain within their own space during the day.
- Itinerant and specialist teachers will provide their instruction in the students’ classrooms. They must sanitize hands upon entry and exit.
- We will restrict student transitions within the school to reduce surfaces touched and physical contact.
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- Gymnasiums
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- September: Gymnasiums closed during opening stage-physical education activities can occur outside or within the students’ classroom.
- Beginning of October: Revisit opening gymnasiums
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- Resource Centers
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- September: Resource Centers closed for student borrowing of materials
- Teacher Librarians will develop a process for having buckets/carts of books for individual classroom usage
- Beginning of October: Revisit opening resource centers
- No community/parent volunteers at this time
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- Washrooms
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- Washrooms will be disinfected based on a daily schedule.
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- Isolation Room
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- We have a designated isolation rom. A COVID kit is assembled in the isolation room containing shield, masks, gloves, no contact thermometer if required, hand sanitizer, etc.
- The Isolation room will be supervised by a staff member
- Refer to Safe Schools Plan: Safe Attendance Procedures for Illness and Care
- Safe Attendance Procedures for Illness and Care
- SHA Self Assessment Tool
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- Assemblies/Other Gatherings
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- NO assemblies, Backpack events, Open Houses, Orientations, BBQ’s, etc. will occur at this time.
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- Technology
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- Equipment will be sanitized prior to storing for the next users.
- Hand sanitizer will be available at all computer carts.
- A schedule has been created so that classrooms have blocks of time for technology use.
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