Clear Creek School District issued the following announcement on Aug. 11.
How can it be August already?! I must have missed the Old Navy back to school commercials and the aisles of folders, pencils and fun backpacks at Walmart. I am, however, beyond excited to welcome back educators this week and students next week! About a month ago we shared our CCSD Restart Plan. Since then we have been hard at work getting schools ready & detailing health & safety protocols. Important for families to know:
● Masks continue to be one of the best ways to keep kids & staff safe. While there will be exceptions to mask-wearing (eating, drinking, exercising, when outside & able to maintain a distance, students with identified concerns), preparing your child to wear a mask at school will help us embrace a culture of mask-wearing.
● Please limit the items that students bring from home that are not essential for learning, i.e. stuffed animals, blankets, etc. We want kids to have what they need for learning, while limiting the temptation to pass around and share personal items.
● Please minimize stops on the way to school: this applies to our high school students who drive and educators; it is one more way we can help reduce chances of transmission and stay healthy.
● Visitors will be limited to only the most essential, and those who enter the building will need to take their temperature, complete a symptom log, and use hand sanitizer. Office staff are prepared to work with families using phone & email, so that parents can remain in a car or outside the school.
We love seeing our families, but this will allow us to limit the possibility of transmission. By attending school in person, students and families agree to follow these important health and safety protocols. We will remind our students and provide support as needed; firm yet caring as we look to stay healthy as a community. We are thrilled to welcome back our students. And we anticipate transitioning to the Remote Learning model at some point.
When this happens, educators may need one to two days to transition. Our hope is to limit transitions, our reality is that we are planning for In Person Learning, Remote Learning, and moving between the two multiple times.
As Dr Suess meant to say, we will teach them in a room, we will teach them on a zoom, we will teach them from afar, we will teach them in a car. COVID, bring it! We got this. Decisions to use the In Person Learning model or the Remote Learning model continue to be guided by health and safety data, a close partnership with Clear Creek Public Health, CCPH, and information from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, CDPHE. Updated guidance from CDPHE is found in the Colorado Department of Education’s Reopening Schools Guidance. Our decisions are based on science and facts; our decisions are not based on politics, pressure, popularity, or what others are doing. When assessing data, health experts look at metrics including growth in cases, testing results, hospital capacity, and predictive models. Each school district community has a different set of facts to consider
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