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Spreckels Union School District (SUSD) Reopening Update

Presented to Reopening Committee on Monday, February 22, 2021

Presented to Board of Trustees on Thursday, February 25, 2021

*=added since February 22

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Agenda:

  1. Recent Events
    1. Governor’s Proposal/SB 86
    2. Monterey County Covid-19 Metrics
    3. Vaccine Announcements
  2. New California K-12 Schools Guidance and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention Guidance
  3. Research on Safely Reopening Schools
  4. SUSD’s Covid Safety Plan (CSP): Covid-19 Prevention Program (CPP) and Covid-19 Checklist
  5. Proposed Revisions and Recommendations to Current SUSD Reopening Plan
  6. Next Steps

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SB 86: $6.5 billion “Safe and Open Schools Grant”

  • Opt-In Grant versus Incentive Grant
  • Reopening plans due by April 1
  • Must open by April 15 for $
    • If in purple tier, open for vulnerable cohorts in all grade levels
    • If in red tier, in-person for TK-6
  • Distance Learning still an option for families
  • Strict testing cadences
  • Agreements in place with labor unions
  • Counties need to prioritize making vaccines available to educators

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Updated Monterey County Covid-19 Metrics

Adjusted Case Rates: 24.0 (38.9 on 2/9/21); down to 18.4 on 2/23*

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Positivity Rate: 7.8% (11.1% on 2/9/21; down to 6.6% on 2/23*

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Health Equity Quartile Metric: 14.1% (17.2% on 2/9/21); down to 12.7% on 2/23*

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Vaccine Announcements:

  • Starting March 3, Monterey County educators can sign up to be vaccinated (in theory, second shots would be complete by end of March)
  • Governor announced on Friday, February 19th that 10% of vaccines would be reserved for educators
  • Monterey County’s vaccine supply was increased by 100% on 2/24/21; still lags behind demand*
  • Today’s vaccine priority announcment by Governor*

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CDC-California K-12 Schools Guidance Crosswalk (2/16/21): https://files.covid19.ca.gov/pdf/CDC-California-schools-guidance-crosswalk--en.pdf

Needed for TK-6

Needed

for 7 & 8 grade

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CDC’s most recent strategies for reopening schools (2/12/21): “Layered Mitigation”

  1. Universal and correct use of masks
  2. Physical distancing
  3. Handwashing and respiratory etiquette
  4. Cleaning and maintaining health facilities
  5. Contract tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine, in collaboration with health department

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/operation-strategy.html

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Research on Safely Reopening Schools

February 10, 2021 Reopening California Schools Safely Webinar:

youtube.com/watch?v=iHPz5mFNvtc&t=2984s

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SUSD’s Covid Safety Plan (CSP)

Covid-19 Prevention Program (CPP): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KErTetI58pPA3KIUYySohW6FwMOM9QPR/view?usp=sharing

Covid-19 Checklist: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p3Yyq35eZz6hzSKDath3x1vtypqGEo6A/view?usp=sharing

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SUSD’s Current Reopening Plan Language : Phase 2 (Revised most recently on 11/3/20)

Phase 2: AM/PM Hybrid or 100% Distance Learning Option-transition to Phase 2 when Monterey County metrics allow following a staggered approach:

  • TK-2nd at earliest opportunity (4 weeks from ‘triggering Tuesday’ or to align with a scheduled event/break in the 2020-21 school calendar)
  • 3-5th after 2 additional weeks if TK-2 phase is successful
  • 6-8th after 2 additional weeks if 3-5th phase is successful

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Proposed New Language: Phase 2

Phase 2: AM/PM Hybrid or 100% Distance Learning Option:

  • All TK-5th and 6th-8th grade vulnerable (SPED, EL, Intervention, Chronically Absent, etc.) student cohorts on April 6 (first synchronous day after Spring Break)
  • 6-8th as soon as Monterey County meets the allowable metrics (7 cases/100,000) for middle grade students (no sooner than April 6)*

* Offer “socialization pods” of 15 or less students 2x a week during 3rd trimester (starting no earlier than the week of April 5) until reopening metrics are met

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Proposed New Language: Reopening Committee Recommendation Survey Results*

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Next Steps:

  1. Reopening Committee finalizes its recommendation to the Board of Trustees (vote via Google Form)-February 22
  2. Board of Trustees Special Board Meeting- February 25
  3. Send District’s CST to County and State (pending Board action and reaching agreements with labor unions)
  4. Communicate Updates to District Families and Finalize Plans to Return Students