king Family Update

February 10, 2021

Tonight families will walk away with the most recent district and school updates, along with answers to their questions about school reopening.

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What we know so far...

• King Family Commitment:
• Return to In-person: Approx. 200 students
• Continue Remote: Approx. 170 students
• Phase I students returned on 2/4/21
• We have created protocols for arrival/dismissal, breakfast/lunch, walking in the hallway, bathrooms, recess, cleaning (based on guidance from DESE)
• We miss having students and families in the building

KING REOPENING PLAN

Will my student’s schedule change when in-person learning begins?

• Each student has been assigned a cohort: S, A or B
• Remote students stay remote!
• In-person students:
• High Needs come every day, every week (S’s)
• A or B students alternate in-person days by week
• When Phase III and IV students return schedules will change

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Schedule for Return to in-person learning (Phase III and IV)

Lunch schedules will change to allow ALL grade levels to have lunch in the cafeteria.

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The following will remain the same:

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• School day hours 8:50am-3:20pm
• Special times
• Classroom teachers

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Parent Drop Off:

• Begins at 8:50
• See Drop-Off/Pick-Up Diagram
• Cars will drive around the building.
• Cars will be directed by staff to form 2 lines (K-2 and 3-5).
• Staff will stop traffic at Door 5 and allow 3-5 students ONLY out of cars on the passenger side only.
• Families with children in both drop off groups will have to make 2 stops to unload.
• Traffic will advance to merge to a single lane around the building when directed by a staff member.
• Cars will then form 2 lanes to exit (3-5) or drop off at Door 18 for K-2 students.

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ARRIVALS- PARENT DROP OFF

Parent Pick-Up: 3:20 PM

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• Parents will be provided with a pre- labeled car sign with their child(ren)’s last name(s) and room numbers to be hung on the car’s rear view mirror facing out.
• Parents will filter to the designated doors using the same procedures in the Arrivals plan. Door 5 for grade 3-5 and Door 18 for grades K-2.
• Yellow gate will be opened for access at 3:15 so that cars who are only picking up K-2 can proceed to Door 18 in the rear of the building.
• Parents picking up students in both grade level groups will need to load at both designated doors, beginning with Door 5 (grades 3-5)
• Parent Pick up will be “called” using the Assigned Parent Mirror signs.
• Teachers will dismiss students to the door and the staff outside will direct students into their parents’ vehicles.
• When all vehicles are loaded staff will direct traffic to keep moving and communicate with teachers the new cars that have arrived.
• Traffic will proceed in designated lanes following the same procedures as Arrivals.

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DISMISSAL-PARENT PICK UP

Desks: (6 feet apart)

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Visitor Protocol

IMPORTANT NOTE: No visitors should be on school grounds without previously arranged appointment or invitation from school personnel. Late arrivals or early dismissal visitors will follow the same process outlined in the Visitors Protocols.

KING Sign In/Out/ Visitor Protocols

Food Services: Breakfast and Lunch

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• Breakfast: Breakfast will be Grab and Go. All students will go to their classrooms upon arrival. Each grade level is assigned 2 Breakfast Times within the Breakfast Window.(There will be one final last call for late comers)

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• Students will retrieve their breakaway lanyards hanging on their desks with their personal meal card and wait until they are dismissed to go to the cafeteria to get their breakfast.

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• Students will sanitize their hands on the way out of the classroom.They will follow the hallway travel path to and from the cafeteria.

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• They will be eating breakfast in their classrooms at their desks.

Lunch:11:30-1:00

• There will be markers on the floor 6 ft apart as well as stanchions to guide physical distancing.
• When students come to lunch by class they are lied up in the following order:
• Home Lunch will go directly to their assigned seat
• Milk Only
• Hot Lunch
• Students will sanitize their hands on the way out of the classroom.They will follow the hallway travel path to and from the cafeteria with their teacher.
• Students will retrieve their breakaway lanyards hanging on their desks with their personal meal card.
• Students will have assigned seats in the cafeteria.Seats will be marked.
• Food Allergies: There will be an allergy ZONE where students with allergies will be assigned to sit.

Student Lanyards and IDs

• Students will have IDs (one for a lanyard that is kept in school and one to attach to their backpack)

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• Breakfast/Lunch IDs will be scannable so students will not need to enter their food service codes

Recess protocols

Outdoor Recess: Encourage Social Distancing Games

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• 7 Zones: Rotation Schedule
• Playground- Big Structure
• Little playground
• Back Field
• Roary’s Blacktop
• King Crown Blacktop
• Big Field A (Play Works)
• Big Field B (Play Works)

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• Bins for each Recess Block with age appropriate supplies (tennis balls, frisbees, chalk, jump ropes, etc.) will be available.Items will be sanitized after every recess.
• Masks must be worn at all times during recess with the exception of the Mask Free Zone at the Picnic Tables. Staff will encourage social distancing at recess.
• Students will stay in the zone for the day and rotate zones throughout the week.

Bathroom procedures

• There will be two assigned bathroom breaks by grade level. (Exceptions will be made as appropriate)

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• Teachers will make every effort to encourage students to use the bathroom during scheduled breaks to minimize ‘emergency’ visits.

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• Bathrooms will be checked every hour by the custodian and cleaned at least once per day and as needed.

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• Occupancy in the bathrooms is limited to three students at a time with no more than 2 stalls accessible to ensure social distancing.

• The bathrooms will be closely monitored by staff to ensure protocols are being followed..

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Masks Breaks

• Health and Wellness has developed guidelines for mask breaks
• Mask breaks are already a part of our classroom schedules
• Mask breaks are allowed to happen inside the building as long as students are 6 feet apart and for no longer than 5 minutes at a time (except during lunch)Weather permitting, they may also occur outside.
• There is a procedure that must be followed including hand-washing and proper mask folding/placement when taking a mask off
• All students will be provided with breakaway mask lanyards to simplify mask storage during mask breaks and lunch.

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When a family changes their commitment to return

If the student is in the A or B cohort...

The student will be put on a waitlist.

The next decision date to review requests and determine placement is March 19th. Below are the dates from the Back to School plan as a reference.

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1.Families complete THIS FORM!

If the student is in the S cohort...

It will take up to two weeks to coordinate, including transportation.

Student, Family and staff Wellness

Wellness Check and Commitment Form - English

Wellness Check and Commitment Form - Portuguese

Wellness Check and Commitment Form - Spanish

We are extending COVID-19 PCR testing to all students returning in Phases I and II. Consent information was provided to families of Phase I & Phase II. PCR testing for students will shift to pooled testing once that is rolled out with the return of students in Phases III & IV. Testing of students in school will prove to be a much more reliable indicator than relying solely upon community health metrics. We encourage full participation!

COVID Testing

Daily Wellness Attestation BEFORE coming to school.

Attestation App

The Framingham Public Schools have adopted MyMedBot App in order to allow all staff and families the ability to engage in a daily attestation of health with regard to COVID symptoms. Students, families and staff will answer a series of COVID-19 related questions each school day via the mobile app (accessible on both mobile phones and computers). While staff are already actively engaging in this attestation, families will soon be provided with instructions.

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Components of the FPS Back to School Plan

Any Questions from YOU?

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We welcome questions & follow-up discussion…

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COVID-19 Room and Testing Protocol

There is a “COVID Room” that is separate from the nurse’s office that will be used for students waiting to be picked up who are presenting with symptoms. This room will be supervised and have a designated single-stall bathroom and sink. The student must have a COVID Test before returning to school. If the student is NOT tested, they can return to school 10 days following symptoms, as long as they’re fever free for a full 24 hours prior and have been cleared by a COVID team member.

From DESE’s “Protocols for Responding to COVID-19 Scenarios”

COVID-Positive?

From DESE’s “Protocols for Responding to COVID-19 Scenarios”

Staff must be cleared by a COVID Team Member prior to return.

Students must be cleared by the school nurse and the local board of health.

COVID-19 CLOSE CONTACT PROTOCOL

From DESE’s “Protocols for Responding to COVID-19 Scenarios”

Close contacts must self-quarantine for 14 days.

It is important to note that the definition of close contact has been changed to being within 6 feet for 15 or more minutes over a 24 hour period.