ESSER III Survey (Aug 2022).xlsx

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2	The Academic Support and Programs (ASAP) team has collaboratively worked with site based administrators and teachers to determine supports that would be most appropriate for all learners at each grade band. Instructional supports include in person and virtual one on one tutoring, small group tutoring, and on demand instructional support. Additionally, the MTSS (Multi-Tiered System of Supports) Team has been working closely with school administrators and teachers to identify the appropriate academic and social emoptional supports for students and to progress monitor those supports in order to make adjustments when needed.	School leaders are required to submit school improvement plans which place equity as a major factor in decision making. Student needs are a priority when developing plans and as a result resources are allotted to address the greatest needs.	The District has taken proactive measures to hire inside and outside staff and organizations to address the mental health of students and staff. Due to the lack of available candidates and importance of additional services, BAM/WOW and Asian Human Services are two organizations that the District has hired to address this need. The District is currently in the process of building out additional services which will be offered at a "Wrap-Around" center in the near future. Staff can currently access mental health services by an outside agency by contacting the Associate Superintendent of HR for more information.	1) The District has strategically and intentionally put into place means of including parents in every aspect of their child's educational experience. A robust FACE office and Outreach Department is in place to assist in this endeavor. 2) School leaders are engaged and commited to making the culture of each school welcoming and safe which builds trust with students. 3) Schools are working hard to create norms at every level within the building. 4) Schools are allocated resources for field trips and other interactive activies to develop collaboration between students. 5) Recognition programs are one of the norms that have been developed. The Supt's newsletter is one way of highlighting great things that are happening within our schools as well as to publically acknowledge hard work at public board meetings. 6) Finally, schools have clubs and teams that are allocated resouces so that the students can engage in things that are fun and engaging.	The health, safety, and well-being of our students, staff, and families continue to remain a top priority. As such, District leadership continuously monitors and meets to discuss and implement health and safety protocols that are consistent with federal, state and local guidelines. These measures are essential to maintaining in-person instruction, support, and after-school activities in our schools as well as to create a safe work environment for staff.	The District has taken action in addressing student safety and has allocated money in this area. A safety assessment was completed and more actions are forthcoming .	General comments have been read and considered when prioritizing spending for Fiscal Year 2023.
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7	When cases increase do remote instruction.	Excellent plan my only recommendation would be to demonstrate how equitable and inclusive your actions are by specifically identifying student groups that will be targeted as they are the ones that require the most support. Similarly like you explicitly identify English Learners be specific about students of color by naming Black/African American students. This is aligns with the AESOP department as we are converting all goals from SMART to SMARITE goals (I-inclusive, E-Equitable).	More mental health professionals for students	Since teachers spend a great deal of money out of pocket and we are still living within the Pandemic, I think it would be very helpful for All teachers to be given a specific dollar amount for SEL. SEL is sorely needed for staff and students. This would be used for specific classroom: motivation, incentives and contests.	Re-visit the mitigation table	For more safety in the school	The plan linked here is for school year 2022. The whole thing needs to be revamped to address concerns and needs for the following school year.
8	Continued support for special needs students	I can provide support with revising this plan to be reflect our equity initiatives if needed. Thanks	Effective mental health programming	Effective emotional health programming	No masks required	Better security personnel and security at the doors	Looks as an excellent plan
9	Follow through with list pen to paper and in person instructions		Increase the level of mental health specialists and services for students.	Utilize and expand on in-district personnel instead of bringing in outside agencies to perform items in the plan - increase number of support personnel to implement the social/emotional and tier I, II, and III necessary interventions. We do not have enough staff in the buildings to address the need, and the outside agencies are not meeting the need.	Clear procedures and signs. Yes there are signs up in the hallways but they need to be clear where people should be walking. Last year many teachers disregarded this during dismissal and social distancing was not maintained properly.	Protection	Continue to support our community
10	No small groups		The Pandemic has greatly affected the state of every person’s mental health. It is now necessary that all training for staff on the front line, to support students to reach their goals (be put in place to have Trauma training). All PD for the entire school year should focus on Trauma.	Continue working for our students supporting all needs emotionally, physical and academic	Return COVID PT days as numbers are fluctuating	School Safety	Longer lunch periods for elementary
11	Allow schools to submit a proposal to assist students who have fallen behind in their school work.		Illinois students were given 5 mental health days. Please do the same for staff. Last year was the hardest year I’ve had in 18 years. Mentally, physically exhausting. My principal is amazing and understanding, but that doesn’t erase the stress.		We should be doing the Shield COVID test like other school districts in Lake County. It's been offered to all school districts & we should have taken up the offer	More security than young people and police presence every school exit	How do we ensure accountability for the things that were or were not done according to plan?
12	Smaller class sizes		No information to easily track if a student referred for mental health services actually received them. Forms not shared with BAM/WOW - response to indicate a time frame or ""next steps"". No way to tell if student referred and in program already or refused		Wear masks in school at all times	School funds right now should be used for SAFETY issues…	Training and PD on how to implement the strategies identified in the plan
13	In person learning with mask				As the classrooms are not very spacious, it would be recommended that the number of students does not exceed twenty so that there is sufficient separation between them.	Door security	Personally, I really want them to improve the students' lunch, I think it's not healthy to give the students pizza or hamburgers every day, with this type of food, the students either get fat or they don't eat because they're already angry and yes as parents, we want to make their lunch for them to take to school. Our children don't want to take it because they say "nobody takes it, neither do I. It's better to see if they give me something good" and it turns out that they give them the same thing every day, well Probably they are embarrassed to bring their own food or they make fun of them and they prefer to eat even the meat of the hamburger or not eat it, in short, I would like them to improve the food that is offered to the children.
14	For students in the DL programs, I was told that academic instruction for students on homebound had to be in person, yet related services could be virtual. This presents as a double standard. It needs to be consistent.				Class size: having the max amount of students in a class does nothing for the prevention, and providing social distancing.	Strengthen safety and security in schools.	Update staff directory, including policy for staff responsiveness
15	Summer Bridge for students in the STEP if possible				Stop masking kids there are enough studies to show that it doesn’t reduce transmission and instead increases detrimental health, social and developmental growth	More security at the middle school. Placed in each hallway by grades.	That the security has physical condition because you have Fat people with all due respect but they are treating young people who have a better condition than yours
16	Summer school needs to be 5 or more weeks of instruction. Teachers are required to administer a pre and post assessment, and I feel like that is not enough time to see change with students.				Smaller class size	Safety in schools	The estrangement (disfranchisement)
17	NO Hybrid option!!!!				Masks mandatory for medium level of transmission	More safety for schools	Should every student be registered?
18	The importance of learning				Please keep the masks	Last school year the drinking fountains needed new filters and these filters were not replaced by Waukegan school district in a timely manner. Often times than not, the filter light was red. When I inquired in the school office, I was told that Lincoln Center had not sent replacement filters yet. The students were very concerned and worried about the water they were putting in their water bottles.	Accessibility accommodations need to be provided to staff and students who have a difficult time communicating through masks.
19	"Section 2-G-Interventions for Students with Disabilities--it states we are to supplement core instruction with targeted intervention for students who require support beyond Tier 1. As a special education ELA teacher, we are given a strict/tight pacing guide for ""CORE"" instruction to follow. We are not following curriculum, we are following a boxed program. There needs to be flexibility from L (incoln) C (enter) to allow teachers to teach to standards, not a program that is not engaging and is created for students at or above grade level.				Please make sure each school has extra cleaning supplies and masks before we begin school. At the middle school level there was a time when we only had smaller sized masks and the students did not want to wear them.	Classroom doors should be bulletproof (sadly)	Prioritizing self-care for teachers and staffs.
20	Furthermore, there is no time allowed to do intervention with the many programs that expected to be used (without fidelity) in our classrooms				The safe return for the students personally I think was very good, because I had experiences with my children telling me that one of them could have been in contact and the truth is that they did not let him return until he took the test that was negative, I think that they were doing things in the schools as best as possible to report the positive cases in each school and hopefully they will continue to improve this school year that began.	Search everyone who enters the school	Zero tolerance for possession in junior high of drugs or alcohol
21	Added support of missed curriculum				I would prefer students have their own desk not a shared table	Safety	Have SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound) goals for the plan. Many of the items are vague: "Use strategies" <-- which ones? How do these differ from business as usual?
22	Intentional interventions (small group learning) for students will low academics and testing				At the present time, including last school year (2021/2022), students eat breakfast in the classrooms. I believe that this is placing undue risk to students and staff. Wouldn't it be safer for everyone if students ate breakfast in the cafeteria? Students are beginning the day with their masks off, eating and thus risking the passage of the virus. What is the point of wearing masks throughout the day after students have been eating breakfast in the classrooms as soon as they arrive in the morning and the virus germs are already airborne from the breakfast session?	Greater control over who enters the schools, no matter how long the wait is…	Do not bring drag queens into schools, this should not have to be said, there are more productive and exemplary members of the LGBTQ movement that do not focus on the sexualized night life
23	I would have been a homebound tutor for two of my students, if I would have been allowed to tutor them during the school day. I was told no by admin at LC because they didn't know how to pay me.				The use of masks	Monitor backpack(s)	It is that the High School was not divided, I believe that the four years should be studied in a single school
24	Why could I do this and be paid as if I took extra students during the day when there was no sub coverage?				Masks should only be optional	Metal detectors and random searches	Analysis nearby district programming and operations for guidance
25	Hybrid learning for students that don't require too many credits				Ensure a prompt response time from time person tests to the results (COVID testing)	Credentialization of all parents or guardians to access the facility, without this credential, NO ONE can enter…	Language updated to reflect state’s low/medium/high labeling
26	If students need to be out of class due to exposure they should be able to log into class with teacher and do virtual learning.				More frequent reporting of known COVID instances in our schools.	More police surveillance in schools	Better communication with parents
27	Capping class sizes in the case of in-building sub situations. Often, teachers are pressured into having 35+ students in the classroom due to lack of subs.				Never go back to masks as mandatory.		Add a link to the completed spending plan from FY 22. On slide 26, the plan currently reads, ""WPS60’s allocation was released on July 1, 2021; therefore, our spending plan is due on or before Wednesday, September 29, 2021.We are currently finalizing our spending plan. More information is forthcoming
28	Foster more student centers for Elementary and Middle schoolers. A functional center could offer continued support to many students.				I think Staff and student should continue wearing mask in school for everyone protection.		Spend funds of families and students not administrators
29	Continue working for our students supporting all needs emotionally, physical and academic				Smaller class sizes to allow for safe social distancing		Better utilize district web page to promote effective communication and inclusion
30	Section 2-G-Interventions for Students with Disabilities-While there is an importance of keeping students with disabilities with their non-disabled peers, it also needs to be considered the level of instruction needed to help close the gap. In my special education ELA class or 7 students, 5 of the students were non-readers (didn't know alphabet, letter sounds, pre primer sight words, etc.). They were in 6th grade. I was not allowed to actually intervene to close the gap due to the higher demands from admin regarding grade level concepts.				Clearly defined procedures for students/families identified as positive in a checklist or handout SOP.		WPS60 home page links to how $43+ million dollars of COVID monies were spent that actually works and does not need an “authorized user” password
31	Wi-Fi support computer options				Accurate contact tracing needs to occur quickly and appropriate people need to be informed so they can test when necessary (I was playing with student who tested positive for COVID later that day, but was not told for 2 weeks).		In his slice with more education
32	Designated space for students that interrupt teaching and learning (repeatedly) with consequences				There needs to be oversight among custodians. The district needs to make sure custodians are doing their job. Last school year sanitizers were not refilled unless teachers requested. Bathrooms were not cleaned and repaired in a timely manner.		Giving teachers the opportunity to paint their rooms to make it a more inviting space since this is the one place many of these kids come to for structure and love
33	The district could partner with the community to make sure that every grade level has 2 high interest field trips that the students would benefit from. Possibly, Feed My Starving Children in Libertyville.				COVID screenings reinstatement		Do better
34	More education for students				Tighten up the reporting of numbers. There were a lot of times students or staff were out of my building because of quarantine but it didn't show up in the weekly updates sent to district		The communication that District 60 has shared during the pandemic has been appreciated
35					Sanitation more often		Think about student dress code
36	Section 2-G-Interventions for Students with Disabilities-Allow special education teachers to follow IEPs that are written and to write IEPs based on student needs, instead of expecting them to write IEPs to fit the district's agenda/initiatives.				Masks: the only places where masks are mandatory are doctor’s offices. Students responded better when they could see the emotions and expressions of adults in the building
37	Added support with online programs to cover or back track on curriculum from past or missed learning options				Stop promoting risky experimental vaccines to children which cause a multitude of side effect yet has almost zero protection to them
38	Designated space for small group instruction				Continue testing sites
39	Section 2-G-Interventions for Students with Disabilities-actually provide teachers with the resources needed to address the needs of students with disabilities.				Hand sanitizer
40	More outdoor time during classes, and extra outdoor recess				Please do not waste money on the white cloth masks that look like a pair of little boys’ underwear. The middle school students refused to wear them.
41	Specifically train staff on the protocols and procedures. Make materials easy to locate and understand if the teacher misses the training or doesn't refer a student until Semester 2 and has forgotten some of the "finer points". It should be easy to click on a link that takes a teacher through the steps for determining how to get the student(s) additional support.				Testing has been plagued with implementation issues: most recently, summer school 2022 teachers are paying for testing / being charged by their insurance companies!
42	Instead of late start, close schools on Fridays				Vaccines should only be optional
43	Teacher keeping on top of homework				Make it mandatory that all staff have the COVID vaccines and boosters, not so much voluntary because staff are not being informed of any contact tracing or if staff member who we share classroom with is affected. More transparency is needed.
44	How are results of the support systems shared with staff? How many students are currently in the BAM/WOW program? What did it look like? Wait list? More openings? What was being done to combat chronic absenteeism and skipping classes? What were the real numbers? What was needed to provide more support? Repeat throughout the year to keep it updated in adult minds and promote action.				HEPA Air filters installed in all buildings
45	Discontinue Chromebook use off school grounds for K-5 grades				Clearly defined procedures for educators when students were identified as positive in a checklist or handout SOP. Teachers often (if ever) received contact tracing notice. No reinforcement of specific seating locations or to whom to submit changes. No specific procedure when students were out QX - students were failing and struggling to make up required work after being out multiple days. No contact from teachers. No information or expectations on how to log-in to get information. It should be an efficient, simple process to locate the protocol once notified of a student QX or positive test.
46	Communicate with parents for any behavior of the student and appropriately in their classroom or in the school area				Sanitation stations, cleaning/sanitizing throughout the day
47					Regular replacement of cleaning supplies for teachers. I was constantly running out of disinfecting wipes. Teachers should be supplied either weekly with wipes or given a rag and disinfecting spray that the custodians can replace (rag)
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49					Use (anti-bacterial) gel at all times
50					Require students to keep wearing masks, enforce more especially at the High school level. Reason being is it is impossible to social distance with this larger number of students and staff.
51					UV light disinfection process in all buildings
52					If submitting a referral should receive an automatic response telling you 1) referral was received, 2) timeframe in which you would be contacted or follow up would occur with student 3) who to contact if you did not receive information in the given time
53					Concessions should be made for staff with medical exemptions for vaccination with regards to returning sick days taken due to quarantining
54					Class size: when every available space in the classroom is occupied by a student body, there is very little room to move.
55					Even though it is your right to choose to not get vaccinated - as administrators you need to make sure those teachers are actually getting tested because I know many that have not had to do that
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