Round Two of

Frequently Asked

Questions Saint Charles Borromeo Parish School

July 29, 2020

After the initial plan and the first FAQ

document was presented, additional

questions were posed.

Saint Charles Borromeo Parish School is being

transparent in all the plans for the opening of school.

We are still not able to answer all the “what if”

questions because that would be guessing most of the

time. Guessing would be irresponsible.

However, there are legitimate follow up questions that

others may also want to know the answers to as well.

Hence – this second round of questions and answers.

100%

remote

learning

I saw this report today (July 28) regarding the

OEA (Ohio Education Association) wanting the

state to step in and mandate that red and

purple counties are to learn remotely.

Does this apply to us or will it apply to us? I

know things are just so uncertain nowadays

it’s almost impossible to know the correct

answer. I was just wondering if this would

affect us at all since we are a private school ?

Answer on next slide…

That is a great question!

Unfortunately, at this time, I do think that if the governor mandates something like a shut down and only remote learning when a county gets to red/purple, we may have to follow that order –even though we are a non-public, chartered school in the State of Ohio. I will follow through with the Office of Catholic Education for an answer.

Please remember that just because the OEA wantsthe governor to do something does not mean that he will.

Governor DeWine seems to understand that schools are a safety net for so many kids in our state in various ways (food, safety, detection of child abuse, etc.)

Most educators also know that in-person learning is best, but these are extraordinary times.

If we do have to go to 100% remote learning

again for a period of time, would that mean

six hours a day on the computer? Again, another great question…

There are so many important social experiences at school that would be

eliminated during an all remote, at home learning experience. That would

cut down on instructional time learning at home.

The teachers will begin to develop a contingency plan for this possibility.

Right now, we are thinking that the time of instruction/schoolwork will be

between two to fours hours each day – depending on the grade level, the

content to be covered each day, the pace at which your child generally works,

etc.

The difference from the end of the 2019-2020 year would be that assignments

would be posted each day rather than sent on Saturday/Sunday and

assignments would be due on that day or when the teacher determines.

Rather than reviewing and maintaining skills for weeks, new material would

be taught daily. We would need the students to progress.

We will work on the details of this plan in the next month.

Synchronized

learning

We support the need for consistency and not switching back

and forth week to week; however, if we start off face to

face and after a few weeks cases rise, there’s a positive

test, and/or my child is not adjusting well with the new

restrictions, can we pull him/her to do online synchronous or

would we need to look at an alternate school?

In any of those cases, you could pull your child

into synchronous learning.

We would need those children to do that

synchronous learning until the end of the quarter

or semester.

Having parents decide on a daily or weekly basis

to send their children or do synchronous learning

is what we are avoiding.

With the synchronized learning, will we be

coming in at some point to get books and

assignments? Or will it all be online? Will we

be printing materials?

There will be a date in August when you will need to come to school to get all the books.

If there is any family who is uncomfortable with that, someone can drop them off at the house.

There may be a time when you will need to print an assignment. Any family that does not have a printer can let us know and we will make an arrangement to drop off the assignments as much as possible.

Will students doing synchronous learning be

expected and/or allowed to participate face

to face? (in regard to sacramental

preparation) We will prepare students for First Reconciliation

with a target date of December 12, First Communion on May 2 and Confirmation on May 8.

We can prepare students who stay at home with no problem.

If participating in the class First Communion or Confirmation in May, your child would have to come for the practice so he/she would know what to do.

May is so far away - especially in regard to this novel virus.

Will we be turning things in things online only

or will we have to come to the school to drop

off?

Returning all completed work will be done completely online.

Students/parents will need to scan (if you have an iPhone, you can scan through the Notes app - plus there are a few awesome apps that can be used to change physical paper at home into a PDF that can be scanned and sent/uploaded)

When the class has lunch/recess and breaks, I

assume the teachers let the online kids know?

Yes, the teachers will let the kids

at home know when it is time for a

break or time for lunch.

Accommodations

and social-

emotional

learning

Will my child still receive his/her

accommodations from last year? How will we

plan to meet and support his/her needs

throughout the year?

We begin each year using the

accommodations from the end of the

previous year. We make adjustments and

changes – either additions or removal of

accommodations - as necessary.

Meetings to discuss accommodations can be

in person or virtually - depending on the

comfort level of the family.

Will my child still get breaks in the sensory

room with Mrs. Rabatin or another teacher if

needed?

Yes!

We made it a point with

maintenance as we stored furniture

and moved some things around that

we absolutely still needed the

sensory room.

Mrs. Rabatin will be back five days a

week.

In person learning

How will my child’s privacy be protected in

the classroom when live streamed/recorded

synchronous learning sessions are also taking

place?

This part is tricky and one that we have wrestled with for

months.

The reason we are only recording direct instruction time

and then live streaming the work time is for an extra layer

of children's privacy.

The camera will not be on the students, only the teacher

and the shared screen.

The teachers and I are trying to think of creative ways to

address any behavior issues without using a student's

name.

If you have suggestions, we would love to hear them.

Now that a statewide mask order is in effect, will

all students (ages 10 and up) and staff be required

to wear masks at all times while in the building and

outside when social distancing isn’t possible?

Schools are exempt from the

statewide mask order.

We have to develop a mask

policy, which we did.

What about first communion and those

required meetings?

At this time, we are not planning any in

person parent meetings for sacraments.

As a parish staff, we are trying to be

creative in ways to support parents as the

first educators of their children –

particularly for students/families

preparing for sacraments this year.

My question is how will dismissal be handled?

Normally parents/adults gather by the doors and

wait for the kids to exit the building. It is very

congested and hard to navigate past the crowd,

especially by the breezeway.

Parents would not be able to congregate in large groups at

dismissal, particularly at the Breezeway.

Parents of kindergarten students ONLY will be permitted

to park in the small parking lot at the far east

entrance/exit to the school.

All other parents picking up their kids should remain in

the parking lot or spread apart on the sidewalk on the

parking lot side of the street and the students will cross

the street and come to you.

Adults MUST wait until children are safely in cars before

they begin to drive.

Do you have more questions – send them in.

We are committed to being honest,

transparent, and working together as an

amazing Saint Charles school

community!