Superintendent’s message: Dear Community,

We are looking forward to welcoming our staff and stu-dents back to school for the 2020-21 year.

This hand-book outlines the latest plans and protocols for a safe return, and reflects the most re-cent guidance from the New York State Governor’s Office, Depart-ment of Education, and NYS and Monroe County Depart-ments of Health. This plan will continue to be updated, based on the direction from the above agencies and our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The opening of our schools—and keeping them open—is up to all of us. Please wear your masks. Complete the Daily Screening. Maintain social distancing. Practice good hygiene. Stay healthy. Your cooperation and dili-gence matters in keeping us all safe and healthy. Let’s have a great year!

Dan Milgate Superintendent of Schools

Table of Contents:

Click this link to view the most up-to-date school calendar dates for the 2020-21 year.

Health and Safety Daily Health Screening………………………………………... COVID-19 Symptom Flowchart ……………………………... Masks and Face Coverings ………………………………….. Facilities: Cleaning Protocols ………………………………... Transportation: School Bus Protocols ………………………. Food Services and Cafeterias ……………………………….. Stop the Spread of Germs: hygiene and social distancing ..

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Instruction Models Rotation Schedule …………………………………………….. Equity and Access …………………………………………….. Hybrid Learning, K-5 ………………………………………….. Hybrid Learning 6-12 …………………………………………. Remote Learning, K-5 ………………………………………... Remote Learning, 6-12 ……………………………………….. Special Education ……………………………………………..

 

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Additional FAQs, Resources and Links …………………... 15

Mr. Dan Milgate

Welcome to the 2020-21 school year!

 

Dates to Remember:

Sept. 14: School Begins

No School:

Oct. 12 Columbus Day

Nov. 11: Veterans Day

Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving Recess

Dec. 24-Jan. 3: Holiday Recess

Cancellations:

Oct. 9: Superintendent Conf. Day

All K-8 Half Day Releases

School hours:

High School: 7:25 a.m. 2:10 p.m. Cosgrove: 8 a.m. 2:50 p.m. Elem. Schools: 9 a.m. 3:30 p.m

Start Dismissal 

 

Health and your privacy: Per NYSDOH, schools are prohibited from keeping records of student, faculty, staff, and visitor health data (e.g., the specific temperature data of an individual), but are permitted to maintain records that confirm indi-viduals were screened and the result of such screening (e.g., approved/not approved).

New York State requires school districts to have a proto-col in place to perform temper-ature and health screenings for COVID symptoms. Screenings by the parent/guardian prior to school is recommended. (See page 22 and 62 of NYSED Re-opening Guidance).

Spencerport contracted with an online survey platform, Qualtrics, to engage our par-ents and staff each morning for the health screenings. The sur-vey will prompt families to report any common COVID-19 symptoms, including:

• Fever or chills (>100°F); • Cough; • Shortness of breath or diffi-culty breathing; • Fatigue; • Muscle or body aches; • Headache; • New loss of taste or smell; • Sore throat; • Congestion or runny nose; • Nausea or vomiting; and/or • Diarrhea.

Students and staff must be ver-ified as symptom-free each day to attend school in-person.

Alerts, notifying the schools of non-verifications, will result in delays for those students en-tering our buildings until a screening can be conducted and verified, so please be sure to complete the screening at home every morning to help expedite the safe and socially-distanced arrival of students.

Daily Health Screenings

585-349-5450

585-349-5750

585-349-5550

585-349-5650

585-349-5350

585-349-5250

Starting at 6 a.m., with reminders at 7 and 8 a.m. respectively, parents and staff will receive an email from Spencer-port CSD, with a link to complete the daily health screening.

After the welcome screen, the prompts will guide parents as follows:

How the Daily Screening Works:

Please check your student every morning for a temperature (100F or high-er and/or any COVID-19 symptoms, prior to boarding the bus or arrival to school.

Will your student be on campus?

Approved to attend

Does your student currently have chills or fever greater than 100F?

Any symptoms of COVID-19 in last 24 hours that are new or unusual to you? (prompt asks for all that apply).

NOT approved to attend

Two outcomes based on screening:

If NOT approved, notify your school’s attendance office and fol-low the guidelines on the next page. If you inadvertently hit the wrong button, you cannot go back, and must also call your school’s attendance office:

Health and Safety

 

Please review the following step-by-step responses for students with COVID-19 symptoms.

Experiencing symptoms that are new or un-usual to you during the school day.

Symptoms:

A student or staff member, who develops COVID-19 symptoms, must report to the appro-priate isolation area in each school for evalua-tion by the health office.

Unless the district has documentation from a provider regarding chronic illness that align to those symptoms, the child must be isolated and sent home.

Evaluation by Health Care Provider. Confirmed NEGATIVE test or ALTERNATE diagnosis.

New York State Department of Health guidelines require that the student will need to:

provide documentation from the family’s health care provider,

be free of symptoms for 24 hours and

present a negative COVID-19 test result before being admitted back into school. Or

Evaluation by Health Care Provider. Positive COVID-19 test.

Schools must notify the state and local health departments immediately upon learning of a positive COVID-19 test among students, faculty, staff or visitors. Schools must cooperate with contact tracing, isolation and quarantine efforts.

MCDoH will take lead on isolation and quarantine efforts and release of individuals from isolation or quarantine.

MCDoH will respond and perform thorough investigations for confirmed cases, including contact trac-ing, with cooperation from the school.

MCDoH will evaluate each COVID-19 positive result on a case-by-case basis and provide recom-mendations to the school district regarding a plan of action. Recommendations could include, but are not limited to, the immediate closure of a classroom, school building or district for 24 hours or more.

MCDoH will not publicly disclose personal information of those testing positive for COVID-19. All rele-vant parties will be notified appropriately by the school or through contact tracing by the MCDoH. MCDoH will notify the community of a positive student case by identifying the name of the school building impacted. MCDoH will notify the community of a positive faculty/staff by identifying the name of the school district.

Health screenings must be conducted and verified before arrival to school.  

There are a wide range of symptoms for COVID-19, which may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus: 

Fever or chills

Cough

Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

Fatigue

Muscle or body aches

Headache

New loss of taste or smell

Sore throat

Congestion or runny nose

Nausea or vomiting

Diarrhea

Close Contacts: Individ-uals who have been within 6 feet for more than 15 minutes with a positive COVID-19 per-son during the infectious period. And one or both of these individuals were not wearing a mask

The return to school will be conducted in coordination with the Monroe County Department of Health.

 

 

 

 

Health and Safety

Masks and face coverings

Face coverings are “strongly recom-mended” by the New York Depart-ment of Health at all times. Howev-er, schools can require face cover-ings at all times, even during in-struction. Spencerport has chosen to require masks, including during instruction, for all students and staff. Exceptions to this include scheduled mask breaks, mealtime, and if a stu-dent or staff member has provided an approved exemption.

The Monroe County Department of Health defines a close contact as someone who was within 6 feet of and infected person for at least 15 minutes and one or both of the indi-viduals were not wearing a mask. Therefore, mask breaks need to be short and students must maintain the appropriate social distance dur-ing the mask break.

Mask breaks may be provided at the discretion of the teacher or staff member, but the following condi-tions must occur:

Students must maintain 6 feet of social distance

Students should be in their seat and ideally facing the same direction

Mask break should be limited to approximately 1-2 minutes when not occurring during mealtime

Students should not be talking during the mask break

Appropriate times for mask breaks include:

Anytime a student is eating or drinking

At the beginning or the end of a lesson

While outside for a class or re-cess

Acceptable masks and face coverings

The district updated the 2020-21 Code of Conduct to include expectations on wearing masks or face cover-ings.

The district provided staff trainings about mask expec-tations and reinforcement when students return to school. We understand the importance of wearing masks and it will require all stakeholders to be diligent in monitor-ing student and staff behavior. We hope to provide updates on how to go about reporting any violation to an adult so that they can intervene.

Yes. Face coverings that cover both the nose and mouth are required. At this time, the MCDoH is recommending cloth masks for most situations. Disposable, surgical-style masks are also acceptable.

No. Neck gaitors, bandanas, masks with exhalation valves, and scarves are not allowed.

No. Face shields worn without other appropri-ate face coverings are not an acceptable alterna-tive. Yes. Some staff members will need additional personal protective equipment (PPE) at times. Please consult with the district medical director or school nurse.

Enforcement of wearing masks

 

 

SCSD encourages students to bring re-usable water bottles. 

School bus safety expectations and protocols

Face coverings must be worn on buses at all times (entering, ex-iting and seated).

The school bus will be loaded from the back to the front and un-loaded front to back to promote social distancing.

Students will have assigned seats to maintain social distrancing and seats will be marked.

Students must sit one per seat, unless they are from the same household.

Buses will be disinfected between runs and at the conclusion of each day.

Students must maintain social distancing while waiting at the bus stop, when loading and unloading the bus, and while awaiting entry into the building.

The district will fulfill existing mandates regarding the transporta-tion of students who are homeless (McKinney-Vento), in foster care, have disabilities and attend non-public schools and charter schools

 

 

Health and Safety Transportation

The district will conduct transportation activities that are consistent with state-issued public transit guidance and NYSED School Reopening guide-lines

 

Facilities: cleaning and disinfecting protocols

The district will ensure adher-ence to hygiene and cleaning and disinfection requirements as advised by the CDC and New York State Department of Health, including “Guidance for Cleaning and Disinfection of Public and Private Facilities for COVID-19,” and the “STOP THE SPREAD” poster, as ap-plicable.

Cleaning and disinfection logs will be maintained that include the date, time, and scope of cleaning and disinfection.

The district will conduct regular cleaning and disinfection at least after every shift, daily, or more frequently as needed, and frequent cleaning and dis-infection of shared objects (e.g. tools, machinery) and surfaces, as well as high transit areas, such as restrooms and com-mon areas, will be completed.

Custodial staff will clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces (e.g., door handles, sink handles, drinking foun-tains) within the buildings and on vehicles at least daily or be-tween use as much as possi-ble.

Use of shared objects will be limited when possible, or cleaned between use. This will include cafeteria tables, which will be cleaned and disinfected between each individual’s use. Cleaning and disinfection will be rigorous and ongoing and will occur at least daily, or more frequently as needed.

No outside visitors will be allowed in school buildings without prior approval from the build-ing or district COVID-19 coordinator.

Parents/guardians will report to the greeter’s station and not go beyond unless it is for the safety or well-being of their child.

Meetings or visits by/with parents are to be conducted using teleconference or vid-eo whenever possible

Visitors on campus Water bottles

 

 

Health and Safety

On campus: meal distribution

The district will established community access point to dis-tribute meals to students en-rolled in both hybrid and re-mote learning. Our remote lo-cations will be at Munn ele-mentary and in the Cosgrove middle school front loop and meals will be served between 9:30 - 11:30 am. The Food Service Department will make free same day breakfast and lunch meals available at these two remote locations Monday -Friday.

Food service for Hybrid If social distancing guidelines allow for full in-person learn-ing, or the hybrid model, the food service department will follow all of the above health and safety protocols and pro-cesses for meal distribution in the cafeterias and/or the classrooms or other spaces.

Food service for Remote

Should the district transition to full remote learning the food service department will estab-lish at least three public ac-cess points for food distribu-tion. These access points will be at three separate district school buildings to allow for geographic coverage of dis-trict residents. The district may utilize food delivery and/or re-mote distribution locations for community outreach if ap-proved for transportation aid. These locations will depend on waivers for non-congregate feeding as students will not be allowed into the building and will instead be following a grab-n-go model.

Onsite: cafeteria and meal serving line expectations

Students purchasing a school meal will be dismissed from class to report to the cafeteria and the serving line.

Students and staff will wear masks and remain socially distant while in meal serving lines.

Social distancing decals will mark the floor for students to maintain the proper spacing at all times.

Clear barriers will be located in the serving lines, prevent-ing students from reaching for items. 

Clear barriers will also be located around the cashier for student and employee safety.. 

Self-service options are no longer available. Serving lines will be set up so students can select the items they want for their meals with caf-eteria staff assembling the meal. This includes a la carte items, milk and juice, condiments, and coffee.

At the secondary level all open serving lines will offer the same menu items to help disperse students more evenly and reduce traffic for more popular entrées. 

Only disposable trays will be used, with wrapped plastic ware.  

Students will only handle the served tray and plastic ware with their lunch. 

All Child Nutrition requirements will be meet for all meals. A nutritious, well–balanced, age–appropriate meal will be served to students. A limited menu with 3-4 choices will be offered per day. 

All meal items will be either:  

pre-packed (i.e., apple sauce cup); wrapped in plastic wrap or foil (hamburger); in a self-contained package (yogurt plate in foam or clear container

with lid); or student’s entire lunch tray will be secured in plastic wrap and then

given to the student.    Students will use keypad to punch in the ID number.

Hand Sanitizer station will be available next to keypad.

Production and menu records will be maintained. 

Serving lines will be cleaned and sanitized after every class or group goes through the line.

Vending machines will be closed. 

Food Services School meals will continue to be available to all students, including those attending school in-person and those learning remotely. The Child Nutri-tion program will follow all Health and Safety guidelines recommended by the CDC and the New York State Department of Health. The United States Department of Agriculture extended the free meals for all students until Dec. 31, or until funds appropriated by Congress are ex-hausted. Based on this information, breakfast and lunch will be free to all Spencerport students, in school and remote, starting Monday, Sept. 14.

 

Health and Safety

 

 

Health and Safety

Hand washing and sanitizers

Wash your hands often Wash your hands often with soap

and water for at least 20 seconds

If soap and water are not readily available, use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alco-hol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub them together until they feel dry.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.

 

Students will be al-lowed to carry hand

sanitizer. 

Maintain social distancing and avoid close contact

Schools must ensure six (6) feet of space in all directions be-tween individuals at all times, unless there is an appropriate barrier.

For certain activities, the minimum required distance between individuals is increased to 12 feet in all directions. Examples in-clude singing, playing wind instruments, physical education, and aerobic exercise.

Please familiarize your students with our reminders that appear in our SCSD hallways and buildings:

 

Instruction

Students in: Mon. Tue. Wed Thu. Fri.

Blue Group          

Gold Group          

Spencerport Group          

Rangers Group          

Remote Learning Group          

 

Blue Group (TBD): attends in-person instruction on Mondays and Thursdays

(TBD): attends in-person instruction on Tuesdays and Fridays

Spencerport Group: English Language Learners, 8:1:1 stu-dents in K-8 attend in-person on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; remote learning takes place on Wednesday

Pre-K, 6:1:1 students in K-5, and 12:1:1 stu-dents in K-12 attend in-person every day of the week

Remote Learning Group: Students opting to participate in distance learning 100% of the time

Students will be assigned into the following groups (students that select remote instruction will adhere to a specific schedule, based on assigned group).

Rotation schedule by groups

Spencerport Central School District will be utilizing hybrid and remote instruction models for the first marking period of the school year, ending Oct. 30.

Weekly schedule for K-5 Hybrid Learning:

Lessons presented to students on Mondays will be repeated on Tues-days and Thursdays’ lessons will be repeated on Fridays.

Technology, equity and access

The district’s commitment to eq-uity and access extends beyond our campus. We are making every effort to ensure students and families have the tools they need to support remote learning.

Spencerport will deploy laptops to all students in kindergarten through grade 12.

The district has also surveyed families to de-termine their level of access to high-speed internet.

Based on this feedback, the Computer Services Depart-ment has provided and in-stalled Mi-Fi devices in homes that cur-rently lack connec-tivity.

The district will use platforms such as Schoology and/or Seesaw as a platform to connect with students, deliv-er instruction and accept as-signments.

A Day

B Day

C Day

 

Hybrid Instruction Definition: Combination of remote and face-to-face instruction. In the context of the current pandemic, it reduces the number of students in the building by moving some of the course delivery online.

Weekly schedule for K-5 Hybrid Learning:

Lessons presented to students on Mondays will be re-peated on Tuesdays and Thursdays’ lessons will be repeated on Fridays.

Format for in-person instruction (during Blue or Gold days)

Students will follow the assigned letter day and proceed through a traditional day of learning.

Instructional Time Allotment chart may be modified to support social emotional learning activities, transition to lunch, stu-dent arrival and dismissal.

Format for remote learning (when hybrid students are not in school)

Students will receive independent tasks to complete at the end of their Blue and Gold days.

Weekly assignments will be posted in Schoology that adhere to the district’s curriculum maps (abridged version from spring 2020). Students will follow the assigned letter day and proceed through a traditional day of learning.

Specials

Schoology courses will be used for spe-cials.

Will follow the letter day rotation.

SWD/RtI Support

CT/RtI provider or teaching assistant may provide academic support to designated students in-person or remotely.

Related Services

Teletherapy may be provided to designat-ed students in-person or remotely based on individual need.

Wednesdays

Synchronous/asynchronous learning and office hours (9 – 11:30 a.m.)

If the district is required to move to a re-mote learning for all, students will follow the plan in the remote learning section of this document.

A Day

B Day

C Day

 

WEMOCO will be offering a hy-brid model of instruction to begin

the school year. Students who have chosen the hybrid model for Spencerport will attend WEMO-CO live 5 days out of 10. The other days will be remote/distance learning. Details may be found on the Monroe 2 BOCES website at this link.

 

Hybrid Instruction

Weekly schedule for 6-12 Hybrid Learning:

Blue Group will attend school and receive in-person instruction on Mondays and Thursdays.

Gold Group will attend school and receive in-person instruction on Tuesdays and Fridays.

New instruction will occur every day except Wednesdays.

Format for in-person instruction (during Blue or Gold days)

Students will follow the assigned letter day and proceed through a traditional day of learning.

Format for remote learning (when hybrid students are not in school)

When learning remotely, it will be the stu-dent’s responsibility to follow instruction via Zoom, webcam, or access the record-ing posted in Schoology.

Students may receive independent tasks to complete at the end of their Blue and Gold days.

Electives

Schoology courses will be used for elec-tives.

Will follow the letter day rotation.

SWD/RtI Support

CT/RtI provider may provide academic support to designated students in-person or remotely.

Related Services

Teletherapy may be provided to designat-ed students in-person or remotely based on individual need.

Wednesdays

Synchronous/asynchronous learning and office hours (Cosgrove 8 – 10:30 a.m. and the high school 7:25 – 9:55 a.m.)

If the district is required to move to a re-mote learning for all, students will follow the plan in the remote learning section of this document.

Cosgrove: example day rotation

High School: example day rotation

WeMoCo

Status of Ranger Athletics:

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) COVID-19 Task Force exam-ined New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) guidance, and at the time of this distribu-tion determined that low and moderate risk sports may begin on Sept. 21. (girls tennis, cross country, girls swimming/diving, boys soccer, girls soccer, field hockey).

High risk sports sports (football, volleyball and com-petitive cheer) will be postponed until March 1, 2021.

A Day

A Day

B Day

B Day

C Day

C Day

 

Remote Instruction

On July 31, the district submit-ted a reopening plan to the New York State Education Depart-ment. This plan outlined the dis-trict’s intent to offer families a choice that allowed them to se-lect the hybrid or remote learn-ing model. If this occurs, stu-dents in grades K-5 may be as-signed to another teacher in or-der to balance class sizes.

Weekly schedule

Students will be required to work with their assigned teacher every day of the week

Teacher Assignment

Each building will identify three teachers to support remote learning instruction based on the following grade configuration:

Kindergarten and 1st grade 2nd and 3rd grade 4th and 5th grade

Instructional Format

Students will receive direct instruction from their assigned teacher for “X” number of minutes each day.

Time requirement may increase progressively (e.g., Kindergar-ten for 45 minutes, 1st grade for 55 minutes, etc.).

Instruction may include individual, small, and whole group.

Students may be assigned iReady, IXL, Wonders, etc.

Students may work in small groups with their teacher and/or complete independent work based on a curriculum map for “X” number of minutes each day.

K, 2nd, and 4th grade classes will run from 9 – 11:30 a.m.

1st, 3rd, and 5th grade classes will run from 1– 3:30 p.m.

Specials

Schoology course will be dedicated specifically for specials.

May involve instruction on Wednesdays.

SWD/RtI Support

CT/RtI provider or teaching assistant will provide academic sup-port to designated students.

Related Services

Students may travel to school and receive in-person therapy (i.e., Wednesdays)

Teletherapy or telepractice may be provided to designated stu-dents

Wednesdays

2.5 hours for synchronous/ asynchronous learning and office hours

Special Education

The district is committed to the provision of a free, appropriate public education consistent with the need to protect the health and safety of students with disabilities and those providing special edu-cation programming and services.

For in-person and hybrid models of instruction, Spencerport will be providing in-person services for high-needs students with disabili-ties (K-12, transition).

Students attending our in dis-trict 6:1:1 and 12:1:2 (K-8) programs will attend school full day five days per week.

Students attending our 12:1:1 program (9-12, transition) pro-grams will attend school half days five days per week with continued access to a voca-tional component.

Students attending our 8:1:1 (K-8) programs will attend school full days four days per week with access to remote learning on Wednesdays.

Students with disabilities pro-vided with programming and services that are not consid-ered “high-needs” (CT, ICT, RR and 15:1) will receive the services outlined in their IEP’s in-person each week based on the rotation schedule iden-tified for elementary, middle and high school.

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Weekly schedule

Students will be required to follow their assigned classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

Teacher Assignment

Secondary teachers will support students that select the remote learning option.

Instructional Format

Students will access their assigned classes via Zoom or webcam and receive instruction remotely.

Teacher will provide a mini lesson to all students and then re-mote learners may choose to sign out and complete work inde-pendently.

If student is unable to participate in synchronous learning (live instruction), mini lesson will be saved and posted in assigned Schoology course.

Teachers will provide office hours for students to receive targeted support.

Electives

Students will have the option to access their assigned classes via Zoom or webcam and receive instruction remotely or refer-ence the Schoology course for weekly updates (similar to spring 2020).

Will follow the letter day rotation on Wednesdays.

SWD/RtI Support

CT/RtI provider will provide academic support to designated students.

Related Services

Students may travel to school and receive in-person therapy (i.e., Wednesdays)

Teletherapy or telepractice may be provided to designated stu-dents

Wednesdays

2.5 hours for synchronous/ asynchronous learning and office hours

 

Remote Instruction Special Education

Therapy sessions will be deliv-ered both in the class and therapy room depending on individual needs with the goal of minimizing interactions among people across the building.

During the days they are work-ing remotely, students will have access to their special education teachers and/or case managers. This mode of instruction may differ based on the individual needs of each student. If therapies are not delivered in the school setting, they will be delivered remotely via a teletherapy model.

Outplaced students will be pro-vided with programming and services as outlined in their IEP’s in accordance to their Recommended Placement’s plan for return

Our preschool students will be afforded the same recommen-dations based on individual needs.

Contingency plans may be de-veloped by the Committee on Preschool Education/Committee on Special Educa-tion (CPSE/CSE) to address remote learning needs in the event of intermittent or extend-ed school closures. This plan will include daily face-to-face instruction (via zoom or simi-lar) and teletherapy if pre-scribed by the IEP.

Spencerport will offer the con-tinuum of services as recom-mended by CSE/CPSE. Docu-mentation will be collected through a variety of avenues, including but not limited to consultant teacher logs, relat-ed services logs and specific data collection for progress monitoring of IEP goals.

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Visit page 35 of this link to view all Special Education services

 

Why didn’t the district pick a model where students attend school on two consecutive days?

We considered a model where stu-dents attend school on either Mon-day and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday but decided against it be-cause doing so would have meant some students were away from the classroom for five consecutive days. Our selected model allows students in both Blue Group and Gold Group to be out of the class-room for a maximum of three days, which we feel is better for student learning.

 

FAQs and Daycare Links

Are the district’s ventilation (HVAC) systems compliant with standards?

Unlike other public build-ings, school buildings and related mechanical infra-structure are under the oversight of the NYS Edu-cation Department Office of Facilities Planning (OFP). For decades, OFP has held high standards of air quality far above airports, malls, churches, etc. Of particular focus to OFP has been “make-up air” which is the mixing of a ratio of fresh air to the tempered (heated/cooled) air coming into the classroom. OFP requires an extraordinarily high make-up air for schools. The OFP approves plans and specifications of HVAC system design prior to con-struction and it is usual for them to make significant costly changes or add scope to a project.

The OFP has determined the district’s current sys-tems and operations meet or exceed required code at the time of installation.

More information on this question may be found on the FAQ page of our website at this link.

Why are plastic barriers in the classrooms, if masks are required?

There are a number of factors that led to our decision to start our school year off with plastic barriers adhered to tables or desks. Ultimately, the decision is based on taking extra precau-tions for our students.

Many of our elementary classrooms are outfitted with 5-foot tables, reading tables with cutouts, or scalloped sec-tional tables, and barriers serve as an added measure to prevent the spread of germs.

The barriers are an extra precaution, as we continue to receive new registrants and make adjustments in logistics where needed.

JLU Child Care 352-0017 https://www.jluchildcare.com/ Town of Ogden https://ogdenny.myrec.com/info/activities/program_details.aspx?ProgramID=29977.

Listing of Providers The NYS Office of Chil-dren and Family Ser-vices also provides a search for licensed providers: https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/childcare/ccfs_template.asp

SCSD complied a list of area daycare pro-viders as a resource for staff, parents and community members: 

What is the most important thing for families to remember?

Check on your child’s health every morning. Take a temperature reading and look for symptoms of illness before your child leaves for school. Do not send a child who has a fever or who is feeling ill to school. Consult with your health care provider regarding any signs of illness. To view a tutorial for students and parents on the Daily Health Screening, please click this link.

Resources: CDC, NYS, and Monroe County

Monroe County Department of Health

New York State Health Department

Sign up for NYS COVID-19 updates

New York State Education Department