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The Lafayette School Corporation (LSC) will open for the 2021-2022 school year under the guidelines and recommendations from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) and the Tippecanoe County Health Department (TCHD).
By implementing as many of the guidelines and recommendations as possible, the LSC believes we can open schools for the 2021-2022 school year with an In Person model. Students, staff, parents and community members will continue to experience new preventive and mitigating measures as they enter our buildings. The new measures are being initiated for the health and safety of every person who enters any LSC building or visits one of LSC’s many events and activities.
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Sunnyside Intermediate School Daily 8:05am-3:15pm
· Doors will open at 7:30 (No students or visitors are allowed in the building prior to 7:30).
· Buses will unload in a controlled and staggered manner and students will report to assigned areas.
· Car rider arrival at Door 9 on Cason Street 7:30-8:05
· Breakfast in the Classroom will be offered just as it has in the past.
· Car rider, walkers, and bike rider dismissal to begin at 3:05 and exit at Door 9 on Cason Street
· Bus dismissal will be a staggered dismissal via the PA system with all buses having departed LSIS by 3:25.
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PREVENTATIVE AND MITIGATION MEASURES
Administration, teachers, and staff will educate our students about the practices and procedures each building is implementing with regards to personal hygiene, bathroom breaks, water bottle filling, hallway procedures, classroom procedures, school bus protocols, onsite/eLearning plans, along with the other precautions to keep things cleaned and sanitized.
Teachers and staff members will be trained on what to look for and will notify the school nurse and administration if they notice one of their students might not be feeling well. NO ONE SHOULD ENTER SCHOOL IF HE/SHE IS NOT FEELING WELL, HAS A FEVER, OR HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO IS ILL. The administration, teachers, staff members will all be trained about the symptoms of COVID-19 and will take immediate action to remove anyone from school who is ill. Also, each school has a point of isolation that will be utilized to keep everyone safe at school.
The LSC teachers, will receive COVID-19 training before the students return.
If at any time during this process, someone within the school setting tests positive for the COVID-19, the administration will follow the CDC, IDOE and Tippecanoe County Health Department guidelines to determine mitigation procedures. Each situation will be considered on a case by case basis.
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COVID-19 SCREENING PROCESS CHECKLIST
· Must be conducted at home every morning before sending a student to school.
· Parents, students, teachers, and staff should use the checklist each day to better ensure the safety and well-being of everyone in school.
· NO ONE SHOULD ENTER SCHOOL IF HE/SHE IS NOT FEELING WELL, HAS A FEVER, OR HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO IS ILL.
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SOCIAL DISTANCING
· As recommended by the CDC, the IDOE, and the TCHD, administration, teachers, and staff members will implement social distancing protocols. The protocols will be different at each school based on student age, square footage of classrooms and hallways, and the school schedule.
· Administration, teachers, and staff will be implementing procedures for breakfast, lunch, restroom breaks, recess, hallways, and entering/exiting the school to provide as much social distancing as possible.
SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING
· Staggered enter/exit procedures
· Set times for handwashing and restroom use
· Setup classrooms with assigned seating to distance students as much as possible
· Create hallway traffic patterns and stagger times when students are in the hallways
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FACE COVERING AND PERSONAL PROTECTION
Due to the recent up-tick in COVID-19 cases, beginning on Monday, August 9, 2021, Face Masks and/or Face Coverings will be mandated for all non-vaccinated and vaccinated individuals while indoors in a Lafayette School Corporation’s building. This recommendation falls in-line with the current CDC’s, State of Indiana Health Department’s and the Tippecanoe County Health Department’s recommendations.
There may be times when masks will be allowed to be removed during the day such as breakfast, lunch and other times deemed necessary.
The Lafayette School Corporation will continue to monitor the CDC, the State of Indiana Health Department and the Tippecanoe County Health Department for future updates and guidance.
The administration requests parents provide their student with a cloth mask or face covering to have their child wear at school. The masks/coverings should be school appropriate, free of inappropriate logos, text, and/or images and not disrupt the learning environment.Parents should provide children the items they need to help their child feel safe.
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BUSES
As of the date of this document, the CDC continues to require all students and adults to wear a Face Mask while on a school bus. The LSC will continue to provide extra Face Masks on each bus should a student forget their mask. The LSC will provide an up-date of this topic later in the summer.
City Bus Riders: contact City Bus at 742-7433 or at gocitybus.com for guidelines and student pass information.
FIELD TRIPS
Off-campus field trips will resume, but may be canceled at any time if COVID-19 guidelines indicate doing so. The field trip’s location/venue’s guidelines for mask wearing and social distancing will be followed.
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CLEANING PROTOCOLS
· Cleaning protocols followed daily and nightly.
· Hand sanitizer stations throughout the school.
· Hand washing will be encouraged throughout the day.
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