REOPENING AND CONTINUITY OF EDUCATION PLAN FOR THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR

The School District of Maple will reopen all schools for in-person learning, all day, five days a week.  An online option is available, but students are encouraged to attend school on-site.  As has been the practice, students and staff should stay home when sick and are encouraged to get tested. The School District of Maple has applied to work with a vendor to have rapid Covid-19 testing available on site for students and staff.

Social distancing is encouraged as much as possible (CDC recommends 3 feet).

The school meal program will be made available to both on-site and on-line students.

FACEMASKS

1. Facemasks will be worn by drivers and students in all school transportation vehicles. (This is an order from the U.S. Department of Education.)

2. Wearing facemasks during school and during extra and co-curricular activities is OPTIONAL.  However, we encourage those who have not been vaccinated to consider wearing facemasks.

QUARANTINE REQUIREMENTS

1. If a student/staff member is identified as a close contact at home, (outside the school) or a family member in the same household has tested positive for COVID-19, the student/staff member will be quarantined.

   1. A staff member or student would be allowed to attend work/school (with no symptoms) if exposed in the home with disclosure of receiving a COVID-19 vaccination. For students, parent permission is required to access the Wisconsin Immunization Registry or proof of COVID-19 immunization card.

   2. The student/staff member can take a COVID-19 test on days five (5), six (6) or seven (7) and return to school on day eight (8) with a negative test result and no symptoms of illness. The student/staff member can return to school without a COVID-19 test on day 11 (after a 10-day quarantine) with no symptoms of illness.

2. If a student/staff member is identified as a close contact at school, parents will be notified, in writing of a “school close contact.” Parents/guardians can choose the course of action. Students will not be required to quarantine.

WORKPLACE PROTOCOL

Workplace protocols will continue during the next school year and may be amended time-to-time under the discretion of the District Administrator and/or Board of Education as COVID-19 guidance and recommendations continue to evolve and/or circumstances dictate as appropriate to the risk involved.  Teachers and bus drivers must continue to have seating charts for classrooms and school buses in order to identify close contacts.

SANITATION & HYGIENE

District employees are expected to continue to use best practices for personal hygiene as
recommended by the Center of Disease Control CDC) including:

• Washing hands with soap and water as it is the best way to get rid of germs in most situations. Hand sanitizer may be used when hand washing with soap and water is not possible but should not be substituted when hand washing is possible.

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

• Continue to clean/disinfect frequently touched surfaces throughout the day.

There may be particular positions where the essential functions of the position require the employee to have Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In such circumstances, the district shall provide such PPE to those employees.
Parents and employees who have questions on students returning to school following a COVID-19 related absence or questions on quarantining, should contact Kristin Clemmer, the School District Nurse at 715-364-7104.

SPECIAL NOTE

This plan will continue for all schools in the School District of Maple unless COVID cases within the schools indicate a spike in positive cases or an order from the county level in which case the Board of Education will reconvene to determine the course of action. Dr. Croney has the authority to close school in the case of an emergency.

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