- West Elementary
- Mitigation Plan
COVID-19 Guidelines
Mitigation
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Our Mitigation Plan considers how to reduce risks and limit exposure for the health, safety, and well-being of our students, our teachers, our school staff, their families, and our community. Our comprehensive strategy is used in conjunction with promoting behaviors that reduce spread, maintaining healthy environments, maintaining healthy operations, and preparing for when someone gets sick. Our guidelines are based on the most current recommendations from the CDC and data from the Arizona Department of Health.
CUSD's Plan
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Promoting Behaviors that Reduce Spread
- 2 Options of school settings
- In-person
- Online with CUSD Instructors
- Staying Home when Sick
- Stay home when experiencing:
- Fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher
- Chills
- 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
- Any other symptom of illness, whether or not you believe it’s related to COVID-19
- Attendance policy modifications for COVID-19 related illness or symptoms
- Hand Hygiene
- Additional wash stations throughout campuses
- Provide an opportunity for students to wash hands regularly
- Proper technique taught and promoted
- Cloth Face Coverings
- Face Coverings are recommended for all unvaccinated students, staff, and visitors while inside.
- Adequate Supplies
- Disinfection and sanitation supplies for classrooms, offices, and common spaces
- Appropriate PPE for health care professionals at each site
- Signs and Messages
- Signs placed throughout the campuses to promote
- handwashing
- where to walk (one-way hallways)
- highly sanitized areas
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Maintaining Healthy Environments
- Cleaning and Disinfection
- Desks and chairs sanitized between class periods
- Limited number of students in restrooms at one time
- Cafeteria tables/benches sanitized after each use
- Nightly sanitizing of classroom surfaces by custodial staff (cleaning schedule provided to staff)
- Shared Objects
- Sanitized between uses
- Limit shared items; classrooms will have their own equipment if possible
- Ventilation
- Inside doors open;
- Outside doors open 10 minutes per hour.
- Water Systems
- Water fountains will not be used
- Water bottle filling stations provided
- Students are responsible for bringing their own water bottle
- Modified Layouts
- When possible, desks placed at least 3 feet apart
- Physical Barriers and Guides. (Plexiglass, sneeze guards, etc.)
- Offices will have plexiglass barriers
- Communal Spaces (cafeteria, PE, playgrounds, locker rooms)
- Staggered lunches
- Sanitize cafeteria tables/chairs, playground, and PE equipment after use
- Food Service
- Limited number of students allowed in the cafeteria at one time
- Lunch periods are grade-level specific and/or school-specific.
- Transportation
- Hand sanitize before boarding
- Mandatory face coverings
- Buses loaded from back to front; unload front to back
- Limit number of students to each seat
- Disinfected and sanitized between uses
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Maintaining Healthy Operations
- Regulatory Awareness
- Inform and distribute information/guidelines as it is provided from federal, state, and county
- Gatherings, Visitors, and Field Trips
- Visitors are allowed on a limited basis. Masks are recommended for unvaccinated individuals.
- Visitors to District Office must hand sanitize and masks are recommended for unvaccinated individuals.
- Student Cohorts
- On-campus students will be placed in groups when appropriate
- Grade levels for lunch/recess
- Follow AIA guidelines for athletic practices
- Phase in model for practices
- Keep an accurate contact log
- COVID-19 Contact Person
- Employees contact supervisor and human resources
- Communication Systems
- Social media
- Text messages
- Phone calls
- Leave Policies and Excused Absence Policies
- Follow district guidelines for absences and leave for employees
- Modifications for student attendance policy when appropriate
- Back-Up staffing Plan
- Utilization of other certified personnel when appropriate
- Master Teachers
- Interventionists
- Gifted, ELL, and Migrant Teachers
- District Directors
- Utilization of classified staff if remote learning is necessary.
- Staff Training
- New teacher training: July 12 – July 15, 2021
- Basic Elements of Effective Instruction/Standards and Objectives
- Beyond Textbooks
- Building Community: Virtually Connecting with Students
- DIBELS
- ENVoY
- Galileo
- PowerSchool
- Reading Counts
- Apple Schoolwork
- Special Services
- TAP Evaluation System and Rubric
- Technology Basics
- Technology and Education: SAMR Model
- All teacher and staff trainings: July 19 – July 29, 2021
- Site Operations: COVID-19 Protocols and Procedures
- Emergency Response Plan
- Suicide Prevention
- ALEKS
- ELL Strategies
- Newcomer ELL Strategies
- Data-Driven Decisions
- 90 Day Plans
- ENVoY
- Restorative Practices
- CALL Project
- Recognize Signs and Symptoms
- All staff trained to recognize COVID-19 symptoms
- Site health care professionals trained to identify individuals who may be ill
- Support Coping and Resilience
- SEL plan provided for staff and students
- Community resources provided
- Use of Human Resources, School Psychologists, Social Workers, and Counselors to support students and staff.
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Preparing for When Someone Gets Sick
- Follow district guidelines for COVID-19 exposure and illness
- Advise Staff and Families of Sick Students
- Follow district guidelines for exposure
- Isolate and transport those who are sick
- Campus quarantine rooms provided
- Clean and Disinfect
- All classrooms, offices, and common spaces disinfected after use and each evening
- Notification of Health Officials
- Notification of positive tests when in-person learning resumes
- Notification if exposure was on District property
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Guidelines for Exposure and Quarantines
- Students or staff who test positive for COVID-19 will be required to quarantine for 14 days after their positive test. Students or staff may return to school or work on day 15 provided all symptoms have subsided.
- Unvaccinated students or staff who have had a known exposure to a person who has tested positive for COVID-19 will be required to quarantine for:
- 7 days if a negative test is given after day 5 of exposure. Students or staff may return on day 8 if no symptoms are present.
- 10 days if no test results are provided and the student or staff member have present symptoms.
- Exposure is defined as within 3 feet, for a cumulative 15 minutes or more during a 24 hour period, and unmasked with a COVID-positive individual.
- Vaccinated individuals will not be required to quarantine but will be recommended to wear a mask for 14 days.
- If symptoms arise, the vaccinated individual will be required to quarantine.
