Effective March 1, meals for seven days per week will continue to be provided at no cost to families students; however, the days and times meals will be provided will change. Meals will be available in most schools, including those that have been closed for construction and those closed due to inadequate staffing.
Custodial staff will perform routine cleaning and disinfecting of buildings each evening, and will clean and disinfect high traffic areas and restrooms frequently throughout the day. Custodial staff are unable to clean classrooms between student use.
Wipes will be available in each room and students will have the option to wipe down desks, equipment and other surfaces as needed. Teachers, substitutes and classroom monitors are not required to wipe down surfaces in between use.
The Music office is providing teaching staff and administrators with guidelines that are aligned with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Association for Music Education (NAFME) and National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) recommendations for performance classes. Specialized playing masks and PPE have been ordered for wind instruments. Extended physical distancing will be required when a student is to sing or play a wind instrument.
Students will not have access to lockers, either in hallways or locker rooms. Please plan ahead when packing student backpacks.
Staff, including but not limited to general educators, special educators, and paraeducators, are expected to be part of the students’ service teams. Additionally, implementation of close adult supervision will mirror the varying levels of adult support in place during normal operations in accordance with the student’s IEP.
For each class, teachers will provide concurrent instruction (teaching both students online and in-person at the same time) for part of the lesson. In most classes, there also will be a period of time dedicated to small group support, in which teachers will work with a smaller group (online and/or in-person) while the remainder of the class works independently.
Students can likely expect less asynchronous assignments than they currently have due to the increase in synchronous instruction that will be provided in the hybrid model. The details of instructional delivery are continuing to be developed.
On Wednesdays, in-person group E (students beginning March 1) will have morning synchronous support at the school. Wednesdays will continue to be a day of asynchronous learning activities for all other students.
For students returning to in-person instruction, especially those in primary grades, we ask that you work with your child to learn their login and password. This will ensure a smooth transition from virtual to hybrid.
The HCPSS Bridge to Normalized Instruction Hybrid Instructional Model summarizes the main facets of the planned transition to a hybrid instructional model that includes in-person, virtual and concurrent instruction and begins on March 1, 2021, as the first stage to the gradual return to normalized instruction.
All aspects of HCPSS’ plans are covered, including instructional components, provisions for student meals and transportation, school building components, and health and safety provisions.
