General Beadle Building COVID Plan 2020-2021                 Mustangs

The following areas will have guidelines for practicing safety in response to COVID:

Lunchroom

  • Classrooms have designated tables identified by signs
  • Spacing every other seat for all students
  • Classrooms will stagger time 1-2 minutes and bring students 1 class in line at a time, others sit at the tables if they enter the lunchroom early
  • Student line will follow spacing markers on the floors
  • Additional tables and chairs added to the lunchroom as needed
  • K-1 will not have food choice to help move the lines along quickly
  • Student helpers will be identified to support clean up

Hallways

  • Tape will be placed on the floor to support directionality of student movement
  • 3rd Tile rule, always walk on the right side, mustang walk along with signs will be utilized for moving students
  • Tape on the stairs

Entrance into the Building

  • 5th Grade will use North Entrance by room 168
  • 4th Grade will use the Picnic Table entrance and back staircase
  • 3rd Grade will use the West door by room 128
  • 2nd Grade will use the Basketball court doors
  • 1st Grade will use the Side/West Door by room 109
  • Kindergarten will use garden door entrance
  • PreK will use the front doors
  • Maps will be provided to families

Dismissal at the Close of the day

  • One class at a time exits the building through their designated doors
  • All grade levels are designated a door to help manage congestion
  • Only 1 class exits the doors at a time
  • 5th Grade will use North Entrance by room 168
  • 4th Grade will use the Picnic Table entrance and back staircase (do not exit earlier than the bell)
  • 3rd Grade will use the Picnic table doors and exit prior to 4th grade coming down (exit prior to the bell)
  • 2nd Grade will use the Basketball court doors
  • 1st Grade will use the Side/West Door by room 109
  • Kindergarten will use garden door entrance
  • PreK will use the front doors
  • Maps will be provided to families

Recess

  • Classrooms will take two recesses in-order to have mask breaks (AM/PM)
  • Time limit imposed (10-15 minutes) and a set schedule per grade level decision
  • Spreadsheet for recess breaks
  • No items from home and student helpers will support the cleaning of items

Bathroom

  • Spreadsheet for planned class bathroom breaks set per grade level team
  • Kindergarten rooms have their own bathrooms will not need to schedule and 1 student/use
  • Common bathrooms will have an entrance identifier outside of the bathroom which will limit the use to only 3 students at a time

Classrooms

  • The classrooms can accommodate up to 20 students with adequate spacing of about 4-5 feet to social distance students
  • The pod areas allow for overflow to also accommodate more students in the building
  • Class sizes can be up to 20 students which would allow our school to have students attend every day of the week
  • Hand sanitizer will be in all the classrooms
  • Teachers can set a safe zone area for themselves as well as students to have a mask break
  • Table spaced out about 5-3 feet with chairs on the ends (allowing for 20 students)
  • 2 kids per table and tables are about 5 feet apart
  • Lockers contain personal space for personal items

Office/Nurse

  • Pass must be used for students to come to the office
  • No entry into the office use the window
  • Limit students to the office and in the hallways unless it is purposeful

Library

  • Students will use desktop to search for books, no wandering to look for books
  • Students will only take books home on a student specific request or teacher request
  • Books that are returned to the library will be wiped down/sanitized before re-shelfing

Additional Notes:

  • Students who attend school on the wrong day will stay at school and have access to learning
  • Students will not take-home laptops or iPads until we hit Level 3
  • Access to online learning will be available on the off days for students who do not have access to computers at home
  • Hardcopy packets will be sent home with K-5th grade students for their off days
  • Online learning should be the same as the classroom learning
  • Google Classroom is the format for next year. Should it be this year?
  • Plan out the first 12 weeks (road mapping for literacy completed in the Spring)
  • Road map math
  • First four weeks Social Emotional, Conscious Discipline, Daily 5, routine and expectations
  • October 5, 2020 start Wonders Curriculum
  • Open House outside