• The district already has students in a face to face or an online track and have been operating this way since the beginning of the school year. As students return to a more structured face to face environment, it will be the expectation that face to face students attend in person. If a family has a concern with this, they should contact their school principal.

• To ensure our plan can be implemented, it will be required that those students that are in the online track will remain there until at least the end of the first semester at the end of January. As stated above, if a parent with a student in the face to face track is not comfortable returning, they should contact their school principal.

• There are very few classrooms in our district that could accommodate a traditional number of students and keep desks 6 feet apart. In most classrooms we could create 3-4 feet of space between students if we used the entire classroom space. As a result, we will use the available space in the classroom to spread out and social distance as much as possible. Student and staff awareness and cooperation will be expected and critical to help stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

• Staff will be able to interact with students one-on-one as long as safety protocols are in place. Staff will need to be wearing a face covering. Additionally, staff will be able to wear face shields or use plexiglass barriers.

• Students in grades K-5 will have a cohort to interact with during the day. A “cohort” model keeps groups of students together for the day. Students within the cohort can work in small groups as long as they keep some social distance. Additionally, our social emotional learning curriculum and our Resilient School Project will continue during the school day and social emotional lessons will continue to be taught. 

• Students will participate in respectful and positive play techniques and games. These will be utilized during recess. Students will also be allowed to interact with others in their cohort group.

• K-5: At this time, specials will be virtual. Electives will be offered in grades 6-12 and post secondary.

• Yes if inside, but gym classes will be outside as much as possible with social distancing enforced to allow some flexibility with the use of a face covering. At this time, gym at the K-5 level will be virtual.

• Yes. However, at this time, gym at the K-5 level will be virtual.

• Hallways:

• K-5: Hallway traffic will be limited. Typically only one class at a time in the hallways.

• 6-12: Hallway traffic will be limited during class.

• All hallways in all buildings will be marked and divided into two lanes with each lane going in one direction.

Changing classes:

• K-5: Most instruction will occur in the classroom so there will be limited to no “changing classes.”

• 6-12: Students will still change classes as normal but will need to stay to one side of the hallway, following the direction of that lane, wear a face covering, and socially distance as much as possible.

Lockers:

• No sharing of lockers.

• Students will be asked to only go to lockers at the beginning of the day to drop off coats. All books will either be in classrooms or in backpacks and taken from class to class.

• The virtual day will continue as it has since the beginning of the school year.

• There has been a minimum of live instruction and interaction established. Teachers have been providing live instruction, assigning work, working with small groups of online students, conferencing individually with students. Teachers have been taking more time for instruction if needed.

• The time commitment for online students has been and will be very similar to the time commitment for face to face students. Attendance has been being taken each day and even potentially each hour.

• Testing has already taken place and will continue through a remote environment.

• We want our online students to have a wide range of opportunities. At this time not every opportunity that is available for face to face instruction is available for online instruction.

• No. face to face and online students will be separate cohorts.

• Our social workers, counselors, and teachers have been able to connect with our online students and focus on social emotional development since the beginning of the school year.

• Not all electives are available for online instruction.

• Zoom has been utilized on limited use. The primary management system has been Google Classroom. Other support programs like Zoom, Google Meet, and Dojo, may be used as well.

• Yes. Grades will be and have been given in our online classrooms.

• The curriculum is the Lincoln Park Public Schools’ curriculum that aligns with the state standards. This curriculum was developed by the Lincoln Park Public School teachers and administration working collaboratively together over a several year period.

• The desks will be cleaned as often as possible. There is no guarantee that a desk will be disinfected between every class period. Disinfecting wipes will be available for students to voluntarily wipe their own desk/station for their own personal comfort and safety.

• Frequently touched surfaces including light switches, doors, benches, bathrooms, will undergo cleaning at least every 4 hours with either an EPA-approved disinfectant or diluted bleach solution.

• Every building will undergo a deep clean on a daily basis. This will include common touch areas and the use of disinfecting cleaners as well as the frequent use of an electrostatic vaporized disinfectant.

1. This has been addressed by the Wayne County Health Department. The following reflects how LPPS will react:

1. Families should be notified of the presence of any laboratory positive or clinically diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in the classroom and/or school to encourage closer observation for any symptoms at home.
2. In the event of a lab or clinically diagnosed case of COVID-19, immediate efforts should be made to contact any close contacts (those who spent more than 15 minutes less than six feet in close proximity to the student or staff member) so that they can be quarantined for 14 days at home. Students and staff should be closely monitored for any symptoms of COVID-19. At this time, empiric testing (testing of all) of all students or staff members in the class is not recommended. Only those that develop symptoms require testing for COVID-19.

Simply put, we will notify parents every time in the event of a positive case in the classroom and/or building. There is no plan to quarantine a class or building, but only those that were within 6ft for 15+ minutes. This is the recommendation and this is our intention.

• The state of Michigan has provided a waiver to the traditional attendance system and has allowed school districts to count attendance in other ways. LPPS has no intention of punishing a student due to their potential exposure to Covid-19

• Each building will have a process for these types of things depending on the layout of their entrance.

Q: What additional if any PPE will be provided to ASD staff? 

• Staff will have full PPE available to them in accordance with the recommendations of the Wayne County Health Department.  We will provide face shields, face masks (KN95, and disposable masks will be available), gowns, gloves, goggles.

• Based on the guidance from the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) and other extracurricular groups we are offering athletics. Some extracurricular activities may not be available.

• There will be hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes on each bus for students to use.

• Buses will continue to pick up students each day. Face coverings will be required. Hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes will be on each bus. At the end of the day we will develop a strategy to limit groups of students congregating together waiting for buses.