Physical Space-In Person Learning
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What will happen when a teacher is out?
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Read more →: What will happen when a teacher is out?The specialist in the room will not teach their special classes that day, but instead will be the substitute. Please be mindful of this possibility and have lessons ready to go for a day when you are suddenly out. When a faculty member is out and the specialist for whatever reason cannot cover, we will…
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When is it okay for a teacher or student to pull down their mask for a water break?
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Read more →: When is it okay for a teacher or student to pull down their mask for a water break?To drink water, be sure to move six feet away from others and safely pull mask down and drink water. Students and adults.
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When winter hits, how will students work with windows open?
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Read more →: When winter hits, how will students work with windows open?Two inches or more is a good height for air circulation.
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What is the best plan with regard to open windows? Shall we open them a certain amount? Does height of window impact circulation?
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Read more →: What is the best plan with regard to open windows? Shall we open them a certain amount? Does height of window impact circulation?Two inches or more is a good height for air circulation.
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What happens in the four classrooms for which a sink is a good distance from their classroom?
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Read more →: What happens in the four classrooms for which a sink is a good distance from their classroom?A wet wipe and then hand sanitizer are acceptable. We are getting sinks in the four classrooms without sinks currently (the classrooms where students use the sinks in their bathrooms near their room). They will be portable sinks and we will change out the bucket under the sink each day.
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How often should students wash their hands?
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Read more →: How often should students wash their hands?They should wash before snack, before lunch, when using the bathroom, and any time their hands are visibly soiled.
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Can we give students their own hand sanitizer to have in their desks? Is that safe?
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Read more →: Can we give students their own hand sanitizer to have in their desks? Is that safe?It is okay to put in 3rd grade and up desks, and just monitor over use. These are used between handwashing times (i.e. after snack or lunch) as students feel a need to sanitize their hands.
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Should kids sanitize their hands upon arriving to school?
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Read more →: Should kids sanitize their hands upon arriving to school?Yes, this can be done with the machine as they enter the room each morning.
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How can we help children when they are doing something unsafe and need our assistance to get to a safe place again?
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Read more →: How can we help children when they are doing something unsafe and need our assistance to get to a safe place again?Assisting a child who cannot lift a heavy item, door, personal items. Help a child who has left their group by leaving the line, leaving the outdoor classroom space, walked away to another outdoor area. Stop a child who is moving towards a car or the carline. Help a child in any emergency or potential…
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What happens if a child is injured and needs the help of an adult?
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Read more →: What happens if a child is injured and needs the help of an adult?Assisting a child with checking an injury after an accident like a head bump, scrape or cut, or a bruise is essential. Applying ice and or a bandaid is part of that process. To do so requires PPE as described up in the toileting section. Look for opportunities to minimize the time that you are…