Whole School Routine:  Morning Arrival/Breakfast

8:30 AM

• Office Para arrives in the cafeteria. Check soap, paper towels and/or hand sanitizer.  Radio custodian for supplies. 

• Breakfast is served to Extended Hours, Lexia Group, & other approved Morning Groups. These students wash hands prior to getting breakfast and eat in the cafeteria.

• Special Education para meets students arriving via bus and supervises them through breakfast and transitioning to class. Additional plans may be established for these learners.  

• Teachers are planning.

• School Leaders will be monitoring inside the building (routine, students remaining in designated areas) and outside the building at entry point (ensure drop off happens at 8:45).  

8:45 am

• Office Para will open the cafeteria doors and provide hand sanitizer as students enter.  (students will wash hands in the classroom prior to eating)  No visitors are allowed in the school building.   “Good morning, breakfast is grab & go.  Grab your breakfast and go to class.

• Second staff member monitoring students in line.  Direct students to lines for breakfast, social distancing and exiting cafeteria reminders. 

• Students will be expected to wear masks to enter the building.  Follow Behavior Support Guidelines to address students not wearing masks. 

• Custodian will open the south courtyard gate and the Support Team member will open the north courtyard gate.

• Extended Hours & other approved morning programs released at 8:45 through the right exterior door to classrooms.

• Teachers open the exterior classroom door.  Welcome students, remind them to get breakfast before entering the classroom and have COVID classroom arrival routines.

• Students begin to arrive at school.  Students either:  1.  Enter the cafeteria (left exterior door), get hand sanitizer,  grab breakfast, and exit (right exterior cafeteria door to walk to the classroom.

2.  Students enter the classroom via the exterior door. Courtyard exterior door entry is for Classrooms 2, 4, 8, 12, 14, & 16.

No visitors allowed in the school building. 

• Site Leaders will monitor routines inside and outside.

• Support Team members are assigned areas to monitor and remind students to either get breakfast or go to the classroom.   The first week they will help students find their classroom exterior doors.

8:45 am-students begin to arrive in the classroom.  

• Students follow classroom morning arrival routine/expectations.  

  • Prior to entering, remind students of getting breakfast before entering. 

  • Wash their hands.

  • Place personal materials in the assigned spot.

  • Social distancing is practiced. 

  • Masks worn.

.  * Classroom doors remain open until 9:00 am. 

Late Arrivals:

• At 9:00, classroom doors close.

• Students who arrive after the tardy bell, enter through the main office, get a tardy slip, are offered breakfast, and enter the classroom through interior doors. 

COVID Prevention Guidelines

Hallways

1. Reduce number of transitions and students in hallways as much as possible, try to stick to cohorts

2. Establish SOPs to reduce large groupings in hallway

3. Stagger passing periods when possible

Arrival

1. Prevent large gatherings of students at one door for entry/exit into the building when possible.

2. Playgrounds in the morning: students are the least at-risk when outside. Strive for social distancing as much as possible, and only NON-CONTACT games should be played.

3. Schools may decide to alter their morning arrival routines to have students in classrooms.

Capacity 

1. 50% of the capacity of your lunchroom--77 people

2. All schools will be available to serve lunch starting at 10:30a to 2p daily and breakfast from 30 minutes before tardy bell to 10:30a

2. Breakfast -see link. All schools except ten will be able to serve normal breakfast in the cafeteria with new capacity restrictions. Breakfast will be the normal hot & cold options served. All schools will offer grab n go breakfasts for late arriving students to be picked up at the cafeteria until 10:30am daily.

Handwashing

1. It is highly recommended that all staff/students wash hands with soap for at least 20 seconds when possible. This is the most effective way to reduce the spread of germs (hand sanitizer does not have the same effectiveness as hand washing, but is a good second choice. Plan times for small groups of handwashing throughout the day)

1. Hand sanitizer is not as effective as hand washing, but you can have hand sanitizer available for use.

2. Must be at least 60% alcohol (no methanol) and dispensed by teachers/staff. Used under direct supervision and not left out unattended (securely stored when not in use)

3. District will provide-should not be brought from home

Masks

Face coverings over the nose and mouth are encouraged for students in grades K-5 unless they cannot medically tolerate a face covering (a medical exemption required). Masks will not be required for students during outdoor recess & exercise activities.

Face coverings must be worn:

*When entering & exiting the building.

*When in the hallway, transitioning between rooms.

*When students are outside of their established cohort (homeroom class) and *3 ft. physical distancing cannot be maintained.

*When teachers/staff feel the need for masks is necessary within an established cohort, such as during small group work.

*When riding the bus.

No visitors in the school building. 

Whole School Routine:  Recess

Write a plan for your own system & be as detailed as possible (in the plan make sure you are including leader actions, student actions, teacher actions, and materials)

From the Classroom: (This is for classes that have outside recess during the day (not after lunch)

• Teachers remind students about the lunch recess reminders prior to going to lunch/recess:

  • Masks:  Provide reminders and help students problem solve. (e.g., Put mask in a pocket, pull neck gaiter down, or up on the arm.)  Reminders include, “We keep our masks on our faces.  When we are not wearing our masks, we keep them on our body.)

  • Non-touching games brainstormed/pre-planned:  Provide reminder for planning - “What are you going to do at recess today?  What does it look like?  What does it sound like?”

From the Cafeteria:

• There will be 3 adults on recess duty for all grade levels. 

• Adults on recess duty need to have the two radios designated for recess, vests, and whistles.   Adults assigned to Kindergarten lunch recess, pick up the radios. (workroom by the office)  Radios are handed off to the next set of lunch recess staff.  After 5th grade lunch, the lunch recess staff will return the radios to the charger. (workroom by the office)

• Students exit from the east Cafeteria door (Door C) and line up to wait to be walked to the playground(s) by the recess duty adults.  An adult assigned to Cafeteria duty will be monitoring the students as they wait to be walked to recess.  K-2 walks to the primary playground, and 3-5 walks along the sidewalk to the intermediate playground. 

  • Boundaries-

    • Kindergarten - The basketball court is the south and west boundary.

    • 1st  Grade & 2nd Grade - The basketball court is the south boundary and the 1st southwest corner of the building (Ms. Kappauf’s room) is the west boundary.

    • 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades - The 2nd southwest corner of the building (Ms. Huslig’s room) is the east boundary.

• Assigned duty people will walk students to the playground Monday through Friday.

  • Kindergarten lunch recess: 11:25-11:40 

  • 1st Grade lunch recess:  11:50-12:05

  • 2nd Grade lunch ends:  12:15-12:30

  • 4th Grade lunch ends:  12:35-12:50

  • 3rd Grade lunch ends:  12:55-1:10

  • 5th Grade lunch ends:  1:15-1:30

• Students are responsible for keeping up with their masks at recess.

• Adults will provide reminders and help students problem solve. (e.g., Put mask in a pocket, pull neck gaiter down, or up on the arm.)  Reminders include, “We keep our masks on our faces.  When we are not wearing our masks, we keep them on our body.)

• 2 adults on duty for all grade levels. 

• Students remain 3 ft. apart 

• Adults on duty remind the 3 ft. social distancing rule. Reminders include, “Remember to stay in your bubble, which is your arm length apart.” - along with a visual (hold your arms out from your side).

• Adults walk around separately and monitor student safety.

• One-on-one paras will monitor his/her assigned child/children. 

• Adults on duty blow the whistle at the end of recess time Monday through Friday. 

***** Teachers must be at your exterior classroom door when recess ends*****

• Kindergarten lunch recess ends:  11:40 (south side & gate) 

  • Line up in front of classroom exterior doors. 

  • If room one is not in use courtyard classes may go through room one, otherwise go through the office. 

• 1st Grade lunch recess ends:   12:05 (south & gate)

  • Line up in front of classroom exterior doors. 

  • If room one is not in use courtyard classes may go through room one, otherwise go through the office. 

• 2nd Grade lunch recess ends: 12:30 (south side)

  • Line up in front of classroom exterior doors. 

  • Courtyard teacher meet your students at the gate for the courtyard to let them inside.

• 4th Grade lunch recess ends:  12:50 (east side & gate)

  • Students will line up on the concrete cracks. 

  • Duty teacher will walk the students outside of the fence and excuse them to walk to their classroom doors. Teachers must be standing at their door or the gate to let students in. 

• 3rd Grade lunch recess ends:  1:10 (west side)

  • Line up in front of classroom exterior doors. 

• 5th Grade lunch recess ends:  1:30 (east side & gate)

  • Students will line up on the concrete cracks. 

  • Duty teacher will walk the students outside of the fence and excuse them to walk to their classroom doors. Teachers must be standing at their door or the gate to let students in. 

• Other duty adults will monitor lines or monitor the playground for students. 

• Duty adult go over line expectations with students. 

• Students go straight to their classroom exterior doors after being excused by a duty teacher (4th and 5th).  For students who have exterior doors in the courtyard, students will line up at the gate closest to their classroom.  Classroom teachers (w/ courtyard doors will meet their class at the gate, unlock/lock the gate and walk them through the hallway to their classroom. 

• Students wear masks to enter class or school building. 

• Teachers bring extra masks with them to pick up students for the event that they lose their mask at recess. 

• Teachers/students follow the morning arrival routine to enter into the classroom.

• Teachers meet their students at the door and follow his/her entering the classroom routine.

• Students wash their hands when returning to the classroom.

COVID Prevention Guidelines

1. Grounds department will clean all playground equipment daily

2. You may exceed 50 students at recess as long as physical distancing requirements are met.

3. Masks will not be required for students during outdoor recess & exercise activities.

Whole School Routine:  Hallway Transitions

Write a plan for your own system & be as detailed as possible (in the plan make sure you are including leader actions, student actions, teacher actions, and materials)

*Requirement for students to wear a mask before lining up in the classroom.

*Student’s will follow the teacher’s expectations or lining up in the classroom. 

*Line expectations poster is announced to students before leaving room: Students say

“1. Eyes forward    2. Hands back    3.  Feet together    4. Mouths mmmmmmm”

*Teacher monitors the hallway before leaving to see if other classes passing in their given hallway are out of distance.  Be mindful of others in the hallway and do not merge classes. 

*Last person walking out of the classroom will turn off the lights and make sure the door is locked. 

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*All Nisley staff and students keep masks on in the hallway.

*Teacher will lead the class out of the classroom door and travel on right side of the hallway.

*Class will space 2nd tile from the wall when walking down the hallway(Arrows will be marked on the tile to stay on path)

*Single file lines/students are continuing to follow the line expectations chart( “Line Expectations” chart: 1. Eyes forward, 2. Hands back, 3. Feet together, 4. Mouths Mmmm/0 voice) noted previously. 

*The class that is already traveling in the hallways has the right away. No cutting in front of or passing another class. 

*When waiting in the hallway and courtyard for others, the waiting class needs to follow the “Line Expectations” chart: 1. Eyes forward, 2. Hands back, 3. Feet together, 4. Mouths Mmmm/0 voice. 

*No physical contact.  . 

*All classes will enter through the right hand side of the doors of Nisley. 

*No more than two classes passing through the hallway.  

*If following another class, maintain the arms length distance and line expectations.  

*If a student loses their spot in line then they have to go to the end of the line.  There are no exceptions.  

*The first student in line from each classroom will be the doorholder.  After holding the door for their classmates, the door holder will be at the end of the line. 

*The teacher will provide a squirt of hand sanitizer for that given door holder when they arrive at their destination.  

*Door holder holds the door for their classmates and will follow the no physical contact rule. 

*The class will stop at every door entry at Nisley. The teacher will monitor the hallway expectations of their class. 

*Individual students walking in the hallway should follow the same guidelines as whole class procedures. Individual students should keep distance from other classes.  

*Nisley staff is expected to redirect/remind/reinforce any Nisley student who is not following hallway expectations.   

• When arriving back into the classroom, wash hands before proceeding into instruction. 

COVID Prevention Guidelines

1. Reduce number of transitions and students in hallways as much as possible, try to stick to cohorts

2. Establish SOPs to reduce large groupings in hallway

3. Stagger passing periods when possible.

Whole School Routine:  Specials

Write a plan for your own system & be as detailed as possible (in the plan make sure you are including leader actions, student actions, teacher actions, and materials)

10 Minutes Prior to Specials: (K-5)

*Students will put masks on before leaving their learning area and lining up in the classroom. 

*Students wash hands in the classroom before coming to specials.

*Teachers bring an attendance list to the specials’ Teacher with their assigned number.

*Classroom teachers bring students through the hallways in a counterclockwise direction (coming into the building at PE side and walking all the way around and exiting out by the library). 

*Students will bring their chromebooks and their own headphones to STEAM, NO WATER BOTTLES.

*Students WILL bring water bottles to Music and put on the counter on their place that matches their classroom number.

*Students WILL bring water bottles to PE.

Classroom teachers WILL be on time.

Transitions will be the same for inside or outside specials.

50 Minutes of Specials:

*STEAM-Masks on, students will enter and sit at their assigned number, plug in headphones, and begin typing activity. During COVID Phase 1, no shared equipment. If equipment is used it will be cleaned by STEAM Teacher during the last ten minutes of class while students are at a quiet homebase. 

*PE-Masks on, enter in on the red line, and set a water bottle against the southwest wall, and then return to the red line still with masks on.  If equipment is used it will be cleaned by PE Teacher during the last ten minutes of class while students retrieve their water bottles and go to a quiet homebase. 

*Music-Masks on, enter in line, place water bottles on the counter in numbered spots, making a finger-tip to finger-tip circle. Students will wear masks when singing and participating in interactive activities. During COVID Phase 1, no shared equipment. If equipment is used it will be cleaned before used by any other students.

*Masks on the entire time, unless specified by the Specials teacher. 

Last 5 Minutes of Specials Time:

*STEAM-Students will continue wearing masks and close chromebooks, wrap up headphones, push their chairs in, and line up at the South door and show hallway expectations. 

*Music-Specials teacher will be doing a calming activity while students are grabbing water bottles and going back to their spots. When the classroom teacher arrives, they will line up at the door and show hallway expectations.

*PE-When the Classroom Teacher arrives, students will put their masks on then get in line at the South door and show hallway expectations. 

*Students will wash their hands when they get back to class. 

*Classroom teachers will walk the students through the hallway in the same counterclockwise direction (exiting by the Library / South side). 

Teachers WILL be on time to pick up students and need to exit immediately for next class. (If line procedures need to be practiced, it will need to be done at a different time).

COVID Prevention Guidelines

See Classroom Guidelines

Music

1. Choir and Band WILL BE OFFERED. There will be face shields and special covers for band instruments provided.

2. Plexiglass shields are not recommended or effective. In band class if you are not blowing directly on someone else they do no good but hinder air flow which is bad. the health department was very impressed with our use of wind masks and bell covers and felt that we will be safe.

3. Plexiglass to protect the director or teacher - use of a face shield instead would be more effective and allow movement within the classroom.

4. Elementary students wearing masks would be allowed to sing and without masks be allowed to hum. Holding class outside would allow a lot of normal activities in the music classroom.

Library/Computers 

Checking out books

1. MCHD to provide the reopening plan for the public libraries so we can model our plan from theirs.

1. Disinfect public computers in labs and Libraries.

2. District 51 will provide disinfectant wipes to each computer lab. Note: Always wear protective gloves (e.g., nitrile or latex gloves) when using any disinfectant. If disinfectant is not present, or if protective gloves are not available, the computer lab should not remain open.

PE

1. Hold outdoors when possible. Masks not needed outside.

2. Do not have students change out in the locker room.

3. Shoes can be stored in lockers.

4. Avoid groups in a confined area. Brief passing in/out is OK to get shoes, etc.

Sharing Equipment

1. Equipment (ex. tech ed tools, pottery wheels, laboratory equipment, gym equipment, etc.) will need additional disinfection between students or have equipment assigned to the student for the whole year (ex. safety glasses, welding hoods)

2. This cleaning can be done by teachers OR by older students.

3. Soap and water remain the best way to clean/kill viruses, but wipes may also be used.

Whole School Routine:  Specials

Write a plan for your own system & be as detailed as possible (in the plan make sure you are including leader actions, student actions, teacher actions, and materials)

10 Minutes Prior to Specials: (K-5)

*Students will put masks on before leaving their learning area and lining up in the classroom. 

*Students wash hands in the classroom before coming to specials.

*Teachers bring an attendance list to the specials’ Teacher with their assigned number.

*Classroom teachers bring students through the hallways in a counterclockwise direction (coming into the building at PE side and walking all the way around and exiting out by the library). 

*Students will bring their chromebooks and their own headphones to STEAM, NO WATER BOTTLES.

*Students WILL bring water bottles to Music and put on the counter on their place that matches their classroom number.

*Students WILL bring water bottles to PE.

Classroom teachers WILL be on time.

Transitions will be the same for inside or outside specials.

50 Minutes of Specials:

*STEAM-Masks on, students will enter and sit at their assigned number, plug in headphones, and begin typing activity. During COVID Phase 1, no shared equipment. If equipment is used it will be cleaned by STEAM Teacher during the last ten minutes of class while students are at a quiet homebase. 

*PE-Masks on, enter in on the red line, and set a water bottle against the southwest wall, and then return to the red line still with masks on.  If equipment is used it will be cleaned by PE Teacher during the last ten minutes of class while students retrieve their water bottles and go to a quiet homebase. 

*Music-Masks on, enter in line, place water bottles on the counter in numbered spots, making a finger-tip to finger-tip circle. Students will wear masks when singing and participating in interactive activities. During COVID Phase 1, no shared equipment. If equipment is used it will be cleaned before used by any other students.

*Masks on the entire time, unless specified by the Specials teacher. 

Last 5 Minutes of Specials Time:

*STEAM-Students will continue wearing masks and close chromebooks, wrap up headphones, push their chairs in, and line up at the South door and show hallway expectations. 

*Music-Specials teacher will be doing a calming activity while students are grabbing water bottles and going back to their spots. When the classroom teacher arrives, they will line up at the door and show hallway expectations.

*PE-When the Classroom Teacher arrives, students will put their masks on then get in line at the South door and show hallway expectations. 

*Students will wash their hands when they get back to class. 

*Classroom teachers will walk the students through the hallway in the same counterclockwise direction (exiting by the Library / South side). 

Teachers WILL be on time to pick up students and need to exit immediately for next class. (If line procedures need to be practiced, it will need to be done at a different time).

COVID Prevention Guidelines

See Classroom Guidelines

Music

1. Choir and Band WILL BE OFFERED. There will be face shields and special covers for band instruments provided.

2. Plexiglass shields are not recommended or effective. In band class if you are not blowing directly on someone else they do no good but hinder air flow which is bad. the health department was very impressed with our use of wind masks and bell covers and felt that we will be safe.

3. Plexiglass to protect the director or teacher - use of a face shield instead would be more effective and allow movement within the classroom.

4. Elementary students wearing masks would be allowed to sing and without masks be allowed to hum. Holding class outside would allow a lot of normal activities in the music classroom.

Library/Computers 

Checking out books

1. MCHD to provide the reopening plan for the public libraries so we can model our plan from theirs.

1. Disinfect public computers in labs and Libraries.

2. District 51 will provide disinfectant wipes to each computer lab. Note: Always wear protective gloves (e.g., nitrile or latex gloves) when using any disinfectant. If disinfectant is not present, or if protective gloves are not available, the computer lab should not remain open.

PE

1. Hold outdoors when possible. Masks not needed outside.

2. Do not have students change out in the locker room.

3. Shoes can be stored in lockers.

4. Avoid groups in a confined area. Brief passing in/out is OK to get shoes, etc.

Sharing Equipment

1. Equipment (ex. tech ed tools, pottery wheels, laboratory equipment, gym equipment, etc.) will need additional disinfection between students or have equipment assigned to the student for the whole year (ex. safety glasses, welding hoods)

2. This cleaning can be done by teachers OR by older students.

3. Soap and water remain the best way to clean/kill viruses, but wipes may also be used.

Whole School Routine:  Dismissal

Write a plan for your own system & be as detailed as possible (in the plan make sure you are including leader actions, student actions, teacher actions, and materials)  

• Classroom teachers will know which kids are car pickup, walkers, or extended hours. Classroom teachers need to communicate with families before school starts to find out how kids are getting home.

• Kindergarten teachers will communicate with parents about early dismissal/pickup for Kinder.

• All students will have their backpacks ready before the closing meeting so they are ready to go at their dismissal time.

• Classroom teachers will explicitly teach expectations for dismissal.

• Grade level teams will notify office staff of which team member is on car pickup duty

• Office staff will keep an updated list of car/family numbers.

• Admin will call SRO to ask if he can help support dismissal/car pickup during the first week of school.

• All students and staff will have their mask on before exiting the classroom and will remain on until they are in their designated vehicle or off campus.

3:50

• Kinder will dismiss, walk the loop for walkers, drop off Extended Hours kids, and return to the cafeteria with the remaining students.  

• A support staff member will be stationed at: exterior K-1 door, exterior 4th/5th, and main entrance door to guide students walking 

3:55

• 1st Grade will dismiss at 3:55, walk the loop for walkers, drop off Extended Hours, and gather the remaining 1st graders in Cafeteria for car pickup.

• Specials teachers will have 2nd grade students return from specials no later than 3:55

• 3rd - 5th Grades: All students are lined up, with backpacks, ready to go at dismissal 

• Classroom teacher with the radio at each grade level needs to be with the car riders.

• A non classroom staff member will be at the crosswalk between pickup lanes with a stop sign to help students to walk across the road.

• Connor will be at the crosswalk on 28 ¾ Rd.

• If a student has not come out to the car, that car will pull forward ahead of the diagonal lines to wait (Buda). 

• K-1 students will wait with their teachers with radio in the cafeteria in separate lines/groups. 

• All 2nd grade teachers will walk with the student to the primary playground gate. Walkers will be dismissed as needed.  Remaining students will sit along the wall by the primary gate until their number is called.  Teacher will have a radio to listen for car/family number.

• 3-5: Grade level teacher(s) will walk with walkers and remaining staff with grade level car riders. Car riders will wait in the grassy area on the north side of the building until their number is called.  Teacher will have a radio to listen for car/family number.

• ALL students waiting for car pick up will: remain seated in their designated area, talk in a level 1 voice, actively listen for their car number, and wear masks.

• Classroom teachers who assist walkers will then go to designated grade level area to assist in actively monitoring students.

• Parent Pickup Coordinator (Katy Peak?) will be stationed outside cafeteria doors to help facilitate any parents that walk up. 

4:15

• Sweeping for remaining students to be picked up.

• Take any students who have not been picked up to the office.

COVID Prevention Guidelines

1. Prevent large gatherings of students at one door for entry/exit into the building when possible.

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