The ACPS Reopening Planning and Implementation Process Following the closure of our school buildings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ACPS continues to provide students and families with various educational opportunities. Our school division provides students and families access to technology tools, instructional learning materials, educational resources, meals, professional learning options, and support services during the crisis. As the year progressed, we created dynamic plans that were guided by diverse stakeholder input and addressed specific focus areas and needs as a result of information and guidance available at the time of this document’s publication. Table 2 ACPS Reopening Planning and Implementation Process ● The Continuity of Learning Plan 1.0 addressed student and staff needs following the closing of school buildings. ● The Enhanced Continuity of Learning Plan 2.0 extended and redefined educational resources available to students, including instructional learning packets, synchronous learning, asynchronous learning, and online lessons. ● The Continuity of Learning Plan 3.0: Summer Learning Through Engagement and Enrichment for All addressed learning loss, engagement, and enrichment. ● The Enhanced Continuity of Learning Plan 4.0: Reimagining Schools expanded instructional resources and materials to schools, offered more professional learning opportunities, and refined services and supports to schools. ● The Virtual PLUS+ Phased Reentry Hybrid Instructional Plan 5.0 provided a phased-in, hybrid, staggered approach for reopening schools and buildings. Students (Pre-K–12) were successfully phased in contingent upon staffing, building capacity, community health metrics, and decision matrix indicators. As we look ahead to the next school year with this Playbook, Continuity of Learning Fall Reopening 6.0, we will continue to seek feedback from our leaders, staff, students, families, and community. We will also provide reopening updates to the School Board and community based upon guidance from the State Superintendent and the Alexandria City School Board while always considering the health, safety, and well-being of students, teachers, staff, and their families. This 6.0 Playbook was effective in June 2021. Three priorities reinforce this plan: ● We believe that in-person learning is the best option for students while recognizing that some families will choose the virtual model. ● We are guided by public health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Virginia Health Department (VDH), and the Alexandria Health Department (AHD). ● We are enhancing our virtual model to include instruction through Virtual Virginia.
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