Reopening Classifications and Status Given the changing and unpredictable nature of this pandemic in our community, PFPS will use the following classification system to indicate which level of access we are in along with the corresponding safety protocols for each level. The decision to move between each level will be informed by the reopening committee, administration, and various data points in our community. Some of this data may include: surveys, surrounding community data trends, federal, state, and local directives that impact our school, case counts, mortality data, positivity rates, hospitalizations, faculty/staff illness, transportation availability, etc. As of the date of this publication (7-24-20), PFPS is planning to reopen school under the BLUE status, outlined below. OPEN 90/10 (BLUE): Under this status, all students desiring to return to campus may do so. Students/families wishing to remain home may do so as well. This level will follow this schedule: alternating ABCD and EFGH with periods rotating and class times similar to a “normal” preCOVID schedule. In an early July parent survey, approximately 90% of parents felt comfortable with their child(ren) returning to school daily while approximately 10% felt more comfortable starting the year remotely. Under this status, students beginning the school year remotely through livestream may not switch to in-person classes without pre-approval from the Assistant Head of School (primarily so that impact on classroom occupancy can be assessed and maintained within capacity). See BLUE on-campus required safety protocols below. OPEN 50/50 (YELLOW): Under this status, an assigned 50% of the student body will attend school two days in a row (one day with the ABCD rotation and one day the EFGH rotation) while the other 50% attend school remotely through livestream of each class following the same schedule. Periods will continue to rotate and class times will be similar to a “normal” preCOVID schedule. On Days 3 and 4, the students who were in school days 1 and 2 will attend school remotely and vice-versa (two days on-campus and two days livestream remote). See YELLOW on-campus required safety protocols below.
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