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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.
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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.
CLOSED (RED): Under severe conditions, the school building will be closed. This status could be the result of an executive order by the Governor. Learning during this status is 100% remote, following this schedule, alternating ABCD and EFGH days with periods rotating: 8:00am to 9:15am Period 1
9:30am to 10:45am
11:00am to 12:15pm 12:45pm to 2:00pm Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
OPEN 100 (GREEN): When conditions are approaching pre-COVID-19 levels, status GREEN will support a return to near-normal operations, during which all students are expected to return to in-person, on-campus classes.
● Masks/face-coverings will be required on campus; mask breaks will be permitted in classrooms at the teacher’s discretion during instruction provided students remain seated in desks, facing in the same direction, that have been spaced 6-feet apart. ● All personnel will be required to wear masks/face-coverings when moving throughout the building and/or outside of their assigned workspace/office when 6-foot social distancing is not possible. ● One-way foot traffic flow will be required in some designated areas of the building. ● To limit the number of students gathering in common areas, bathrooms or at water fountains and to keep the traffic pattern flowing, passing times between classes will be shortened and bathrooms and water fountains will be “closed” during passing time. ● To monitor occupancy in areas with limited capacities (bathrooms, nurse, guidance, etc.) and to limit interpersonal contact with “objects”, all students will utilize contactless eHallPass instead of physical passes and sign-out sheets to leave the classroom or study hall. ● Visitors, volunteers, and guests will be prohibited from accessing the building except to visit the main office vestibule. ● Parent meetings will be conducted remotely by phone or video. ● Extensive and regular hand-washing and hand-sanitizing will be required. Hand-sanitizer will be placed throughout the campus. ● The school building will be open from 7:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Students will not be permitted in the building before or after these times. ● Students should proceed to their first period class immediately upon arrival to school. Students desiring breakfast will be directed to the “breakfast cafe” where they will be provided the opportunity to eat a socially distanced breakfast. ● There will be an additional lunch period, now three vs two previously. Lunch will be served in the common areas with eating socially distanced. Naturally, masks may be removed to eat and must be put on when finished eating. ● Prior to the end of each class period, time will be dedicated to sanitizing desks, chairs, and door handles. ● Additional maintenance staff will be present during the school day to continuously sanitize common area touch points and assist with sanitizing between lunch periods.
