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Piedmont Unified

Reopening Schools Advisory Taskforce

School Board Meeting June 10, 2020

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School Board Meeting - May 19,2020

Superintendent Booker presented “Reopening Schools in 20-21: Planning Assumptions & Considerations” to the Board

• f Education for review, public comment, and discussion.

The Board of Education and district leadership team, along with teachers and classified staff, will work together to address the considerations and develop a blueprint for Piedmont Unified’s 2020-2021 learning landscape. Goal: Blueprint provided at the Board of Education Meeting

• n June 24, 2020

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Reopening Schools Advisory Taskforce

11 students 20 parents 13 classified 46 certificated 13 administrators 2 board members

= 105 strong!!!

Roles & Responsibilities

ROLE: Advisory group to the Superintendent and School Board

RESPONSIBILITIES:

❖ Develop a “blueprint for the Learning Landscape for 2020-21” considering the complexity of multiple topics ❖ Reach consensus on hybrid schedule(s) to recommend to the Board that provide some in-person instruction at each level ❖ Develop a plan to provide full distance learning

Timeline

March 16

PUSD closed schools due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 19

Superintendent introduces Planning Assumptions & Considerations Tool

August 11

Possible first day of school

May 19

PUSD introduces “Thought Exchange” to solicit input on COVID-19 Planning

Mar May June August

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June 24

Superintendent proposes 2020-21 Learning Landscape to the School Board

May 21

PUSD Budget Advisory Committee Meeting

June 4, 8, 10, 12

Reopening Schools Advisory Taskforce Meetings Taskforce shares progress at School Board Meeting

June 10

Task Force Meetings

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Meeting 1

• Ground work
• Unpack

Considerations

• Begin Data

Review

Meeting 2

• Considerations
• Scenarios
• Elementary and

Secondary prototypes schedules

Meeting 3

• Elementary and

Secondary group work

• More prototypes
• Prototypes

refinement

Meeting 4

• Blueprint

Recommendations completed

Considerations for 2020-2021 Focus Groups

Assessment & Grading Equity Health & Safety Instruction Professional Learning Special Education/504s Student services: academic,

behavioral, mental health, social-emotional

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District LCAP Goals

Goal 1: All students and staff will feel physically and emotionally safe and part of a caring and inclusive community. Goal 2: All students will engage in relevant learning experiences that foster life-long curiosity, creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and responsible citizenship. Goal 3: Teachers and staff, with district partners, will ensure an

• utstanding educational experience for every student through

collaboration, innovation, and professional growth.

Piedmont High School Student Data

• Number of synchronous meetings lower than expected
• Not all teachers followed Distance Learning schedule, creating

conflicts with other classes

• Schedule: Start later and lunch wasn't long enough
• Exercise rates were high
• World Language received high marks for their approach
• Several teachers received accolades for their activities and
• rganization of their courses

Millennium High School Student Data

• More sadness and loss of connection to friends
• Exercise was very low
• Students reported high levels of distraction working from

home

PMS Student Data

• Wide range of responses; no consistent themes

emerged

• Some students wanted more synchronous learning
• Some wanted less
• Lots of positive feedback and praise for teachers

Grade 3-5 Student Data

• Students want more facetime with teachers
• Expressed challenges finding lessons from specials
• Expressed some challenges finding work across

different platforms (Google Docs, Google Classroom)

ThoughtExchange

"What are the most important things our school district needs to think about as we continue to respond to COVID-19 and plan for the future?" Different process than a survey.

ThoughtExchange: "What are the most important things our

school district needs to think about as we continue to respond to COVID-19 and plan for the future?"

Quantity Ratings

ThoughtExchange: Top Thoughts

ThoughtExchange: Commonalities

ThoughtExchange: Commonalities

Planning for Different Scenarios

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Scenarios

Some scenarios will be determined by health department declarations or guidelines. Some may be determined locally, based on our priorities. At this point we know we need:

• Distance learning models
• In-person models that are responsive to county health

department guidelines

DISTANCE LEARNING FIXED STABLE COHORT ROTATING TEACHER (RT) COHORT 100% IN-PERSON Prioritized SOCIAL DISTANCED 50%? capacity "REGULAR" SCHOOL

(effective vaccine)

• SIP and ACPH
• rders
• In response to

cases in school

• r cohort
• A chosen

delivery model

• Any closures

lasting more than 3 days

• Different

accountability model than Spring 2020

• Mix of synchronous

and asynchronous

• 15 students or

less

• 6 ft apart
• Masks/

hand-washing

• Screening

mechanism

• 1 room per day
• 1 teacher per

day

• 15 students or

less

• 6 ft apart
• Masks/

hand-washing

• Screening

mechanism

• 1 room per day
• Teachers

rotate to different rooms

• Children of

essential workers/staff

• Prioritized

students (special ed?, k-1?, at-risk,

• ther?)
• 15 students or

less

• 6 ft apart
• Masks/

hand-washing

• Screening

mechanism

• 15 students or

less

• 6 ft apart
• Masks/

hand-washing

• Screening

mechanism

• Students

disperse to different rooms based

• n schedule
• No social

distancing

• Previous
• perations

Contact Tracing Impact

Ideating with Different Prototypes

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Ideating with Prototypes Process

Broadstrokes Reviewed several prototypes Listed pros and cons for each model Forced rankings of prototypes Iterations and further development of prototypes

Elementary & Secondary Prototypes

• AM/PM hybrid & DL
• "Focused" Hybrid & DL
• Alternating Full Day
• 4/10
• Elementary Small Groups
• Sample Distance Learning Schedule
• Three additional DL models that

were generated today as part of the Taskforce

• DL- Original 2
• DL- "Double Loop"
• DL- Modified Block
• Alternating Days
• Alternating Days Livestreaming
• 4/10
• Advisory
• Some other iterations!

Next Steps

Collecting feedback from Taskforce on Models Elementary: Full DL Model & Hybrid Development Secondary: APT, CSEA, APSA Negotiations School Board Meeting - June 24, 2020

Q&A Public & Board