Superintendent Update Called Board Meeting July 14, 2020 Virtual - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Superintendent Update

Called Board Meeting July 14, 2020

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A semester-long commitment Registration began on June 30 and closes on July 17 Students stay registered at their home school

Virtual Learning

Enrollment

Level Enrollment Numbers Elementary 3,463 Middle 1,879 High 1,830 Total 7,172

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Student to Teacher Ratios will be the same as what is published in the school allotment guidelines.

Virtual Learning

Program Enhancements

Talented and Gifted Program

• Adding Resource

Model in Elementary in grades 1-5

• Adding Advanced

Content Model in Middle via limited TAG classes in grades 6-8 Honors Classes

• Adding 32 Honors

classes

• Advanced math for 6th

graders

• Students who are

accelerated and take classes a year or more above grade level in high school math receive honors points (14 classes)

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Middle School: Addition of a zero period for World Language.

Clubs and Extracurriculars

• Online clubs with

partners

• Opportunities for
• nline clubs

connected to home schools

• Student driven

clubs

Virtual Learning

Grades 1-5

• Students will log on daily
• Math and English Language

Arts will be delivered daily

• Social Studies and Science

will rotate

• Live instruction
• Friday will be small group

instruction Grades 6-12

• Students will log in daily
• This model is flexible
• Students will receive a

mixture of digital and live instruction

• Teacher expectations

related to communication

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Virtual Learning

Employee Return to Work Considerations

Fear/Anxiety

• Fear is not a sufficient reason for not reporting to work.
• FCS Employee Assistance Program Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Access 24/7 to a

counseling professional

• CDC information on coping with stress related to COVID-19
• Safety/Preventative Measures (Masks, Social Distancing, Self-Check Alerts, Signage/Physical Barriers)

Underlying Health Conditions

• FCS Leave Policy GBRI
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) – provides employees 10 days (80 hours) of paid

sick leave for COVID-19 related reasons

• Request Reasonable Accommodations via the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

 Medical certification diagnosing condition(s) required  Interactive Process  Reasonable Accommodation – provided to a qualified individual if requested and if doing so does not pose an undue hardship for employer Wearing the mask during the workday

• FCS will provide all employees two (2) reusable face masks. Employees can always increase the

protection by adding their own face shield in conjunction with the mask.

• Employees are required to wear a mask when in common areas and interacting with other

individuals.

• Employees can self-regulate and take a break from wearing as long as they are not interacting with
• thers and doing so in an isolated area/space. For classroom teachers/paras, we are

creating/marking out a “mask down” zone in the classroom that can be used to garner some relief.

Employee Return to Work Considerations

Child Care

• Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) – provides employees up to 12 weeks FMLA

leave for a COVID-19 related reason that causes a lack of childcare; such is paid at 2/3 of the employee’s salary.

• FCS Employees' Student Hardship Transfer

Leave due to Quarantine

• Employees on a medical/DPH advised quarantine (14 days) due to a COVID-19 exposure or

positive test result will be able to use the FFCRA provided COVID-19 sick leave and/or their FCS sick/vacation leave quota.

(Note: After exhausting the COVID19 leave, those with no available FCS sick/vacation leave quota may be paid only at 2/3 salary)

Supporting Employee Contact Tracing

• A single point of contact for employee reporting: Covid19report@fultonschools.org
• An established relationship with the FC Department of Public Health (DPH)
• Increasing internal capacity by hiring additional temporary personnel to be “case investigators”

Staffing Individual Remote Learning

• Given the current number of students registering for IRL, the teacher need will be 200-250
• Existing teachers volunteering to move to IRL
• Surplus process

Cares Act Funding ($18.3 million dollars)

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Organization Purpose Amount Districtwide Operations $15,319,622 Private Schools 28 schools opted-in $1,669,940 Districtwide PPE & Equipment $1,000,000 Districtwide ($946,511) Charter Schools ($53,489) Districtwide Administrative Costs $185,549 Districtwide Counseling & Psychological Svcs. $125,000

• 07.15.2020
• Deadline for private and charter schools to submit their budgets to

Fulton County Schools budget department

• 07.31.2020
• The Fulton County Schools CARES Act budget will be uploaded to the

state for approval

Budget Update

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Health Services

• Point of contact for leadership regarding official guidance from other governmental agencies
• All persons who are sick will be expected to stay at home
• Students will undergo random temperature checks
• All persons who become sick will be sent home immediately
• Updated guidelines to care for students in clinics / isolation room for symptomatic persons
• All persons reporting to the clinic will have their temperature taken

​Masks​ / Personal Protective Equipment

• Masks are expected for students riding school buses
• Masks strongly encouraged for students at school
• Additional PPE in clinics and when serving medically fragile students

Visitors

• Visitors are required to wear masks when entering schools and other facilities
• Visitor access will be restricted
• Visitors will be required to undergo a temperature check prior to entry

Wellness and Hygiene

• Hand-washing and sanitizing throughout the day
• Hand sanitizing stations installed in school hallways
• Paper towel dispensers installed in bathrooms
• Restricted use of water fountains / encouraged use of water bottles
• Plastic partitions placed at select customer service locations

Enhanced Facility Cleaning

• Improved routine cleaning and disinfecting of facilities by custodians
• Safe and effective cleaner provided to all staff to use on high touch surfaces throughout the day
• Response protocols in place for facilities impacted by COVID-19
• Facility use agreements reflect District standards and expectations
• Heating, Ventilation, and Cooling System set in alignment with industry standards for COVID19

Student and Visitor Safety

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Improved Bus Safety

• PPE for bus drivers including masks and face shields
• Assigned and managed student seating
• Buses disinfected after the morning and afternoon routes
• Safe and effective cleaner provided for high touch surfaces after each run
• Sanitizing station affixed to the bus frame
• Student masks expected / social distancing cannot be achieved on buses
• Parents may opt to transportation students through other methods

School Nutrition

• Parents will be expected to pay for meals online
• School nutrition staff meeting with local school leadership regarding meal delivery model
• Some students will eat in classrooms using a grab and go / cafeteria may be used with social

distancing measures in place

• Pre-order meals will be available for parent pick-up for virtual and individual remote learners

as well as quarantined students School Logistics

• Assemblies limited to smaller groups of students and information will be broadcasted live for

students in classrooms

• Space desks and tables in classrooms to improve social distancing
• Stagger class changes
• Arrival and dismissal procedures will be updated
• Limit distribution of school lockers

Signage Reinforcing Public Health Expectations

• Signage throughout facilities regarding healthy hygiene
• Reminders regarding prevention and expected behaviors
• Notices – Stay at home if sick
• Messages provided in English and Spanish (at specified locations)

Student and Visitor Safety

Senior Device Return—Retrieval Devices Deployed Devices Returned Outstanding Return Percentage 5,830 5,339 491 91.58%

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Device Distribution Remote Learning Hotline Device Hubs "Day 1" Device Distribution in Schools

Technology Readiness

# of Devices Issued to Date # of Devices Projected for Day 1 Distribution 40,000 23,000

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Hotspot Distribution

Digital Learning Grant Schools Parklane Feldwood Bethune Oakley College Park SL Lewis Conley Hills Paul D. West 1 Million Digital Learning Title I Total Distributed 141 81 3 225

All Summer School Students

Total Hotspots 7,377