Reopening Plan for
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Updated: August 17, 2020
Your child’s health and well-being is very important to us. This is why we have made a comprehensive plan to prepare a healthy learning environment for your child to come to each day. The following is a summary of these guidelines. These guidelines are based on the recommendations provided by Manitoba Health and Education. For further details visit:
https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/covid/reopening/parent_guide.html
We have prepared the building. Here’s how:
We are prepared for learning. Here’s how:
The staff at Prairie Crossroads are prepared. Here’s how:
We are prepared to help parents and students understand the school’s plan. Here’s how:
1. Public health will lead the response and ensure appropriate supports are in place to coordinate the response. We will work closely together.
2. Contact tracing identifying the contacts of a positive case and contacting those individuals who may have been exposed.
3. Public health may:
• request records that identify cohorts/groups of staff, students, volunteers and visitors in the school for a specified timeframe
• contact students, staff and families if they have been in close contact with a confirmed or probable case, and confirm whether they need to self-isolate or self-monitor, and when they can return to school
• recommend testing following established guidelines to staff, students, volunteers and visitors who may have been exposed to a positive case
• assess the need for the school to be closed for a period of time
4. We will clean and disinfect areas where exposures took place. These areas will not be used until they are determined to be safe. School closure would be a last resort and only upon evidence of transmission. Form letters and messages will be available to share with parents, staff and students when a case is confirmed in a school. If there is an outbreak at a school, this will be announced through Manitoba media bulletins and public health will provide instructions to those who have been in close contact.
Your child’s health and well-being is very important to us. This is why we have made a comprehensive plan to prepare a healthy learning environment for your child to come to each day. The following is a summary of these guidelines. These guidelines are based on the recommendations provided by Manitoba Health and Education. For further details visit:
https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/covid/reopening/parent_guide.html
We have prepared the building. Here’s how:
- Posted signage to allow for flow of traffic which avoids congestion. This includes using two entrances.
- Posted signage for visitors to follow COVID-19 preventative measures.
- Arranged furniture to allow for physical distancing.
- Installed openable windows for increased ventilation.
- Made a sanitization plan for frequent cleaning of high touch surfaces and regular cleaning of student areas. Trained custodial staff in sanitation requirements.
- Installed hand sanitation dispensers for quick and easy hand hygiene.
We are prepared for learning. Here’s how:
- Equipped each student with individual supplies.
- Purchased iPads and installed SeeSaw to enhance learning at home and school using technology.
- Prepared for the recovery of learning of students and will use the initial transition days to create learner profiles.
- Scheduled frequent hand washing as a part of the regular routine.
- Scheduled additional outdoor learning as a part of the educational programming
- Made adaptations to Music programming to accommodate non-vocal musical activities.
- Scheduled small groups for Music and Gym instruction to accommodate physical distancing.
The staff at Prairie Crossroads are prepared. Here’s how:
- Designed a welcoming and engaging environment for students.
- Developed a communication plan with parents.
- Planned for health and safety training and ensured that professional learning focuses on COVID-19 pandemic priority areas, including recovery learning, collaborative planning, mental health and well-being and remote learning strategies.
- Oriented staff with COVID protocol and procedures.
- Familiarized staff and parents with on-line screening tool:https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/screening-tool/
- Staff will have access to non-medical masks. Staff is highly recommended to wear masks.
We are prepared to help parents and students understand the school’s plan. Here’s how:
- Communicate location of this plan on the school website and parent handbook.
- If a student becomes ill at school, he/she will be brought to a separate area until a parent or designated person comes to pick up the child. The child and staff interacting with the child will be required to wear protective gear including PPE masks.
- Parents are asked to use the online self-screening tool prior to sending their child to school.https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/screening-tool/
- Students who exhibit symptoms of illness or are ill may NOT come to school.
- In-class learning may be increased or suspended on short notice in response to changing public health advice. If there is a disruption in attendance due to illness, we are prepared to maintain learning through the use of technology.
- Students are expected to participate in any remote learning that may become initiated by the school.
- Students will have access to non-medical masks. It is highly recommended for students in the middle years class to wear masks, particularly when physical distancing is not possible.
- Anyone who has compromised health conditions is asked to exercise additional precautions prior to coming into the school building.
1. Public health will lead the response and ensure appropriate supports are in place to coordinate the response. We will work closely together.
2. Contact tracing identifying the contacts of a positive case and contacting those individuals who may have been exposed.
3. Public health may:
• request records that identify cohorts/groups of staff, students, volunteers and visitors in the school for a specified timeframe
• contact students, staff and families if they have been in close contact with a confirmed or probable case, and confirm whether they need to self-isolate or self-monitor, and when they can return to school
• recommend testing following established guidelines to staff, students, volunteers and visitors who may have been exposed to a positive case
• assess the need for the school to be closed for a period of time
4. We will clean and disinfect areas where exposures took place. These areas will not be used until they are determined to be safe. School closure would be a last resort and only upon evidence of transmission. Form letters and messages will be available to share with parents, staff and students when a case is confirmed in a school. If there is an outbreak at a school, this will be announced through Manitoba media bulletins and public health will provide instructions to those who have been in close contact.
