Jr/sr High campus reopening & operation
PROCEDURES, PRECAUTIONS AND PROTOCOLS

Within each classroom student desks are reasonably distanced from each other.  Plexi glass will be installed in certain classrooms.

Student supplies will be used by each individual student and not shared.  Anything that may be required to be shared will be disinfected after each use.

All assignments will be posted to Google Classroom.

If a student is absent due to illness or quarantine they will be able to access all of their school work through Google Classroom.  Teachers will offer Zoom tutoring for students who are in isolation or quarantine.

At this time, all off campus field trips for first semester have been postponed.  We will continue to re-evalute second semester field trips.

All students and staff will be health screened prior to entering campus.  They will be asked health questions and have their temperature taken.  If a student's temperature is over over 99.5 (taken with the handheld thermometer), they will not be allowed to enter campus.  While waiting for the health check, students will be required to social distance.

To help the flow of students on and off campus there will be multiple points of entry before and after school during our drop off and pick up times. 

Parents will not be allowed to enter campus unless to pick up for appointments or drop off their students.

While exiting campus, students will be required to social distance.

Visitor access to campus will be limited. Classroom access during the school day will be limited to students and campus personnel.

We will host remote events rather than large gatherings (Back to School Night, orientations, parent/teacher conferences, etc).

As Gov. Newsom's Executive Order, all students from grades 3-12 are required to wear a cloth face covering on campus.  

Face coverings will not be required while eating or participating in outdoor recreation.  

Students may apply for medical exemption with medical documentation.

All staff, teachers and visitors will be required to wear a face covering.  

All student movement outside of the classroom will be reviewed to provide greater opportunites for social distancing.

We encourage students to attend school each day.  During this unique time if a student is displaying any symptoms of COVID-19 they need to remain at home.  Our primary goal is to maintain the health of our school community.  

Your child should not come to school if the answer to any of the questions below is yes:

• Is your child’s temperature 100.4 degrees F or higher?
• Does your child have symptoms of respiratory infection (fever or shaking chills, cough, shortness of breath, severe sore throat, loss of taste or smell, or muscle aches)?
• Does your child have intestinal problems, diarrhea or vomiting?

Please contact the Front Office if your child will be absent.

Any student who is feeling ill, needs to stay home.  In order to return to campus, the student needs to be fever free without medicine for 48 hours.

Any students who display COVID-19 like symptoms will need to stay home.  Please visit cdc.gov to familiarize yourself with COVID-19 symptoms.

A student that becomes ill during the school day will be isolated and a parent/guardian will be called to pick their students up.

Movement of students will be organized to promote social distancing.

Locker use will not be available for student use at this time.  Re-evaluation will occur at a later date.

Lunch will be eaten outside at our lunch tables like normal and there will be multiple lunch periods. 

Cohorts - defined as the group of students and staff that move together on campus, such as an individual class.

CDPH - California Department of Public Health

VCPH- Ventura County Public Health

VCPH PHN - Ventura County Public Health, Public Health Nurse

VCPH PHL - Ventura County Public Health, Public Health Lab

CDC - Centers for Disease Control

HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

FERPA - Family educational Rights and Privacy Act

If a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19, the school must be notified immediately.  A sick student or staff member will be advised not to return until they have met CDC criteria to discontinue home isolation, including at least 3 days with no fever, symptoms have improved and at least 10 days since symptoms first appeared.

Communication will be sent to all close contact individuals following state FERPA/HIPAA guidelines for confidentiality.  VCPH will also be contacted.

According to VCPH close contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case is defined as someone who has been with an individual within 6 feet for a sustained period of time (10-30 minutes).  

All staff and students who are in the same class are considered close contact individuals. 

Close friends with significant contact outside of the class should also be considered a close contact.

All close contacts will be referred for testing and may not return to campus until a confirmed negative test.

Notifications will be sent to only affected close contact individuals and families.

In order to return to campus, the following must be followed:

• Students that do not have a usual source of care will be coordinated with the VCPH PHN to arrange for same day testing through the PHL by contacting 805-981-5101.
• While the student is awaiting initial test results, classroom instruction will take place via distance learning.
• The class cohort will be allowed to return to campus after 14 days.

Our teachers are prepared to transition into Remote Learning at any point during the semester. 

For students who need to home isolate or quarantine, they will have access to coursework through Google Classroom, Zoom tutoring opportunities, and some instructional videos.  

The school will coordinate with VCPH to determine if and when a partial or whole campus closure is required.

If COVID-19 is suspected, the student must be tested and results shared with the school prior to returning to campus.  If the student tests positive for COVID-19, the student must be quarantined until fever free for 72 hours and ten days after symptoms first occurred.

If an immediate family member has tested positive for COVID-19 or is awaiting results or experiencing COVID-19 like symptoms we ask to be notified.  Your student may need to stay home until the test results are known.

All students will be instructed to wash their hands consistently and thoroughly throughout the day.

Hand sanitizer will be available to students in the classrooms.

Commonly touched surfaces in the classroom will be disinfected each time students leave the classroom.  Examples of commonly touched surfaces are desks, chairs, doorknobs, and light switches.

All common areas will be disinfected after each group of students use.  These areas include bathrooms, lunch tables etc.

Bathrooms will be disinfected on a regular basis throughout the day.

Thanks to our generous alumni, we had new drinking fountains installed on campus last school year.  The drinking fountain part is capped but the touch-less water bottle refilling stations are still available.  We highly encourage students to bring their own water bottle with their name clearly marked.