Per CDC guidance, the District will notify those who have been determined to have been in close contact with the person who tested positive. A close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period, starting from 2 days before illness onset. Under the CDC definition, for example, an individual exposed to COVID-19 for only 5 minutes but three different times within a 24-hour period (perhaps spanning two school days) now falls under the definition of a “close contact.” 

The District will maintain confidentiality as required by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).

Possible and confirmed exposure could result in remote learning days for part of a class, an entire class, or an entire school, depending on the exposure. Students and staff within 6 feet of someone who has tested positive may move to remote learning for 14 days. Seating charts will be enforced in classrooms and buses to help D34 staff determine possible exposure and mitigate future spread as best as possible.  

At any time, classes or schools may move into Remote learning, based on new data and health official recommendations.

Infirmaries at each building are ventilated and staffed so that students who become sick are isolated from others and cared for until parents can pick them up. Parents or guardians of a symptomatic student will be notified immediately of their child’s status and asked to pick up their child as soon as possible (preferably within 45 minutes of a school nurse phone call).

A close contact is anyone who was within 6 feet of an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more over a 24-hour period, starting from 2 days before illness onset. Under the CDC definition, for example, an individual exposed to COVID-19 for only 5 minutes but three different times within a 24-hour period (perhaps spanning two school days) now falls under the definition of a “close contact.”

Individuals who have been identified as close contacts are instructed to quarantine for 14 days after the last day of contact with the person who is COVID-19 positive to monitor for symptoms. 

A probable case is a student or staff member who has been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing COVID symptoms, but has not been tested for the virus. 

Yes. Masks will be required of all staff, and students who do not have a disability or condition that prevents them from wearing one. The District has provide three reusable masks for each student and staff members, and disposable masks will be available in each building.

As required by IDPH, except while eating and during band, face coverings must be worn at all times in school buildings, even when social distance is maintained. Face coverings are not required outside if social distance is maintained (if individuals remain 6 feet apart from each other).

Face shields will be allowed if also wearing a mask. There will be limited exceptions for certain individual needs in which face shields alone will be allowed.

ISBE states that districts should develop procedures to ensure 6-foot physical distance from other persons as much as possible. The expectation pertains to students and staff members in all areas and settings to the greatest extent possible. District 34 has set up physical structures (classrooms with desks at least 6 feet apart and cleared of other furniture to create space) to allow for 6- feet distancing and created spacing and directional signage to increase understanding and awareness of distancing. 

In some situations with special education students that require hand over hand instruction, close monitoring for medical and safety reasons, 6 feet won’t be possible but proper PPE will be worn.

District 34 has a District Nurse Coordinator who is managing the health protocols of District 34, in collaboration with the nurses in the other Northfield Township school districts.

Yes, when students and staff are outside and at least 6 feet away from each other, they can remove their masks.

Upon request, any students with a documented illness will be equipped with the necessary PPE and other aids as specified.

Each evening the District staff will be cleaning and disinfecting all of the District buildings. Additional cleaning will occur in between sessions for students attending half days, and in high touch common areas. Plexiglass dividers, along with desks will be disinfected during the evening cleaning.

Students up to grade 5 who are required to quarantine will have a “key contact” staff member who will reach out to them regularly to ensure that they have the support they need to complete their asynchronous lessons. Middle school students will be able to continue following their schedule remotely.

At this time the District is asking all parents/guardians to take students temperatures at home, before leaving for school. However, in the event that a temperature check is needed while students are in school, thermometers are available for use.

The District uses forced air systems that operate using 50% outside air along with MERV 8 filters. Air exchanges approximately five times per hour in these conditioned spaces. In addition, every infirmary is equipped with a negative air machine that filters and circulates air to limit the spread of contaminants.

Having students attend M/Th and Tu/F decreases the time between in-person sessions, which attempts to mitigate loss of connection with students. In a M/Tu and Th/F model, a longer span of time between learning sessions would risk a loss of student connection and engagement. Cleaning will take place daily, including nightly deep cleaning. Therefore, classrooms and buildings will be equally clean for students in each schedule.

Students will be placed using a system that assigns schedules using the families’ primary phone number listed in PowerSchool. That system will allow the District to assign students living in the same house the same attendance days.

Yes, schedules will ensure equal attendance.

The schedule on Mon/Tu/Th/Fri is below. Wednesday will be planning days for teachers; there will be synchronous (real time) class meetings and check ins, but remote instruction on Wednesdays will be independent work for students.

 

Yes. District leadership reviewed input from staff and parents about spring e-learning; any remote learning in the fall will include improvements including increased synchronous instruction.

The middle school schedule will be based on block scheduling. Generally, students will have English/language arts and math everyday with science and social studies every other day. Specials would be intermittently scheduled throughout the week. For Remote +, blocks of time by team will be scheduled to organize students and provide content through asynchronous and synchronous participation. The Hybrid schedule would be a modified block schedule in which students remain in one class throughout the day and content-area teachers rotate into the rooms.

There will not be any in-person extracurricular activities, field trips or athletics.

In order to allow for distancing, multiple spaces will be used for lunch. As students will not be wearing masks, distancing will be critical during lunch. Each building is working on their plans.

The District will encourage the use of outdoor space for physical education and other classroom learning time. Each building will have a large tent installed to create additional outdoor space that can be used, even in inclement weather. Students will have recess, though playground equipment will not be used.

Wednesdays will be fully remote, and will start an hour late to allow for teacher professional development and collaboration. There will be a mix of synchronous and asynchronous instruction on Wednesdays.

After we have time to settle into a Hybrid learning environment, following a spring and early fall that included educational experiences like never before, District 34 will begin to administer NEWA’s Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments to students in grades 3 through 8. MAP testing is one of the many tools that District 34 uses to determine students’ instructional levels as well as to monitor the progress they are making throughout the school year and from year to year. That understanding of each student’s level and progress is more important for our teachers now than ever before.

Students at the middle school level will generally be eating in their classrooms with tri fold dividers placed on their desks while eating. Lunches ordered through food services will be delivered to classrooms.

In all scenarios, District 34 will offer the option for parents to enroll their children in the Glenview Online Academy for Learning (GOAL). GOAL is a PK-8 virtual school that provides students an opportunity to engage in full-time remote learning for the 2020-2021 school year. GOAL will offer: 

• Open enrollment (by trimester) to all PK-8 students 
• Full registration, attendance requirements and all public education accountability structures
• Utilization of best-practice online learning including, asynchronous, synchronous and off-line experiences 
• A commitment to 5 hours of learning for grades 1-8 and 2½ for Kindergarten
• An environment that addresses staff, student and parent feedback from the spring 2020 E-learning model 
• Facilitation of all student services, needs and academic requirements 
• Implementation of a full complement of social-emotional learning, community building, parent outreach and all characteristics for a positive school culture    
• FUN! School/grade virtual assemblies, virtual field trips, events and other such joyful times for families and children
• Opportunities to ensure all children thrive in the GOAL through the integration of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) practices 

Remote+ won't be a preference -- it will be dictated by conditions. GOAL will happen in any scenario, even if we are in Remote+. The reasoning is that Remote+ is meant to be temporary, until we are able to move into a Hybrid scenario with some in-person learning. While Remote+ and GOAL will be similar, the GOAL students will continue in the distance-learning environment (with some limited and safe in-person team- and relationship-building opportunities) even if the District declares a move to Hybrid.

Yes, GOAL’s online curriculum and instruction will mirror that of any in-person scenario.

GOAL will be staffed with educators from throughout the D34 staff.

It is important to create a schedule that students and families can become accustomed to and support the individual learning of the members of each class. GOAL will follow a schedule that is setup and managed by GOAL leadership and staff.  The schedule will include:

• Morning ZOOM meeting for all students to go over the day, the work and to build a class community.  
• A conclusion (wrap-up) meeting will occur for each class to help bring the day to a close, answer any questions, and support the students for the work to come the following day.
• In addition to larger class ZOOM meetings, for specific subjects, there will be opportunities for small groups review, instruction, and intervention around topics shared in either large group meetings, or in asynchronous videos / learning opportunities.
• A daily schedule of ZOOM meetings for each subject area addressed that day

At the conclusion of each trimester - students / families will have the opportunity to adjust their placement. 
Any movement will bring with it:

• A new teacher / classroom (as the GOAL Staff - will stay in GOAL).
• Continued Alignment to the core curriculum (same in GOAL, REMOTE+, HYBRID, or In-Person)
• A transition period (1 week to adjust to the new setting, get to know the staff, students, and configuration)

• Yes the district will align curriculum standards.  The district will be working with all groups to ensure that throughout a trimester, all students are progressing and being exposed to the same curriculum and standards.  While there may be some small differences at the conclusion of each trimester (one group could be beginning lesson 5 and another finishing lesson 4), the focus is to be in alignment.
• A child will not miss lessons as much of our curriculum builds upon itself.

As a district - we are utilizing our core curriculum.  The adjustments are being made in the delivery mode and not as it relates to the content that is being delivered.  With a strong core curriculum, we are able to cross over between environments (Hybrid, Remote +, GOAL, and In-Person) to provide the foundation set forth in each grade-level curriculum.

Yes - Differentiation focuses on providing the right level of support for each learning.  As appropriate, both GOAL and REMOTE+ / Hybrid / In-Person staff will utilize strategies to help address gaps for some students, while providing enrichment or extensions for others.  This will look different (as it does in a normal year) between classrooms and will be dependent on the subject, the student, and the focus of any one lesson being taught.

Yes - Math and all other areas of specific focus (like, but not limited to Gifted, EL, Special Education, etc) will be a part of the GOAL Academy, as well as REMOTE +, Hybrid, and In-Person.

The specific time and specific schedule has not been finalized.  That noted, in alignment with the focus on the curriculum, the curriculum maps, and our desired outcomes by grade-band, the allotted time will be consistent across environments.

The specific ratio has not been finalized as we work on understanding the student population, the staffing configuration, and the overall final setup.  

• Staffing will be in alignment with the staffing that is taking place throughout the other areas as we provide equality across each mode of delivering instruction.

Fine Arts will be taught in GOAL.  In addition, we are working on the supply process for all Fine Arts - no matter the mode of delivery and will be finalizing a process for distribution to each and every student.

Kindergarten students in GOAL absolutely will have in-person orientation, supply pickup and relationship-building experiences. However, where Remote+ classrooms may have additional in-person opportunities throughout the trimester, those will be much more limited in GOAL, as the teachers who are staffing GOAL may be doing so because they are in an at-risk category.

Yes - the exact hours to be determined. However, some children will not be able to be in-class at certain times so as many lessons taught synchronously will also be video captured or available asynchronously. It’s trying to have the best of both worlds but it’s very challenging.

School hours during hybrid learning offers consistency, as well as time for staff professional development and collaboration. For all grades, Hybrid maximizes synchronous learning. The schedules will move to the tiered start and end times at the different grade bands to accommodate transportation. However, EC-5th grade GOAL classrooms will see no change in their start and end times.  

At all levels, Wednesdays will be fully remote (with a few exceptions for special education and EL/Bilingual students) and will include the planned one-hour late start for staff professional development and collaboration.

Kindergarten
Morning session: 9:45am - 11:55am
Afternoon session: 1:30pm to 3:40pm

Primary (1-2): 9:45am - 3:40pm

Intermediate: 8:45am - 2:40pm

Middle: 9:15am - 3:10pm

The District will have a process for staff to self-certify that they have taken their temperature and considered symptoms of COVID-19 before coming to work each day. Parents will certify that they have screened their children (taken temperature and assessed other symptoms). They will confirm that they have done this before school each day by logging into PowerSchool and selecting the certification process. There also will be a scanning process near the entrance of each building for students to scan in to ensure that their parents have completed the certification process each day.

Every room throughout the District will be disinfected daily. The routine daily cleaning procedures include: 

• Clean and disinfect hard surfaces once a day (exceptions include tablets, touch screens, keyboards and other electronic devices)
• Repeatedly disinfect frequently touched fixtures in common areas multiple times throughout the day, including: 
  • Bannisters
  • Exterior and Hallway door handles
  • Bathrooms

The District will use disinfectant approved by the EPA against COVID-19; a spray bottle of disinfectant will be in every classroom for as-needed use. 

Deep cleaning including disinfecting all buildings will happen daily. The District will use a disinfectant approved by the EPA against COVID-19. In addition, a spray bottle of disinfectant, wipes and hand sanitizer will be available in every classroom for as-needed use.

The District is hiring additional custodial staff to meet the increased cleaning and sanitizing requirements.

More time will be provided for hand washing as students enter and exit the room and before and after eating. Signs reminding students of proper hand hygiene will be posted throughout schools. Dispensers for hand sanitizer (at least 60%) will be available in every room and in common areas.

There will be very limited access to District 34 schools and the administration building; only those needing to conduct essential business, and have made an appointment. Visitors will be required to wear masks. Plexiglass guards have been installed in offices as a barrier between visitors and office staff, and distance markings will be visible on floors to remind visitors of distancing requirements.

Students will not use lockers in the fall; they will carry their belongings for the day. 

Students will not share any school supplies, books or materials.

No more than 50 people (students, driver and any necessary assistants) will be on a bus. Seat assignments will allow for distancing as much as possible, but there may be routes in which students are less than 6’ apart. Family members/students from the same household who ride the same bus will sit together.

If you are a paid rider, and won't be utilizing transportation, the District will provide a full refund. To request this refund, contact Rob Conner at rconner@glenview34.org.

A large portion ($75) of the annual student fees cover technology, which will continue to be used for remote learning. The remaining portion of the fees will be used for supplies that are unique to remote learning, such as art supplies. These supplies will be distributed to students during supply pick up opportunities.

Additional cleaning of buses will occur on buses daily and in between routes on commonly touched areas as much as possible.

• Hand sanitizer will be available on buses
• Signage will be posted for students on new procedures
• Drivers will be screened daily for symptoms, including temperatures
• Passengers and adults must wear face coverings on the vehicle at all times

The District will not run late activity or extracurricular buses.

Transportation is being provided to all schools to bring EL/Bilingual students in more frequently for in-person support. EC-2 EL/Bilingual have been attending up to 4 times a week for half-day sessions. Grades 3-8 EL/Bilingual have been attending up to 4 times a week for half day or full day sessions.

The transportation department is working with the Glenview Park District to determine the availability for transportation to/from their Camp REC program. Due to the complexity of developing bus routes for the multiple school schedules, and the limit of 50 riders per CDC guidelines, we have not yet finalized the routes that might accommodate Camp REC participants. We will work with the Park District to share transportation information as soon as it is available.  If your child is attending Camp REC or another childcare option, please submit a stop change request found on the District 34 transportation page. 

This will occur in situations where a student stays in a specific mode throughout the year (Example - GOAL all year, REMOTE+ / Hybrid all year, In-Person All Year).

• With movement (both by students and staff) based on the changing dynamics of our environment, there is not 100% guarantee.  What we can provide is the assurance that we will be working throughout each transition to provide the smoothest and most age appropriate supports for our students and staff.

Yes - we are working on the specifics around following our current curriculum maps throughout each grade and environment.  This will mean that upon the completion of Trimester 1 - all students will be within a lesson or two of each other, to ease transitions or adjustments in an individual placement.

This is a very real and important question that may ultimately play a role in the specific direction we are able to take as a district.

If a situation did come up like this, in alignment with ISBE guidelines we would provide a certified substitute or re-allocate our district staff to support a classroom. If the time-period were to extend beyond the level of certificate for a substitute teacher, the district would work to allocated the appropriate supports.

If a teacher is required to be out of the classroom, a certified staff (current teacher or substitute) member will be assigned to supporting the class for the time he/she is absent.

We are working on purchasing and distributing supplies.

We are working under the guidelines of consistency being a KEY factor in a successful delivery of all our options.

Yes, however this is dependent on the needs of students and staff.  Some staff may need to teach in GOAL, while others may not have that same need.  The same can be said for students.

We are not able to honor placement requests.

In terms of high school testing, it has been the PSAT, usually in October, usually in-person at the high school on a Saturday. We have not heard yet how the high school will work through testing or even if done at all.  We will administer NWEA which is shared with the high school but I’m not sure what factor it is for placement. I think most placement work is done through teacher recommendations with meetings between 8th grade teachers and high school staff.