001uh thank you okay ausd middle and high school students we are excited to welcome you back in april estudiantes de secondaria e preparatorio de ausd estamos muy contentos de dales la bienvenida al campus and abril this video contains important information about guidelines and changes that you can expect as we work to safely welcome you back [Music] we understand that you're excited to see your friends and we're excited to see you but for everyone's safety we must maintain our social distance while on campus [Music] this means not gathering in groups and when you're moving around campus follow the directional arrows and go straight to your destination esto certifica no reonisa en grupos e cuando camines por campes acuerda cete seguid las fletches direction throughout campus you will see directional arrows and markings indicating where to stand
002in order to maintain social distancing into the campus versus directionalism all students and staff members are required to wear a mask while on campus [Music] gators and bandanas are not allowed cloth or disposable face masks are required [Music] face mask logos and designs must be in alignment with the school's dress code policies [Music] each school site will have designated entry points for students upon entering students will pass by the mega scan which will take their temperature the mega scanner has the ability to take the temperature of large groups at once [Music] our campuses now have refillable water bottle stations installed please have your students bring water bottles to fill each day [Music] all parents and guests conducting business on our campuses must check in at the office and have their temperature checked prior to entry
003access to campuses will be strictly limited to students staff and essential business for your safety and ours [Music] negotiators and westeros campus devon registrarsina [Music] we encourage you to conduct business by phone and email as much as possible [Music] thanks for watching be sure to attend your school's reopening meeting for site-specific details see you in april [Music] hello good evening everyone on behalf of the board of education we would like to welcome you to tonight's town hall focusing on our reopening plans for secondary schools before we begin we would like to let you know that we anticipate having time to take life questions at the end of our presentation but just in case to make sure your question is captured please post it in the q a section of the zoom at the end of
004the meeting we will try and answer as many questions as we can in a live manner but for all the questions that we cannot get to we will be gathering all the questions and creating a frequently asked questions document to make sure that you have an answer to your questions because this is our second town hall we already have an faq document on our website and any questions that are not currently there we will be adding them to that we also want to let you know that the video you just saw and the guidebook you will be seeing tonight will be available to everyone via our ausd reopening school website you can also access the ausd reopening school website using the find it fast menu on our home page we will post a link to
005it on our social media and we will send it out in our next week's parent communication as well tonight we will be covering our goals health and safety preventative measures decision trees social emotional wellness learning models alternative programs and next steps as we have been planning and working on our reopening plans these four goals have been guiding our work first ensuring that we are following the los angeles county department of public health guidelines and orders which have deemed that opening schools for our secondary sites are now safe number two maintaining an inclusive caring and supportive school culture number three establishing protocols for health and safety and number four timely frequent and transparent communication this guidebook was created thanks to the collaborative opportunities we had with parents our bargaining unit partners and our administrators and because
006things change quickly and often right now we are committed to updating this guidebook and the decisions included here based on the department of public health guide guidelines and orders as you hear tonight and included in the guidebook we encourage you to speak with your students about the importance of following the protocol protocols that are outlined for example that they are to wear a face mask at all times while at school and as an fyi we will we will be providing two masks for each student we are encouraging parents to conduct school business remotely whenever that is possible if you are not sure please call the office and they will let you know if you need to come in or if it can be done remotely visitors are going to be extremely limited on our campuses
007with exceptions only being made for specific meetings all visitors must also wear a mask at all times prior to arriving we are also checking that parents conduct a symptom check of their students and the guidebook includes what you are to check for if the student is experiencing any of the symptoms listed they are not to come to school and we are asking that you contact the school and let them know immediately as options for coping 19 testing you can contact your healthcare provider or you can get tested here in azusa at memorial park and we want you to know that throughout this time nutrition distribution is going to continue at this point i would like to turn it over to jorge ronquillo our assistant superintendent of human resources thank you mr ortega and good evening
008to the community students and staff must stop screen for symptoms such as cough shortness of breath runny nose and fever at home before coming to school or getting on a bus anyone with the fever of 100.4 degrees or more should not go to school uh or get on a bus staff members uh are required to fill out the coven 19 system checkpoint prior to coming to the asus school site temperatures will be taken and south and health screening questions will be asked at site entry points campus entry points will be designated to allow for appropriate physical distances school sites will have signage throughout campus to encourage physical distancing and proper sanitation and student desks will have individual practitioners parents and visitors access to campus will be strictly limited as far as a travel advisory the
009los angeles county department of public health currently has a travel advice advisory requiring a mandatory 10-day quarantine for non-essential travel outside of the state of california for individuals who have symptoms on campus if the students or staff member a fever while at school it will be isolated from others parents some guardians of the student will be contacted to pick student up staff will be sent home sick staff and students will be advised to isolate according to cdc guidelines parents should contact their school principal prior to returning to school after an illness at this point i would like to turn it over to mr tasha jamal our assistant superintendent for business services thank you jorge so masks are required at all times with the exception of when a person is eating or drinking masks are required
010both indoors and outdoors while on any district property visual aids and how to links are available on the district website throughout campus visual aids are posted to remind us all how to properly wash our hands and how to properly cover while coughing and are sneezing hand sanitizer stations have been placed throughout the campus both outdoor and indoor additional hand washing stations have been installed outdoors to emphasize frequent hand washing throughout the day six feet social distancing while and outdoors and hallways offices and play yards will be monitored throughout the day additionally floor markers have been placed throughout all campuses both indoor and outdoor to remind us to remain six feet apart direction arrows have been placed both indoor and outdoor to minimize cross traffic student desks have been positioned four feet apart and each desk
011has its own three-sided plastic protector the use of playground equipment will be prohibited face coverings will be required for all students ages 2 and above unless an exemption is on file exemptions from wearing a face covering must be submitted prior for approval students and staff without mask will be provided a disposable mask to wear while on campus face coverings must cover both the nose and mouth at all times how-to videos are available on the district's website on how to properly wear a face covering visual aids reminders are throughout the campus including classrooms regarding face coverings and the requirements are posted throughout the campus face coverings can only be removed while one is eating and are drinking students will be instructed on the proper face covering protocol parents are asked to familiarize their children with the
012use of claw face coverings including the importance of being careful careful not to touch their mask or face area parents are encouraged to send backup face coverings in the event their students face covering becomes damaged wet and are dirty hand sanitizing stations will be located in common areas such as the lunch areas npr's front offices and priority locations that have been identified by the principal the district will provide face masks for all staff are required to wear face covering unless prevented due to a health condition or instructional communication needs in those instances staff will be provided with a clear face shield ppe that is available on every school campus includes the following face coverings which are required face shields masks gloves and disposable gowns temperature scanners the district has provided each school and district site
013with a temperature scanner anyone entering a campus will be screened as they walk past the scanner every entry point will require a temperature scan in order to enter a campus the district has also invested in both the cloaks 360 sprayer and the victory sprayer the sprayers will enable our custodial staff to more efficiently disinfect our campuses the units spray a fine mist of disinfectant solution that is statistically sorry charged and then adheres to the surface in the room ensuring coverage detailed attention will be given to high touch areas such as door handles desktops seeing candles handrails and restrooms throughout the day other safety so for cleaning the bathrooms will be cleaned and stocked with soap throughout the day disinfecting wipes and or disinfectant spray will be provided in every classroom daily cleaning schedules have been
014established and posted in the front office of every campus enhanced cleaning of school premises are being done when students are not on school grounds shared objects are being prohibited to the greatest extent possible when this is not possible objects will be cleaned and disinfected between users high-touch playground equipment will be shut down breaks recess and lunch will be staggered as feasible to allow if the schedule accounts for it drinking fountains have been disabled students should bring their own water bottles and may refill their water bottles at the designated stations on campus each site will have two outdoor water bottle refillable station and one indoor water bottle refillable station that is located in the cafeteria all hvac system have been serviced and inspected across the district to ensure proper operation in circulation of outside air all
015district hvac systems have had an ionization unit installed the ionizer has the following benefits it kills pathogens bacteria viruses and mold it helps control allergens asthma odors from smoke reduces pressure loss by keeping coils clean without the expensive uv system and requires no maintenance transportation drivers will perform pre-entry symptom screening for temperature checks with the temp i'm sorry a thermometer students not meeting the screening requirements will not be permitted on board the bus students should that become ill while in transit will be isolated in a designated seat behind the driver students will sit in every other seat with the furthest seat in the back being filled first face coverings will be required at all times at this time ausd transportation is planning to provide the same level of transportation services to our eligible communities drivers
016may remove face covering to ensure safe operation of the bus unless within six feet of the nearest passenger for meal distribution we will continue with our free weekly meal distribution at the following sites azusa high school murray elementary school and slauson middle school meal distribution protocols will remain the same who are asking all to remain in their vehicles while in the mill pickup line masks are required we're asking you to pop your trunk when you arrive at the front of the line and your meals will be placed in your trunk if you cannot open your trunk meals will be placed on a nearby table for you to grab if arriving on foot please watch for moving vehicles and alert staff of your presence your meals will be placed on a nearby table while in person
017grab-and-go meals will be provided daily to those that are enrolled and think together students receiving a grab-and-go lunch can still participate in the weekly meal distribution and at this time i will turn it back over to mr jorge rancho assistant superintendent of hr thank you mr mull i'll be talking about preventative measures as a district we are taking affirmative steps to assess our risk for cova-19 and we've listed here the strategies we are using to reduce the transmission of the virus it is important for us to be aware of the indicators of community transmission two key indicators that we closely monitor include the adjusted case rate per one hundred thousand uh los angeles county currently has an adjusted case rate of 3.1 per 100 000 people percentages of uh positive tests during the last seven
018days is another indicator we monitor and currently los angeles has a positivity rate of 1.5 similarly the district intends to administer coven 19 testing in accordance to screening testing cadence and requirements individuals who demonstrate symptoms or were close contacts to code 19 will be administered a test as well moving on to the notification protocols the district will balance the need for privacy of students and employees with the need to communicate with potentially exposed individuals this page articulates the steps that the district will take to contact trace and communicate with individuals and the school community the process begins with the school or district being notified of covid 19 positive employee or student the that person is directed to isolate and they are also interviewed in the contact tracing begins the individual is also provided with covid
01919 resources notifications to the school sites and employees are sent via email as required and the district communicates with the la cdph and cal osha as is also required decision tree for students if the student indicates no symptoms or exposure the student enters the school if on the other hand the student screening indicates symptoms for cloven 19 the students parent or guardian are contacted to pick up the the student if a medical provider confirms that the system the symptoms are not consistent with covenant 19 the students must stay at home per medical guidance if the student is provided a test and the test is negative the student must stay home until he or she is symptom free if on the other hand the student tests positive then the student must isolate for a minimum of
02010 days if the student is not tested we treat the case as if the student had tested positive and must isolate if the screening identifies a student with symptoms not consistent with covin-19 then the site administrator determines if the student should be excused if the screening identifies that the student was exposed to code bid 19 the student must is sent home and directed to quarantine for a minimum of 10 days and move on to the decision tree for staff if the employee indicates no symptoms or exposure this employee enters the school or district if on the other hand the students i'm sorry the employee screening indicates symptoms of cova 19 the employee is directed to not report to work if a medical provider confirms that the symptoms are not consistent with covin 19 the employee
021must stay home per the medical provider's guidance if the employee is provided a test and the test is negative the employee must stay home until he or she is symptom free if the employee tasks positive then the employee must isolate for a minimum of 10 days if the employee is not tested we treat the case as if the employer had tested positive and must isolate if the screening indicates the employee the employee go with symptoms not consistent with cloven 19 then the site administrator in consultation with the human resources department will determine the if the employee should be sent home if the screening identifies that the employee was exposed to coven 19 the employee is sent home and directed to quarantine for a minimum of 10 days this page also contains hyperlinks to covid19 resources
022this next page is on the it's a decision tree for both students and employees that develop symptoms on site during the school or work day if a student or employee develops covid19 symptoms or becomes sick during the school day the individual will be provided with the medical grade mass and will be required to isolate from others until they are picked up or for the employee and can safely return home if their test results are negative the employee or student must stay home until they are fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication parents slash guardians will will report their status to the school sites employees will be in communication with the hr office if the test is positive the employee or student must isolate for 10 days and cannot return until they are symptom
023free for three consecutive days and are fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medicine if the classroom group needs to close students instruction will move online with their existing teachers until they are until they can return to campus and at this time i'd like to turn it over to dr mitchell thank you mr ankio we support student mental health wellness through a variety of services ranging from school wellness campaigns to more intensive and individualized support programs we work closely with partners and community service agencies for additional services to support students and families social emotional well-being and support and mental health assistance is available to all ausd families through care solace we also partner with mckinley children's center and foothill family who have provided workshops for both families and staff to support our students social
024and emotional health if you need assistance please call the office of child welfare and attendance we will now review our secondary grades 7 through 12 schedule the middle school and high school schedules are inherently different than the tk6 elementary bell schedule and although there are differences one thing remains the same we need to ensure that we are meeting the los angeles county department of public health guidelines with secondary there are different considerations such as courses like advanced placement and international baccalaureate that are scheduled for end-of-year exams we also have students who are taking citrus college classes on our campuses at set times taking all of these things into consideration here's how the hybrid schedule will work all students will continue with distance learning in a blocked schedule format as they are now so that they
025can continue maximizing their learning mondays and thursdays all students attend their assigned periods 0 1 3 and 5 in a distance learning environment tuesdays and fridays all students attend their assigned periods 0 2 4 and 6 in a distance learning environment on wednesdays all students will attend all periods in distance learning in a shortened day lunch break is from 30 to 1 30 on mondays tuesdays thursdays fridays and on wednesdays from 10 to 1 o'clock lunch is not served on campus however families can still participate in weekly meal distribution we've also moved our student family connection time four days a week to the morning from 8 to 8 30 a.m this is a great opportunity for all parents and all students to connect with your teachers with questions or clarifications so to reiterate four days
026a week monday tuesday thursday and friday in the morning all students will continue with the distance learning and all distance learning on wednesdays in the afternoons on monday tuesday thursday and friday all distance learning students will be grouped into cohort a and cohort b on these days students will have the opportunity to attend two periods a week of in-person learning week one students will attend periods one and two week two they'll attend periods three and four and week three periods five and six week four it begins again with periods one and two this in person cohorting by periods is called tim's which stands for tutoring intervention motivation mentoring and support we know that all students need in-person support from their teachers and tim's is open to all students the in-person tim's periods will be used
027to deepen students understanding of content as well as support and promote success and achievement in their courses and at the same time foster relationships with adults and peers the schedule is designed to protect core instruction as much as possible and still provide students with opportunities for in-person support from their teachers by period the sites will be working on the tim's a and b cohorts and will communicate to parents and students which cohort their students have been assigned finally although all distance learning students will be assigned to a and b cohorts the in-person tim's periods are not mandatory as the state is still allowing for parents to choose an all-distance learning model also students who have a seventh period will attend seventh period in person two days a week and also ellington tk8 will continue to
028follow the elementary scheduling model in addition to in-person learning we also have alternative educational programming in our home school program students in tk to 12th grade complete assignments independently parents provide the instruction and students check in with the teacher on a regular schedule the independent study program is also a tk12 program students are provided with assignments to be completed independently and students check in with a teacher on a regular schedule this year we offer a virtual academy which is a tk12 fully remote program and students are enrolled in online grade level content area classes for any of these programs if the student is receiving special education services the iep team will meet to determine if the placement is appropriate thank you dr mitchell at this point in time uh we have uh we have time
029uh to answer uh some questions uh live if you do have a question that you would like to ask please raise your hand so that we may uh hear your question but i want to reiterate that we do have the q a uh section and so if you type your your question there just in case we run out of time uh we we we will make sure that it uh lands on our faq so at this point in time we'll go ahead and move to live questions you have a first question from vasima panna you may unmute your mic hello hi hi um i just had a really quick question i'm trying to figure out um i'm trying to understand what um was just explained so the students will be going to school my daughter's
030a senior at gladstone so she'll be going to school one day a week am i understanding that correctly dr mitchell sure thank you for that question so she's going to continue to participate in uh in distance learning and she'll be doing that just the same schedule that she's doing now the difference is is that in the afternoons we are offering in-person uh learning with their teachers and so she would attend uh depending if she's in cohort a or b this the first week she would be going to her first period class and second period class in the afternoon even though sherrod may have already had those classes um in the morning in a distance learning environment so just to be clear so they're not the high school students are not going back um anything similar
031to the elementary students they are basically going into like a tutor type program is that something because that's what it kind of sounds like like they would go and get assistance from the teacher yeah correct so um that's just again combination of it could be tutoring it could be intervention um just any kind of support um that the the teachers would be able to provide that would support the instruction that they would be delivering during the distance learning but that's correct so was there a reason why the high school students could not go back and this is my last question was there a reason why the high school students could not go back to school in a similar way as the elementary students yeah so um it is it's very different um especially with the
032high school schedule so um in elementary the the students typically have one teacher and so we have um with the department of public health in terms of uh cohorting right and space in the classes you can only have so many students um in the classrooms and so if you um if you do that for one period the minute they change classes and go to like period two the configuration is completely different so the model has to be a little bit different because it doesn't align with the guidelines okay thank you you're welcome it's also important to note um that what we presented today the schedule that we presented today um is for this current school year this is not for next school year this is only until the end of this year we can move
033on to the next question lika uh next question from melanie cruz okay so well we have um after school band programs and would that change so ban thank you for that question melanie band is um we are allowed to participate in band now banned classes uh the department of public health is going to be putting out some additional uh protocols and they i have not seen that yet i anticipate that will be any time and so we will be communicating that to our music educators but yes you will be would be attending your uh your band classes we have next question from nadine lopez you meet a new year right hi um this is mrs lopez i was just inquiring i have a couple questions my first question is why are we doing the monday
034schedule on wednesday since uh mondays are most of the days that uh our holidays and we would lose in learning time for the students my other question is why do we have where are we doing the in school learning in at the end of the day instead of in the morning since most people work and they would drop off their children in the morning at school not not in the afternoon and my third and last question is as students know what cohort they they actually are assigned to and how we determine which students are coming back in which students have opted to stay at home so uh let me answer uh that last question is that um the it is it is optional for students to attend the in person tims and so all students
035have that opportunity but that's not something that's required and we do not have uh the sites will work that out the sites will definitely communicate with the families in terms of um which cohorts the students are assigned to um the other another question that you asked and this is a great question in terms of um why did you know why is it changed with um the you know the afternoon and the morning and changing that around one of the reasons is because we do have some very specific classes uh for example that are that are locked in so we've got students who are um participating in um our early college program for example with citrus college and so um it's not it's not easy to be able to change uh to change that schedule around
036so this one in particular uh was able to align uh with a lot of our our courses and i don't remember i'm sorry i don't remember the first one was the first question i think it was the one was it wednesdays yep so wednesday for the monday oh yes instead of the mondays yeah and in particular um this schedule just in terms of how it worked out with the way that our master schedules work um this was uh really the best option that we had for uh for all the students okay i think thank you for your answers uh my concern was i know children are uh when i have to walk to school uh you know about getting them in time for the end you know for the in-house or the in-school learning yeah
037so it's it's it's going to be a trial and error for a while it is thank you so much for those questions we really appreciate think it's also that to note while we're moving to the next question uh that our school sites i know we mentioned it but just to reiterate our school sites will be holding town hall meetings kind of like the one that we're doing right now but it will be specific to their school sites and so the principals will be able to get deeper into details and so look out for those i think we have schools that are already launching some tomorrow and some on friday so stay tuned for those our next question is from a guest who only has a number and not a name eight five zero you may
038unmute your mic my question is um my son he's in special ed so how would that work with him thank you for that question and so um your student is has um uh same classes that your student is going to have so your student will attend uh distance learning just the same way that your student is attending now and then uh for example um when we go back for that in uh the tims your student would go to their you know whatever period that tens is whether it's first period or second so they'll still be staying with their same teachers great question thank you so the schedule will remain still the same yeah correct yes except mondays is out gonna be wednesdays exactly yeah and then he'll be going online like you said the schedule
039that you showed but then it was going to go in class service will be in the afternoon that's right what was it was one of those times in the afternoon if he's gonna go in in class um school sure so um the it begins after lunch and it would be from 1 30 to 2 40. to 2 40 and i'll be monday tuesday thursday friday so it'll be depending on the cohorts right so uh whether your student is in cohort a or b and so cohort a would be on mondays and thursdays and cohort b is going to be tuesdays and fridays okay yeah i was just concerned because the changing with him is it was not good that's why understood all right thank you so much i appreciate it you are welcome next question
040is from lisa ing you may i mute your mind hi i have a couple questions um so if we want if high school students want to stay online how do we opt into that is there like do we change something on aries or lisa that's a great question um no you don't have to change anything it stays the exact same thing and so all of everything remains distance learning until after lunch and if you opt in to coming to the in-person teams during those periods um that's up to you and your uh your family so you can continue on with distance learning it's not required that you come for the in person okay and another question yeah so the tim system is just like extra tutoring for what was taught in the morning yeah so
041the teachers will um you know will definitely let you know what that will consist of but um it can be yeah so it could be reinforcement from what was you know taught in the morning um it could be um just some additional support um it could be you know maybe working on uh you know a project it just depends what the teachers have but essentially yes it's uh would be just you know supporting the things that you've already been learning and getting that extra support and making connections with peers and you know your teachers as well yeah my last question so for the in-person tim's you only see one a class once a month depending on your cohort so you are going to see yes you'll see periods one and two the first week that's
042right and then the second week is um three and four and then five and six and then it'll it'll week four you're right it goes back to the um one and two again okay thank you you're welcome our next question is from thomas you may unmute your mic yes i was wondering is this going to be the same exact schedule for the middle schoolers as the high schoolers yes thomas that is correct it's the same secondary and so that's going to be 7 through 12 unless you unless the student attends ellington okay that's all i had to ask um also one more question are they are you guys going to let the let us or the students know what classrooms to go to to go to whatever teacher they need to see yes thank you
043for that question thomas uh so that's exactly right so for example the first week it's going to be period one and period two and so the school will let you know which cohorts you're in are you in cohort a and if you are then you would go to period one on monday and then you'd go to period two on thursday or if you're in cohort b you would go to period one on tuesday and period two on friday so yours your schools will let you know exactly which um which days you would attend and which classes it say that will it say the actual classroom they're going to be in oh you know what that that is a wonderful question yes so um because you would need to have a locator right so you know
044like what room is it that's what you're asking right thomas yes that's what i was asking yeah perfect um that's a great question um and i i believe it's on aries i could be wrong um but we will find that out for you and we'll go ahead and put that in the q a and then we'll make sure that let the principals know to reiterate that for for the students that's a great question thomas okay thank you you're welcome our next question is from isabella herrera you may mute your mic hi so for those who have a seventh period and decide to stay online how would that work like would they would the teachers be with both the in-person and online students at the same time that's another great question isabella thank you for that
045and so same thing with um the seventh period it's going to be cohorted as well and so um there will be students that will attend in the seventh period in a cohort a and students that will attend in person and at cohort b so we would if we have a seven period we would all have to go back in person um no it would be there would be a hybrid with that as well that there's a it would be a either one um yeah so there would be uh students who would attend uh in person and then also there would be a hybrid as well uh and on online as well okay thank you our next question is from leticia perez you may unmute your mind hi um i'm sorry i missed the part how
046often will they be changing the period for example if they're only going one time to period one and then in their next day on campus they're going to period two when does it change to period three period four and then how often does it repeat itself that's a great question um so it's going to repeat um so each week it'll be two periods so the very first week that we do this it will be periods one and two and then the next week it'll be periods three and four and then the next week it'll be five and six and then the next week it'll start over thank you you're welcome our next question is from alba you may mute your mic hello um do you think you guys could email each student the schedule for
047the distance but that's another great question as well we will definitely have the the schools will communicate how you will receive your locators and so typically when we're in person uh students pick up write their class locator go to you know room 27 for period one um so we want to make sure that you uh that you get those room numbers as well so we'll have the sites communicate out how they'll do that and if it's in aries or not i'm not sure but we will definitely do that for you our next question is from melinda forte you may unmute your mic melinda you may unmute your mind there you go oh thank you uh yes for students going to ellington um can they continue on with the home school that uh the distant learning
048that they are going through now and uh also um i i heard someone asked a question about uh ellington was different so can you go over that sure i'd be happy to and so ellington the ellington schedule is going to um to follow the elementary model and um uh and your student is in uh is in i'm sorry say it again eighth grade eighth grade okay got it and so the um the elementary model is um is in a an in person and has a hybrid option or a distance learning option and so students um uh are in person uh eight to eleven um and there are some distance learning uh after that as well and so there's um there is a uh an in-person group and then there is an online group as well
049and i believe lika can you um would you be willing to put that in the chat so it links to the exact schedule that we can put that in there that we have online the secondary schedule um that would be the elementary schedule oh got it yeah yes i can link to the re-ordering yep so melinda we'll put that in the chat for you so then you can see what that schedule is oh okay so it's not mandatory that they uh attend the school no it's no it's not uh they can still they can still attend in a distance learning format all right thank you you're welcome our next question is from a carvajal you may emulate your mic hey caraval do you have a question okay we'll move on to thomas you may unmute
050your night yeah you guys were saying that it's gonna be broken down into one and two three and four and five and six for the classes is it gonna be monday tuesday thursday and friday for the whole week periods one and two and then the following week could be the same thing monday tuesday thursday friday you'd get the second two classes and so on that's correct thomas that's absolutely right okay our next question is from anna figueroa you may unmute your mic hello so my question is for a student that does not wish to come on campus during the time that the students are supposed to be there will they be joining with through video or would they just be studying at home on their own that's a great question anna thank you for that
051so um so no they will just be on their own at home because this um this idea of this in person learning with the tims is about any extra support that a student might need it's about um you know mentoring it's about uh just that in person support that that the students can get um what i would recommend um and again it's not mandatory those the students do not have to attend that it's it's optional but we also have um that student family connections in the morning um four days a week from eight to eight thirty in the morning and that's a great time too for um you know for students as well as parents to be able to check in with their teachers if they need some additional support the second question i have
052is um let's say you know i'm trying to encourage them to go but right now they don't want to once it starts and maybe they feel more comfortable you know after the first i don't know two weeks can't they then go ahead and go back if they decide okay maybe i will go after all 100 yes they certainly can okay thank you they're very welcome and just for clarification right um in the in the morning time when they're going to their classes it'll still be distance learning with their teachers so it won't be asynchronous it'll be i mean there'll be some components of asynchronous but they will be with their teachers our next question is from cindy rocha you may meet your mic yes hi i just have a really quick question if a student
053is um is fully vaccinated um and they miss a day of the school do they and we go out of town for example do they have to steal quarantine so i i will take that question that's an excellent question right now the um vaccines are um i think the lowest age is 16 years of age is the lowest age for a person to be able to get the vaccination so if you have a 16 year old person or older who has a vaccine i believe the question is if they travel and currently would be traveling out of state would the person still need to quarantine is a question is that is that correct yes yes because my my student that goes to glaston she um she's fully vaccinated already okay my understanding that from the
054department of public health from los angeles county is yes the the persons who travel outside of the state will need to quarantine for 10 days despite having their vaccines really um i'm sorry because i know that i s the cdc is says otherwise well i don't know if it changes because she's a student i started doing note no i was just gonna just the nuance uh just to to be super duper clear because i think the question was that she traveled out of town and you're making the distinction that the quarantine only pertains if you actually go out of state if you are traveling out of town but you stay in the state of california then that quarantine does not apply correct correct correct and and i just want to um one of the one
055of the components of the different regulations that have been coming out is that at the state level the uh state uh department of public health or the center for disease control cdc can have a um a order but the um the los angeles county department of public health uh can be stricter than the state's um order and in this case the current california department of public health um it is recommended that individuals quarantine however in los angeles county um the the director reiterated that it is still a requirement to quarantine for non-essential travel outside of the state of california and i believe and will verify this that that still extends to individuals who have gone through their two doses of the vaccine and have gone through the 14 day period after the second administration of
056the vaccine okay thank you thank our you question is from lisa ing you may um your mind yeah i had a question about what if a student has a zero period would that would that be the same case as seventh period students or do they have like an in-person tens tutoring thing going on um no zero period is completely distance learning okay thank you thank you our next question is from a phone number that begins with eight five zero you make a new mac okay my question is um so the schedule you posted that's the schedule is gonna be uh online now right yes that is correct okay so is it mandatory for them to attend the teams no it's not mandatory they do not have to attend that if you do not want to
057attend yeah because i would like him to go but what if i can't make it to taking certain days that's why because of work-wise that's okay not a problem yeah because i work for you guys i work for the district but i'm online working during those times and i'm not going to miss work absolutely we totally understand that again if i could take him for that day i can't but if i can't it he will not be mark absolutely because he's been online already for those periods right correct correct yes thank you so much for that question all right thank you welcome uh we have our next question from nadine lopez you may need your mic nadine lopez okay can you hear me yes can you hear me okay listen my question is is this
058going to be the same for the rest of the year because i was actually hoping that we would try we were going to do more like uh in school learning so we could get all the kinks out of it for next year so we could be prepared for like you know how we're going to be going forward next year this seems just like added support like tutoring not really like going back to in how you know in school learning uh is it just for a short period or anticipate this is going to be it for this year the anticipation is that uh this will take us through the course of our i believe it is eight weeks if i'm not mistaken uh that are left of uh school uh so right now that is the
059the anticipation um that that would take us through the end of the school year wow because i know uh it's it's it's hard to to go back to to plan to do but if we're going to be doing this next year it's just going to put us you know we should we should i was hoping we could get all those kinks out so next year we would know exactly how we're going to be doing it like you know we have to go i mean the kids have to go back we should be like prepared to do that hopefully before the end of the year yes uh even with this ms lopez even with this um with this plan um we we will have uh the department of public health we have to submit all of
060our plans um it seems as if they will be coming out to verify that all of our health and safety measures uh are in place i hear you 100 percent in terms of next year right now on march 31st it's hard to tell what next year uh will will look like obviously that is important to us as well but we appreciate the feedback okay well we're hoping hopefully we can reach out to other districts because i know other districts are already going half half of the time and we don't want to fall behind we need to get going here yes thank you we have another question from the the eight five zero you may unmute your mic okay sorry but another question was earlier um are you guys having summer school for special ed yes
061as a matter of fact we are and we will be uh announcing our summer learning extravaganza plans very soon we're excited about that okay thank you so much very welcome it looks like we have a question from laura you meet meet your mike hello can you hear me yes yes okay my question is regarding the 7th and 8th at ellington um is the schedule posted for um because i know they were gonna add it in the chat box but i haven't seen it and i went under the link that was just placed in the chat box with uh uh just like this the reopening guidelines and i still didn't see the schedule the one i saw was tk to six is there a different one for seven eight the um that's a great question laura
062thank you for that so um ellington is going the seventh and eighth graders for ellington are going to follow that same one so we should make an adjustment on that on that schedule but it'll be the same schedule thank you you're welcome our next question is from nadine lopez you may meet your mike sorry i didn't think i raised my hand again i think i'm done for tonight thank you okay thank you and next question from angel clinton you may need your mic i wondered when that was going to pop up i can see it i'm curious on why the um why the zero period has no in person hi angel thank you for that question um yeah so uh so one one of the um one of the pieces with this is again just
063some of the the nuances with all of the different uh classes that we have and uh early college program and so trying to figure out how to make sure that we keep all of those classes uh in line um and just yeah with the schedule this was this was one of the options that we thought was probably the um the best the best that uh in terms of you know how we organize the the periods but that is a great question yeah it just makes it hard because that's when the drama period is i understood yep totally get that uh we have time for uh two more questions um so if there's if there are two more questions can you please uh bring them over lika uh yes there are actually only two more questions
064left um we have a question from a carbohydrate your mic okay second time it worked this time yeah i have a question as far as the tim's goes how many students are going to be allowed in each one of those classrooms i mean i know it's four feet apart i think it was mentioned that's the plan but even so how many students because high school classrooms are a lot larger than uh elementary schools so what is the class count you're allowing in the room so the class count varies and i'll take that one i'm sorry and the class count varies so we're literally measuring each desk and we're taking inventory so one classroom may have 15 one classroom may have 22. as long as they're four feet apart then that will be the maximum capacity
065for each learning in-person instruction group and how is that going to be determined as far as i mean parents have not been asked and we haven't been notified i have two students in high school so i need how are we going to get them to go in the same cohort so that they can get the the assistance they need that is an issue because i have a senior and then i have a ninth grader so they're completely different schedules how can it could be worked out so they can both go in the same day but get the help from the teachers that they need that's a great question our sites are going to be holding site-specific uh town halls like the one that we are doing right now uh with more specific uh details uh
066in terms of the cohorts and the groupings and how those things are going to happen um and this this obviously will be a consideration uh in terms of trying to match up um siblings and such okay and then um one more question um what does it look like for graduation for our seniors uh we've been asking that question since january thank you for asking that question um it it we are we are waiting for official word but right now we are we are hoping that we are going to be able to offer some type of in-person graduation ceremony uh we don't know what that would look like we don't know what the restrictions would be but we are we are very hopeful and very optimistic that we will be able to to provide again some
067type of in-person graduation ceremony this year have um have has the field been considered for a senior graduation at each of the high schools yeah i know when my daughter graduated from fullerton it was out on their field so i mean yes you can do cohort eight and cohort b for graduation you can do a through a certain group a through m and then you could do n through z for cohort b might that be a consideration that can be thought of for graduation and be used on their same campus on the field yes that is definitely a consideration okay thank you you're welcome uh our last question uh lika please yes our last question is from maya rico you may and your mike thank you can you guys hear me yes hi um my
068question is i have two students in seventh period at the this is a high school and it's orchestra and i was wondering how is that going to work since it's the elementary school students and the high school you know together in class yep that is a great question um and so we will be working uh with our music educators in terms of how we'll uh group the students and cohort the students for that for that course okay thank you you're welcome so that is all the time we have tonight uh but as a reminder we will take all the questions and turn them into a frequently asked questions document and share those with all of you in the next couple of weeks your school sites the next couple of days and some in some situations
069we'll be holding similar meetings like tonight but we'll be tailoring it tailoring it to their specific sites and will be providing greater detail as well lastly as a reminder that we have a dedicated web page to all things school reopening so please visit our site we want to thank all of our staff that has been working extremely hard to ensure that the return of our students is safe we can't wait to welcome them back and we want to thank you for joining us tonight have a good evening everyone thank you