WCS School Board Approves Reopening Framework

During a 6 1/2 hour WCS school board meeting Monday night, the board voted 11-1 to approve the board’s reopening framework.

After gathering feedback from State and local health departments, medical professionals, emergency management, special education parents, parent organization presidents, teacher organization leadership, and business leaders, WCS published an updated Reopening Framework on July 11.

“I want to thank our community,” said Superintendent Jason Golden. “There are so many people who participated in this. We’ve been able to have some detailed discussions with representatives from the state and local health departments about what their clear recommendations are. I’m so proud of the work our staff has done, and the work hasn’t stopped. We know that there will be more work as we continue.”

Just a few highlights of the framework (click here to read the entire framework):

• Families can choose between on-campus, traditional school or the district’s online learning platform called WCS Online
• If community spread reaches the Medium (between 1,192 – 2,384 active cases) or High level (more than 2,384 active cases), WCS will consult with the Health Department and evaluate the need to apply the Medium or High WCS COVID-19 Community Spread Metric Details. WCS will also consider the presence of the virus in buildings, the impact of on-campus school on the community spread, information available from contact tracing, and WCS student and staff attendance rates.
• A cloth or disposable face covering must be worn by all students, staff and
  visitors while on school property except as follows:
  – when an individual cannot safely wear a cloth or disposable face
  covering
  – while eating and drinking
  – while indoors and maintaining social distancing, at the direction of
  WCS staff
  – while outdoors and maintaining social distancing, at the direction of
  WCS staff
• Regarding a reported positive COVID-19 case, a decision will be made regarding a school building closure to allow for sanitization, based on the information provided by the reporting party as to time, exposure to others, etc., applying those facts to Health Department
  guidance.
• If the building is closed, parents will be notified through the WCS phone/email notification system. If the building is closed, students will shift to remote instruction immediately.
• Students missing school for COVID-19 quarantine will be excused from school and provided instruction through the quarantine period through their Learning Management System.
• There may be times when some schools shift to remote instruction while others continue on-campus instruction.

With the approval of the framework, the School Board voted to allow Golden to make necessary revisions as the situation evolves. In the case that any district policies are in conflict with the framework, the framework will be the deciding factor through the end of the 2020-21 school year.

Click here to read the framework in its entire

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