Northeast Nodaway prepares for reentry
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Northeast Nodaway school is shown earlier this summer. The school has released its plan for fall reentry.
RAVENWOOD, Mo. — Northeast Nodaway students will return to in-person classes on Aug. 25 with a reentry plan that could change at any time, much like any district in the uncertain times of COVID-19.
“The COVID Pandemic is constantly changing, therefore this document will need to be altered as the year progresses,” the district’s latest reentry plan, updated Aug. 4, notes. “We will strive to provide the best educational experience possible for our students while taking precautions to keep students and staff as safe as possible.”
Although students will be required to “have a face covering available every day,” students and staff will not be required to wear them unless it becomes a legal requirement, social distancing isn’t possible or any other safety concern deemed by the administration.
Students will be screened either before boarding the bus or upon entering the school building by using a no-contact temporal thermometer for temperature checks.
On the bus, drivers are required to wear masks. Students will fill seats from back to front, be assigned seats and sit with family members.
All school buses will be disinfected after each route or activity run is completed, as well as a disinfectant fogger every two weeks. Bus drivers will take the temperature of each students as they board the bus. If a student has a temperature of 100 or higher, the student will not be allowed to board the bus.
Staff self-screening will be mandatory daily.
Northeast Nodaway will not disclose the names of those who test positive for COVID-19 or those who have been asked to quarantine, due to HIPAA regulations. Therefore, parents will not be notified by the district if any student or staff member is quarantined or tests positive for COVID-19. Instead, parents will be notified by the health department if a child is considered a close contact.
The plan also includes contingencies for online and blended instruction if the school is forced to shut down for a significant period of time.
