Gilbert J Mircovich Elementary Plan for On-Campus Activities and Instruction
The following is a brief summary of the plan for a safe return to on-campus face to face instruction. GJM Elementary Administration team will be the primary point of contact for all Covid-19 related concerns or communications.
Practices to Prevent the spread:
All teachers and staff must self-screen for COVID-19 when entering the building.
Teachers and staff are required to enter the building through the front door.
Masks are required on campus.
The school Nurse takes each teacher and staff member's temperature in the morning before they are allowed to move about the building.
All teachers and staff who have symptoms or a positive test will work from home for the 10-day isolation period.
Parents are advised to not send students to the campus who show symptoms of COVID-19 or have had a positive test.
All visitors are asked to fill out the COVID-19 screening before entering the building (this is located on the door through a QR code completed on your smartphone).
Any individual who themselves either: (a) are test-confirmed to have COVID-19; or (b) experience the symptoms of COVID-19 must stay at home throughout the infection period and cannot return to campus until they meet the following criteria:
At least one day (24 hours) has passed since recovery (fever free without the use of fever reducing medications).
Improvement in symptoms.
At least ten days have passed since symptoms first appeared.
An individual who has symptoms that could be COVID-19 and wants to return to campus before completing the above stay at home period must obtain a medical professional’s note clearing the individual on the basis of alternative diagnosis or (b) obtain an approved test with negative results.
Practices for Response to a Test-Confirmed Case:
Notify the local health department.
Close off areas that are heavily used by the individual with the test-confirmed case.
Deep cleaning of all areas with disinfectant, unless more than 7 days have already passed since that person was on campus.
Notification to all teachers, staff, and families of all students who participate in any on-campus activities; meeting the requirements for communicable diseases and consistent with legal confidentiality requirements.
Upon receipt of information that any teacher, staff member, student, or visitor at the school, including an individual working or learning remotely, is test-confirmed to have COVID-19, the school district will submit a report to the Texas Department of State Health Services via an online form.
Practices to Mitigate:
Hand sanitizer stations at each entrance as well as in every classroom.
Students, teachers, staff, and campus visitors are encouraged to wash hands frequently.
Campus has instituted more frequent cleaning practices.
Additional cleaning and disinfecting of surfaces that are touched in common areas throughout the day with guidance from the CDC.
Provide information on appropriate hygiene practices to students on their first day on campus.
Masks must be worn at all times and in the appropriate manor, including over the nose and mouth.
Social distancing will be used where possible. Students will be required to wear a mask until they enter their classroom and sit behind the divider.
Teachers, staff, and students will be required to move the hallways by walking on the right side, while practicing social distancing.
Breakfast and Lunch will be served in the classroom. Depending on schedules and successful safety procedures by students, lunch might transition to the cafe at a later date.
Campus buildings will not be open for students before 7:30 am.
Transportation:
Masks must be worn on all buses by everyone on board.
Temperatures will be taken as students enter the bus.
Buses will be cleaned after each trip.
Visitors
Must wear a mask.
Must complete the COVID-19 self check and report to the main office window.
Parents and other family members or visitors are not allowed to eat lunch on campus or drop off lunches.
More information can be found at tea.texas.gov.