Hello to our wonderful EB families! I know we are stressed about the return to school Monday and thought sharing a few things with you today may help. Apologies for the long post!
EBSAC was able to meet with Nina and Valia this morning to help us understand what school will look like on Monday.
***LUNCH:To clarify the messaging that went home regarding pick-up for students going home for lunch: the pick up location is GATE 1, not Door 1. Gate 1 is located on Wolverleigh Blvd: Main Yard Map: Line-Up Configuration and Entry Gates (see attached)Additionally, for students in Kindergarten, families are asked to fill out the Google Form (this link is the same link that was shared in the previous message) so that we can facilitate a safe and smooth lunch transition. Kindergarten students can be picked up from the Main Office, or parent(s)/guardian(s) can make arrangements with their child’s teacher. Please bear with us as we work through some of these processes. If we need to streamline the process, we will communicate changes to families. Thank you, and have a great weekend.Nina and ValiaThe school has sent out an email with an update about Monday including a Google Doc to help figure out how many children will be going home for lunch vs staying. Please help the administration by filling out this survey so that they can plan accordingly and be organized for the hand off of children at the beginning of lunch as well as for the return. If you are taking your child/ren home for lunch it must be lunch at home for everyday of the week and they must stay home for the full lunch hour. The school operates on a split lunch schedule (some classes eat lunch first then go outside & vice versa). We have attached the school lunch schedules and please fill out the Google Doc https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeCVkzyRT2dE4…/viewform
POSITIVE COVID0-19 CASES: In the event of a positive covid/omicron case in a classroom, Nina will advise the families of the class only. Not the whole school.
TESTING:The school has not yet received Rapid Tests but is expecting to receive 2 tests per child which will be sent home once in receipt. It is not clear how often the school will be able to provide these tests once your 2 tests have been used. Nina will update us once she knows more.
Prior to the holidays, if there had been a positive covid case in your child’s class, the school was able to provide take-home PCR tests for everyone in that class. Due to shortages of PCR tests, the school can no longer provide these tests to the whole class. One take-home PCR test will be provided to the sick child.
PROTOCOLS:We have attached the new TDSB protocols and screening tools. We recognize this is very difficult to understand and is very stressful. Our take on it: Should you have a family member in the home that has one or more of these symptoms (even just the sniffles) everyone in the household should stay at home and isolate for 5 days. The child can return to school after 5 days and being symptom free for 24 hours. By following these guidelines, we will help keep everyone in the school and community safe.
STUDENTS NOT RETURNING OR ISOLATING:The school is working on producing asynchronous content to post online for children to follow while in isolation and we also encourage you to keep in contact with your child’s teacher to either post homework in their online classroom or to email recommended work.
CLASSROOMS:When your child/ren return to school on Monday, please send them with many layers of clothing as windows will be open and they will be spending as much time as possible outside in many varying temperatures.
Please send your child/ren with multiple good quality masks (level 3 or higher if possible). Please ensure all masks sent fit well and that your child is comfortable wearing these masks. No gaiters will be allowed (scarf style face cover). I know it can be hard to find masks that fit little faces. Here are some great tips & tricks to help ensure masks fit well. https://twitter.com/sarahjanet/status/1481480943739170819…
Teachers have been provided N95 masks. As of today, all teachers are on board with being in class Monday. There are no absent teachers so far for Monday but this could change. If, at any time, supply teachers are not available Nina and/or Valia or Special Education Teachers that are already in the school will cover for teachers that are absent.
There are no plans to combine cohorts should class attendance be greatly reduced.
EARL BEATTY COMMUNITY:We encourage you to follow us on our EBSAC Facebook page or visit our website at www.EarlBeatty.ca, Instagram @EarlBeatty4 or Twitter @EarlBeatty4 to keep in touch with our community, and to connect with further ways in which you can help keep the community safe by keeping Covid/Omicron out of our school. If you are not on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, but want more information, please email ebsacinfo@gmail.com.
QUESTIONS?If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us and we will be happy to help and get you the answers you need. We are all in this together and we just want to keep each other as safe as possible in order to keep our schools open.
A big thank you to all!EBSAChttps://www.facebook.com/EarlBeattySchoolAdvisoryCouncilwww.EarlBeatty.caTwitter: @EarlBeatty4Instagram: @EarlBeatty4
