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As the late bell for class connection with students, positive case of COVID-19 . family members positive as rings, everyone looks which is more difficult online.” “The school took well. around to see an empty Psychology and sociology immediate action to sanitize “If one of your teachers desk where their fellow student teacher Matthew Case taught all spaces used by the does have to go into quarantine once sat. They notice a laptop his students remotely for student, which they have as I did, just remember they are at the front of the room with two weeks after a possible been doing regularly as part human too,” Case said. “They their classmate’s face on it, exposure to COVID-19. The of their standard operating care about their responsibility ready for class, just at home students in his class had the procedures,” Superintendent to teach you, but they also instead of at school. Deacon Scott Conway wrote. have their own lives. We can all With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the fate of this school year is in “IF ONE OF YOUR TEACHERS The letter indicated that the student who tested positive would isolate at home benefit from utilizing patience, compassion and empathy as often as possible.” the hands of the students DOES HAVE and return to campus after and teachers, and the threat of online school looms over students’ heads every day TO GO INTO QUARANTINE, 10 days, or until they were fever-free for over 72 hours with no medication, they’re on campus. Administration has endeavored to make the JUST REMEMBER THEY ARE HUMAN whichever is longer. Members of the school community transition from in-person TOO” who were in close classes to online quicker for -MATTHEW CASE contact with the students and teachers. student were also

“In order for us to quarantined for support students who need same teaching experience; the 14 days, such as to quarantine and to be ready only difference was that Case classmates who sat for the potential of distance was on a screen instead of near them. learning, we have purchased physically in the classroom. The procedures or acquired through grant “Teaching [from home] BK has in place funding for [many] tools [for opened up my awareness of for future cases of learning], such as EdPuzzle how much students appreciate COVID-19 are there and Zoom,” Academic Dean being taught in person, and as to avoid an outbreak Michael Broach said. a teacher, being reminded of on campus for the

With these resources, the that motivates me to plan the remainder of this school aims to provide a simple best possible lessons I can,” school year. The shift for students into distance Case said. “It takes some normal fear of getting learning, different from the definite adjusting, particularly sick from other method used last March. To in how you deliver material to students at school assist with this transition into a your students.” should not be an new school year, students will Case was the first teacher issue with mandatory continue to use their iPad for to quarantine and teach his masks, students are distance learning and teachers students from home, but there taken out of class if now have a school-issued have been others after him. they are deemed ‘in laptop for teaching remotely Students in all four grades close contact’ with in the event that they need it. have been transitioning into a positive student as

“[Last school year] some distance learning as well, but precaution. students transitioned very due to privacy laws in the state On October 12, easily to online learning, others of Florida, the school is unable the second positive found it very challenging and to name individuals who are ill case was reported. As disruptive to an anticipated or potentially ill. of October 29, a total routine,” Broach said. “An In a letter sent to the BK of nine positive cases important component community on September 23, have been reported at of teaching is making a the school reported the first BK, with one reporting