3,600
SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND PPE IN PLACE FOR STUDENT RETURN
Face Shields
1.4 Million
Cloth and Surgical Masks
27,800
Reusable Water Bottles
1,500
Contactless Thermometers
With TK-3 and 11-12 grade students returning to campus on Monday, Manteca Unified School District’s top priority is to provide a safe learning and teaching environment for both students and staff. Since San Joaquin County has now met the safe health metrics under California’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy allowing the resumption of in-person instruction for schools, TK-3 grade students along with high school juniors and seniors will return to their school sites on Monday, November 2. Grades 4-10 will return to campus two weeks later, on November 16. Next to the District’s comprehensive return to school plan, each school site has produced their unique mitigation plans with site specific operational information. Each plan, as well as the District’s overarching plan, has been evaluated through external agencies such as SJCPHS (San Joaquin County Public Health Services) and Keenan & Associates Safe Schools, a third-party insurance brokerage. Both confirm we are prepared for our intentional and controlled return to a hybrid instructional model. This week, schools hosted orientations for transitional kindergarten through third grade to acquaint students and parents/
guardians with new campus and classroom procedures including: entry/exit and directional pathways, recess and play equipment procedures, location of hand washing/sanitizing stations, lunch services schedules, and social distancing guidelines while outside and in the classroom. Each student was introduced to their designated desk and class materials and received cloth masks as well as reusable water bottles to use at the school’s water bottle filling stations that replaced drinking fountains, a planned campus modification as part of our safe return to school. During orientations, teachers and administration reinforced the District’s new online self-screening platform, a procedure required by California Dept. of Public Health (CDPH), to implement seamless safeguards even before student and staff arrival at campus. The symptom check survey asks questions related to COVID-19 exposure, signs, and symptoms and based on a survey
results, a student or staff member will either be directed to remain home or be approved to come to campus. If the results direct an individual to remain home, a contact tracing survey is implemented to help identify close contacts.
bottles (27,800) hand sanitizing and/ or hand washing stations, partition barriers (17,000), infrared contactless forehead thermometers (1,500) with batteries, spray bottles (2,000) with disinfecting solution, microfiber cleaning cloths for classrooms (4,200), coverall DuPont Tyvek suits In addition to completing the self- (3,000) as needed and disposable screening survey, students may gloves to name a few. also receive a temperature reading upon campus/classroom entry by Campuses have been modified their teacher or designee using a to include directional and social touchless thermometer. distancing signage with easyto-understand illustrations for Each preventative measure taken students (15,000 signs/decals). The helps to mitigate the spread of District has also invested in new COVID-19 in our schools and and additional play equipment to community. minimize sharing during outdoor play. In preparation for students’ return to campus, the District’s Workplace Campuses are safe and ready to Illness Prevention command team receive students for in-person reports that MUSD has spent nearly instruction. The District continues $17 million in dedicated funds to monitor current health conditions for learning loss mitigations for and evolving guidelines from student and staff support including California Department of Public facility modifications, instructional Health and San Joaquin County materials, professional development, Public Health Services. personal protective equipment (PPE), and site mitigations and MUSD continues to provide training safeguards. The District has supplied for faculty and staff on COVID-19 classrooms and campuses with face awareness and illness prevention, and shields (3,600), cloth and surgical encourage proper safety practices masks (1.4 million), reusable water via email communication, social media platforms, and website for students and families. Visit “Return to School Plan” for more information: https:// w w w. m a n t e c a u s d . net/returntoschool
2,000
Spray Bottles with Disinfectant
4,200
Microfiber Cloths
3,000
Coverall DuPont Tyvek Suits
3,000
Disposable Gloves
