Thursday, June 11, 2020
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Volume 19, Number 18
CIAC unveils plan for fall sports season
CHALK YOUR WALK
By Bryant Carpenter Record-Journal staff
CHESHIRE — For Connecticut high school students, there is light at the end of the tunnel. On Friday, the CIAC released guidelines for the “resocialization” for scholastic sports and other activities. Resocialization: That’s a one big word for “gettin’ back at it.” Albeit, by degrees. With chalk in hand, Middle School of Plainville students took to the streets recently. The MSP Art club sponsored the “Chalk Your Walk” contest for middle school students and their families. Participants were challenged to draw or write encouraging messages on their driveway or sidewalk using chalk. MSP eighth grader Michael Fagan and family won first place with their positive driveway message: “After every storm there’s a rainbow.” MSP art teachers Laura Meehan and Lori Vigue commented that it was difficult to choose a winner, but that the Fagan family’s positive message of hope seemed especially important today.
MSP club honors 1st responders First, club members made a digital slideshow of support for the radiology nurses at the Hospital of Central Connecticut in Southington. Club member Juliana Radziewicz’s mother is a radiology nurse at the
hospital and club members wanted to support her and her co-workers by sending them the digital slideshow, pizza and grinders. See MSP, A7
The guidelines follow much along the lines of recommendations already issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the National Federation of State High School Associations. Sports are categorized from “low risk” — such as cross country — to “high risk” — such as football — and the recommendations for each vary accordingly.
Target dates are included, but the plan is fluid, subject to change based on the progress of the coronavirus and Gov. Ned Lamont’s reopening plan for the Connecticut. On that front, the picture is promising. On Friday, the governor pushed up the launch of Phase II of his plan from June 20 to June 17. Phase II includes the reopening of gyms, fitness studios, bowling alleys and some youth sports programs. The CIAC, in issuing its recommendations, emphasized safety and caution in resuming activities. The CIAC also leaves considerable discretion to individual school districts. “It is understood that the guidelines do not fully mitigate any COVID-19 risk and, See CIAC, A16
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The Middle School of Plainville’s First Responder’s Fan Club, led by advisor and faculty member Christina Corvello, sponsored several support projects for first responders recently.
The CIAC guidelines, drawn up in conjunction with the Connecticut State Medical Society Sports Medicine Committee, map out a gradual and phased return to activity throughout July and August.
The suggested course of action is detailed and touches upon multiple bases, such as the opening of facilities, the size of gatherings, the sanitizing of equipment, the hygiene and health screening of players.