Full On Campus Learning Plan - April 2021

List of 8 items.

• Screening and Contact Tracing

  We will continue to screen students and colleagues for COVID-19 symptoms using the same methods as we employ presently, and will continue contact tracing using the same methods as well. This includes temperature and symptom checks, along with contacting students and colleagues who may have been exposed. We ask families for continued vigilance in keeping their sons home if any COVID-19 symptoms are present or exposures have occurred.

• Safety/PPE

  To accommodate larger class sizes that may result in a significantly larger on-campus student body, our six-foot desk spacing in classrooms will be reduced to a minimum of three feet. This reduction is supported by recent studies of virus transmission among school-aged children. Six feet or more of spacing will be maintained between students where feasible, and will be maintained between students and teachers at all times. With the reduction of spacing, students and teachers will continue to wear face coverings, and may elect to wear  face shields either provided by the Prep or brought from home, if approved. We will continue to avoid scheduling large gatherings/assemblies where social distancing cannot be maintained.

• Morning and Afternoon Transportation

  We have developed a schematic for transporting students via Prep and District Buses. Students will be required to follow safety protocols on the buses, including continued use of masks and shields if applicable. Students driving to school, riding public transportation, carpooling and/or ride sharing should take the same precautions used to date. Prep busing in the afternoon will return to a departure time of 5:20 p.m., while district buses will continue to depart at 2:45 p.m. Shuttles will continue to operate on the current schedule, from 2:45-6 p.m.

• Class Schedule

  We have formulated an adjusted daily schedule similar to the Crimson/Gray Hybrid currently in use. The time order includes four seventy-minute periods per day, two forty-minute lunch periods, and a community/meeting/advisory period. The schedule also provides time for colleague meetings on Wednesday mornings and a later start time for the first class period of the day. Accordingly, there are only A days (periods 1A-1D), B days (periods 1E-1H), or Z days (Wednesdays with either 1A - 1D or 1E - 1H). You may access this revised schedule by clicking here. Some teachers will continue to teach remotely; on-campus students in those classes will employ Chromebooks and report to either a supervised classroom or common area as they do presently.

• Food Service and Free Periods

  SAGE Dining will add staff to accommodate the anticipated larger numbers of students. Forty-minute lunches are 20 minutes longer than our normal schedule, and we will be able to provide food service rapidly yet safely. Students will still maintain social distancing while eating but the desks now in common areas will be replaced by tables; students will be encouraged to eat outside, when possible, weather permitting. The Plaza Lot will be closed to automobile traffic to accommodate this increased outdoor eating. Students will use common areas for free periods as they do presently.

• Cleaning Protocols

  Enhanced cleaning protocols will continue. In particular, the enhanced cleaning that typically occurs during the school day on Wednesday will occur each day after 3 p.m.

• Athletics

  Will continue with current safety protocols.

• Opt-in For All On-Campus or All Remote Learning

  There will no longer be Crimson or Gray cohorts determining which students attend on campus, only rotating A or B days (with Z day time order possible on Wednesdays). Each family must choose on campus learning five days per week, or remote learning five days per week. Parents/Guardians must choose their son’s option by completing this brief form. The form must be submitted for each student by Thursday, April 8.