Williams Avenue Elementary - Re-Opening Plan and Parent Guide for 2020-21 School Year - Fort Payne City Schools

Williams Avenue
  Elementary
Re-Opening Plan and Parent Guide for 2020-21 School Year

Welcome Back!!!
School starts: Week of August 12th
            August 12th - GIRLS ONLY
            August 13th - BOYS ONLY
            August 14th – ALL STUDENTS
            *** By staggering the schedule, a smaller
            number of students will be present to teach
            new routines and procedures for virtual and
            traditional students.

Learning Options for Williams Avenue
               Students
           Traditional                                 Virtual
Students will attend school on a daily   Students will receive instruction via
basis and follow regular daily           digital device. FPCS teachers will
schedule with all instruction            provide daily instruction using a
occurring in the student’s homeroom      digital learning platform providing
classroom. Students will wear masks      both interactive and independent
throughout the day any time a six        assignments. Virtual learning will
foot distance cannot be maintained.      include rigorous instruction, high
Specials teachers will rotate from       expectations for daily student
class to class with students.            performance, and meeting all grade-
                                         level standards.

Virtual Learning
   • Students participation will be counted in attendance as they participate daily
     and turn in assignments.
   • Students who select this option will be required to stay with this option for at
     least the first nine weeks/ end of grading period. After this time, students will
     have the option to return to the traditiononal classroom setting or continue
     with virtual learning.
   • Students may be required to attend school for certain events such as state
     testing, benchmark assessments, or other activities designated by the school
     principal.

Traditional Learning
  • Students will receive all instruction except for PE within their homeroom class
    setting.
  • Students will attend PE and lunch with the same group of students.
  • Lunch and breakfast will be consumed in the classroom on a daily basis with all
    classes visiting the lunchroom ONE day a week. Students may bring their lunch
    from home, as well.
  • Snacks will be available for purchase and brought to the classroom. Students will
    place order with homeroom teacher each morning. Students may also bring a
    snack from home.
  • Each student will have a personal set of school supplies provided by the Fort
    Payne City Council. Supplies will NOT be shared among students.

Classroom Organization
  • Desks, chairs, and tables will be re-arranged to increase space between
    seated students
  • Desks, chairs, and tables will be facing the same direction with all students
    seated in a forward position
  • Students will remain seated as much as possible in the classroom
  • Only teachers and staff required for instruction will be permitted in the
    classrooms
  • Students will be prohibited from sharing items such as pencils, markers,
    crayons, etc.
  • Art teacher, Guidance Counselor, and Librarian will provide instruction in the
    classroom and travel from room to room

PE Guidelines
  • Classes will enter and exit the gym from various locations.
  • Number of classes at PE at the same time will be limited and students will be with
    same students they attend weekly lunch break in the cafeteria.
  • Students will sit at marked locations to maintain appropriate distance from peers.
  • Students will use hand sanitizer upon entering and exiting gym.
  • Lessons will be engaging but will NOT include contact activities and will limit use
    of shared equipment.
  • PE will take place outside as much as weather permits to allow for increased
    social distancing.
  • Students will need to wear a mask when 6 ft. distances cannot be maintained.

School Supplies Provided by Parents
      •   Face mask
      •   Backpack
      •   Lunchbox (if students packs a lunch)
      •   Tennis shoes for PE
      •   Water bottle with Name written on it
      ***Students will not be permitted to drink from water fountains but
      may fill a water bottle and keep at their desk; paper cups will also be
      provided

Parent Communications Regarding COVID-19
    • All communications related to FPCS and Williams Avenue will come to
      parents/guardians through the following methods:
    • FPCS Website:www.fpcsk12.com
    • Email
    • Social Media Facebook: www.facebook.com\fortpaynecityschools
    • Voice Messaging System
    • Traditional Media outlets (radio and TV)
    • Class DOJO (please sign up with child’s individual teacher for direct
      communication throughout the school day)

Expectations for FPCS Campuses
  • Social distancing guidelines of six feet (6ft.) will be implemented at WAES as
    feasible.
  • Face masks will be worn by all students and staff when a six foot distance cannot
    be maintained.
  • All students will wear a face mask when riding a school bus to and from school.
  • All students riding in a car to school will exit/enter the car wearing a face mask
    during arrival and departure from school.
  • Employees are required to self-check for illness and should stay home if sick.
  • Parents of students should check child’s temperature and check for illness each
    day prior to sending their child to school. Sick students should remain at home.

WAES Cleaning and Disinfecting
   • Classrooms will be sanitized using electrostatic disinfectant sprayers at the
     beginning and ending of each day and when students are out of their homerooms
     throughout the day.
   • Restrooms and common areas will be sanitized on a regular schedule following
     each whole class use.
   • Teachers will have disinfecting wipes and supplies to wipe down desks,
     doorknobs and light switches and other classroom supplies throughout the day.
   • Custodians will disinfect water fountains, door handles, light switches, stair
     railings, and other frequently touched surfaces every hour.
   • Hand sanitizing stations are located in every classroom, at building entrances,
     and throughout all common areas and hallways.
   • Air filtration systems have been installed on ALL air/heat units throughout ALL
     FPCS system buildings and buses.

Home Screening Requirements
  • Parents should check child’s temperature every morning. Students with
    temperature of 100.4 or higher should stay at home and consider COVID
    testing if there is no other explanation.
  • Monitor for the following COVID symptoms every morning and keep students
    home if present: cough, congestion, shortness of breath, or gastrointestinal
    symptoms (diarrhea OR vomiting).
  • Teach and enforce proper handwashing, coughing into elbow/tissue; not
    sharing personal items/supplies; self-reporting any symptoms to teacher or
    nurses; and discourage holding or shaking hands, hugging, or giving high-
    fives to peers.

Persons with COVID 19 Symptoms
   • Students and employees exhibiting symptoms of COVID 19 without other
     obvious explanations are prohibited from coming to school, and if they do
     come to school, will be sent home immediately. Persons will NOT be allowed
     to return to the school campus until they have completely recovered
     according to Alabama Dept. of Public Health guidelines.
   • Asymptomatic return to School per CDC guidance states: if a person
     continues to have no symptoms, you can be with others after 10 days have
     passed since the receiving the COVID test
   • Staff and students who have recently had close contact with a person with
     COVID-19 should also stay at home and monitor their health.

Symptoms of COVID-19
  •   Fever or chills
  •   Cough
  •   Shortness of breath or difficutly breathing
  •   Fatigue
  •   Muscle or body aches
  •   Headache
  •   New loss of taste or smell
  •   Sore throat
  •   Congestion or runny nose
  •   Nausea or vomiting
  •   Diarrhea

Illness During the School Day
   • Any person exhibiting signs of illness will be sent to the nurse immediately for
     evaluation.
   • Students/staff exhibiting signs/symptoms of COVID19 will be cared for in a
     separate symptom room just inside the front doors at WAES. Few people will
     be permitted in the room, and the room will disinfected frequently.
   • Students/staff with symptoms will be walked out of the building from the
     symptom room to persons driving them home. Parents will NOT be required
     to come in and pick up or sign out.
   • Students that take medications on a daily basis at school will be administered
     meds in the Nurse’s office, not in the symptom room.

Siblings & Households with COVID
    • If a student is unable to attend school due to COVID-19 symptoms or a
      positive COVID-19 test, his or her siblings or other students living in the same
      household will be questioned and if they exhibit symptoms, they will also be
      excluded from school. If they do NOT have symptoms, they may still be
      excluded from school and asked to self-quarantine.
    • If a student or employee has recently had close contact with a person with
      COVID-19 symptoms or diagnosed with COVID-19 or has recently traveled
      from somewhere considered to be a “hot spot” by the CDC, the school
      system my exclude the student or employee from the school building and
      recommend that they self-quarantine for 14 calendar days.
    • The FPCS will not attempt contact tracing. This is the responsibility of the
      Alabama Department of Public Health.

Visitor Guidelines for Williams Avenue
      • Visitors and parents will have limited
        access during the pandemic.
      • Parents and guardians will not be
        permitted to eat lunch with students.
      • Large assemblies and programs for
        family and public will not be scheduled
        at this time. (examples: Open House,
        Parent Involvement Night, Book fair,
        Veteran’s Day Program, etc. )

Check INS and Check OUTS
   • Parent and Guardians should walk students to the door of the school when
     checking in late. Call the office and students will enter the building and office
     staff will sign student in and get them to their classroom. If you must
     accompany your child in the building, then only one parent may enter the
     building and must go directly to the office.
   • Only one parent is allowed in the building to check their child out and they
     must go directly to the office. Other children/siblings are not permitted in the
     school when checking out student(s).

Attendance at Williams Avenue
   • Parents are encouraged to upload, email, or fax all excused absence
     documentation.(parent notes and doctor/dentist/medical excuses)
   • Please email excuses to Mr. Boatwright, Asst. Principal at
     jboatwright@fpcsk12.com OR fax to 256-845-0147 at WAES.
   • Hand delivered excuses will also be accepted and should be turned in to the
     classroom teacher the day following an absence.
   • Students are permitted three (3) excused absences per nine weeks with
     parent note. All absences after three (3) not covered with medical excuses,
     etc. are considered unexcused.
   • Three (3) unexcused tardies convert to one unexcused absence.

Transportation Changes and Checkouts
       • ALL transportation changes must be in
         writing. Please send a handwritten note
         the morning of the change.
       • NO changes will be taken over the
         phone throughout the school day.
       • Checkouts will NOT be permitted after
         2:30 pm

Bus Riders
• Masks and face coverings will be worn by
  students and staff
• Students will sanitize hands upon boarding
  bus
• Students will be assigned a seat with
  members of the same family
• No eating, drinking, or chewing gum on bus
  (unless medically required)
• Parents and guardians monitor/encourage
  social distancing at bus stops

Arrival at WAES
Bus Riders                                  Car Riders
                                            • Students may exit vehicle and enter
• Students will wear masks in transit and     building at 7:20 AM. Mask must be
  upon arrival each day.                      worn upon exiting vehicle.
• Students will report to the gym and sit   • Students, who choose to eat
  on marked locations maintaining
  appropriate distance with mask on until     breakfast at school, may pick up a
  dismissed to their homeroom.**Duty          grab and go breakfast in the hallway
  teachers to monitor                         on the way to their homeroom.

• Students, who choose to eat breakfast     • Student will sit outside homeroom in
  at school, may pick up a grab and go        hallway facing the classroom door
  breakfast in the hallway on the way to      one behind each other maintaining
  their homeroom.                             appropriate distance with mask on
                                              until teacher opens classroom door.
                                              **Duty teachers to monitor.

Car Rider Drop Off Locations
 • Begins each day at 7:20 am and runs until 7:40 am
 • 4th Grade Drop Off on 18th Avenue Entrance (near digital sign)
 • 4th Grade Drop Off on Williams Avenue (middle entrance)
 • 3rd Grade Drop Off on Williams Avenue (front door under awning)
 **DROP OFF SIGNS WILL BE LOCATED AT EACH DROP OFF LOCATION
 ***Please pull forward as far as possible before letting your child out of the
 vehicle. Student should ALWAYS exit on the sidewalk side of the vehicle,
 closest to the building.

Departure at WAES
Bus Riders                                 Car Riders
• Those students riding early buses        • 3rd grade students will report with
  will report directly to the bus on the     mask in place to car line at 2:50 pm
  first bell with masks in place.
                                             for parent pick up beginning at 2:55
• Students riding all other buses will       pm.
  report to the gym at 2nd bell with
  mask in place maintaining                • 4th grade students will report with
  appropriate distance in hallway.
                                             mask in place to car line at 3:05 pm
• Students will sit on marked locations      for parent pick up beginning at 3:10
  in gym facing forward maintaining          pm.
  appropriate distance until their bus
  number is called.                        • Students will sit in marked locations
• Students will walk to bus in a line        under awning on steps and grass
  with mask in place.                        until name is called.

Car Line Procedures
  • Car Line Entry is on 15th Street near the Fire Station. Students will be picked up on Jaycee
    Avenue, which is a one way street running south to north
  • 3rd Grade parents should enter line from Godfrey Avenue to 15th Street turning into the
    right hand lane of Jaycee Avenue with pick up of student beginning at 2:55 pm
  • 4th Grade parents do NOT line up prior to 3:10 pm. Please enter car line from Gault Avenue
    to 15th Street turning into the left hand lane of Jaycee Avenue
  • Parents will follow their grade appropriate lane to the gate on Jaycee Avenue
  • 3rd Grade students with 4th grade siblings will remain at car line and will be picked up with
    4th grade sibling
  • SRO will open gate at 2:50 pm allowing 3rd grade parents ONLY to enter to pick up their
    child. 4th Grade parents will gain access at 3:10 pm.
  **PARENTS MUST HAVE PAW PASS DISPLAYED TO PICK UP. If you do NOT have your
  PAW PASS, you must pull around to the front of the building and pick up your child at the
  office. Parent/guardian or authorized person must provide photo identification. NO
  exceptions.
    **NO WALK UPS ALLOWED.

Breakfast and Lunch Accounts
   *Money can be added to your student’s lunch
   account by going to: www.fpcsk12.com
   *Choose Williams Avenue Elementary School
   under the SELECT A SCHOOL tab then click
   MENUS and go to ONLINE LUNCH
   PAYMENTS

WAES Child Nutrition Program for 2020-21

WAES School Handbook
Please review the Student Handbook with your
child prior to signing any paperwork in the
Start of School packet. You may review it
online by going to www.fpcsk12.com and
selecting Williams Avenue Elementary School
from the SELECT SCHOOL tab. Then OUR
SCHOOL tab and then click WAES SCHOOL
HANDBOOK. Please make yourself familiar
with attendance, discipline, and dress code
policies.

WAES VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE
  • All FPCS OPEN HOUSE activities will be conducted virtually this year.
  • WAES OPEN HOUSE activities will take place on Tuesday, August 11th.
  • WAES teachers will contact parent/guardians via phone to share specific
    information regarding individual classroom videos or Google Meet times.
  • Parents should pick up Start of School Packets beginning July 31st at the
    front entrance of the school. Completed paperwork should be turned in to
    your child’s homeroom teacher the 1st Day of School.
  • Class lists will be posted after 4 pm on July 31st at the front entrance of the
    school.