End-of-Year PlanningMay 18, 2020

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➢ Closure and celebration are so important for our students now➢ Cancelling Sears Centre ➢ Graduation Weekend - May 30 and May 31

○ Lawn signs for Seniors with distance selfie opportunity○ Blue and Green Ribbons ○ Virtual Ceremony May 31 12:00-1:30PM○ Walk the Stage on Trevian Way/Photo

➢ Gathering and celebrating together when we can○ July 12th in Football Stadium?○ Fall or Winter at the Winnetka campus?G

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➢ Teachers have complete plans for classes through the end of the year

➢ Closure plans for classes are set for June 2 (last Blue Day) and June 3 (last Green Day)

➢ Individual conferences with students June 5 regarding incompletes, grades, and other feedback

➢ District Planning Days

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➢ Starts June 15 - all remote as established by ISBE➢ Course availability expanded➢ Expanded support for students with incompletes➢ Plans for Extended School Year for students with IEPs ➢ Athletics - starting remote and will wait for further

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Planning for Fall ReopeningMay 18, 2020

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2. Curriculum and instruction3. Logistics4. Managing and tracking in-school health and screening5. Staff health and wellness supports and programs6. Student mental health, adviser room, and student

support services7. Extracurricular8. Communications

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1. Health and well-being of students and staff2. Entry screening3. Social distancing4. Masks and other PPE5. Cleaning procedures6. Effective teaching and learning

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1. All in-school (some students and staff at home)2. Some in-school (based on individual/state guidelines)3. All remote4. Switching between 1, 2, and 3

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➢ Use the same schedule all year○ Facilitates overall planning○ Creates predictability○ Reduces stress in transitions

➢ Typical 9-period day not sustainable○ Learning in-depth and planning in-depth difficult○ May be even more difficult in Scenario 2

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○ Consider options for daily schedule keeping the scenarios and considerations in mind

➢ Blue/Green/Grey Days○ Abrupt change○ Good adaptation by teachers○ Opportunity to learn about effective remote

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Committee Members: Julie Bar, Andy Butler, Jill Cervantes, Bob Cummings, Denise Dubravec, Jason English, Chris Johnson,Jen Karakosta, Don Kim, David Ladd, Alicia Landes, Mike Lee, Todd Maxman,Dean Pinos, David Rafferty-Flatter, Erik Saszik, Linda Straube, Peter Tragos, Angel Villaluz, Paul Waechtler, Scott Williams, Megan Zajac, Ed Zwirner

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○ Do not reduce student choices○ Ensure schedule meets needs of commuting

teachers and students when in-person○ Meeting needs of students with IEPs○ Adapt part-time teacher schedules as needed○ Typical block schedule trade-off - loss of contact

days/curriculum breadth with reduced student stress/increased depth of curriculum

○ Curriculum and Instructional adaptation to remote and block

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➢ Goals:○ To develop standards of practice in remote learning, curriculum &

instruction, Canvas, and identify technology tools needed to support and implement best practices.

○ To prepare a professional development plan to support teachers’ implementation of standards of practice in pedagogy and technology in the 2020-2021 school year.

○ To develop a substitute boot camp plan for implementation in the 2020-2021 school year.

Purpose StatementTo empower and enable teachers to successfully transition from a daily, nine-period, in-person instructional model to a blended and flexible model of instruction, where students will be learning in-person and remotely in a block schedule.

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Purpose StatementDevelop a plan to provides students with a good extracurricular experience in various learning scenarios➢ First Meeting: Wednesday, May 20

Committee Members: Denise Dubravec, Augie Fontanetta, Stacy Kolack, Hilerre Kirsch, Tim Hayes, Monique Boyd, Erik Saszik, Paul Moretta, Nina Lynn, Aaron Vinson, Ursula Gruber, Kathy Heublein, Brian Doll, Teri Rodgers, Mike Napoleon

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sPurpose StatementTo plan for the safe and efficient logistical operations of the district for the 2020-21 school year. The plans should provide flexibility based on the different scenarios to address the following areas:

➢ Transportation - Safe transport to and from school, impact of different schedules; use of transportation for extracurricular and field trips

➢ Food Service - Safe serving and sale of food and socially distant eating

➢ Cleaning protocols - Improved cleaning protocols that meet current guidelines

➢ Social distancing - Core academic classes, electives, extracurricular program

Committee Members: Athena Arvanitis, Jim Burnside, Sean Clemenz, Dave Conway, Denise Dubravec, Frank Lamberti, Paul Waechtler, And Quest staff

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The purpose of this committee is to create and implement a plan to support the physical health needs of students and staff as we begin the next school year in whatever form it may take so that they may attend in-person learning safely and securely. ➢ First Meeting: Thursday, May 21

Committee Members: Tim Hayes, Dave Conway, Scott Williams, Gail Gamrath, Pat Savage-Williams, Doreen Clough, Anne Marie Riccio, Leanne Atwell, Jim Davis, Dale Grooms, Natalie Mash, Helen Oushana, Athena Arvanitis, Renee Zoladz, and Members of the All-School Wellness Team.

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In our committee work, we will research and prepare for the following:○ Standards for:

■ Personal protective equipment such as masks,■ Social distancing, ■ Enhanced cleaning,■ Screening and refusing entry to students and staff■ Isolating students who become symptomatic at school■ Process for tracking illness

○ Maintaining/complying with yearly state mandates, such as physical examinations and proof for vaccination

○ Ensuring that the district is prepared if it is asked to facilitate mass testing or vaccination

○ Aligning physical health and wellness practices with an altered schedule

○ Implementing professional development related to physical health and wellness practices

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