Safe Return to Learn Plan 2021-24

Peggs School is planning to return to school in a traditional, all in person, academic school day format on August 18, 2021 (and continue on to the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school year). Please be rest assured that the continuing progress and educational needs of our students and families that are unique to the Peggs Community will continue to be addressed as we enter into a new school year. The safety and well-being of our students are always at the forefront in order for them to be able to learn in the most positive, conducive environment possible. The guiding principles that are reflected in this plan are our highest priorities in educating our children. 

These priorities include: 

  • Health and Safety 

  • Continuous Learning and Progression 

  • Social and Emotional Needs 

  • Learning Loss 

Health and Safety

  • Face shields and masks are optional and recommended by the CDC. 

  • Signage and reminders for handwashing guidelines will continue to be posted throughout the classrooms, halls, and restrooms. 

  • Sanitizing products will be available to students and staff. 

  • Social Distancing will still be used as a safeguard when feasible to help mitigate any Covid-19 issues. 

  • Staff will continue to disinfect their own workspace and classroom giving special attention to commonly touched surfaces. 

  • Students will continue use their own school supplies and share as little as possible. 

  • Students will be encouraged to use water fountains to fill up water bottles. 

  • Upon reopening, our school will have been cleaned and disinfected and will continue to adhere to a cleaning schedule, as well as, all necessary safety precautions. 

  • Any Covid-19 case and related contact tracing within our district will be coordinated with the Cherokee County Health Department and/or any other appropriate agencies. 

  • Diagnosis and screening will not be done systematically, but symptomatically in the classrooms, cafeteria, and/or office. Temperatures and symptoms will be gauged in order to determine whether a student or teacher may return to the classroom, be dismissed for the day, or will require a doctor’s release in order to return to school. 

  • Information of locations of vaccination sites will be provided for community members seeking the Covid-19 Vaccine. 

  • We will continue to monitor the number of cases in Cherokee County through the Oklahoma State Health Department, Centers for Disease Control (CDC), State Department of Education (SDE), and OSSAA.

Continuous Learning and Progression

  • Ensure time for teachers and paraprofessionals to effectively support student learning. 

  • Staff member(s), materials, programs, and technology to ensure that learning “gaps” continue to be filled as we progress through the school year. 

  • Research based interventions will be used to address gaps in learning. 

  • Help provide stability and routines for students, families, and teachers in support of student learning.

Social and Emotional Needs

  • Resuming all extra-curricular activities in the traditional manner. 

  • Implementing programs that will support social and emotional wellbeing. 

  • Resuming peer leadership programs 

  • Implementing student lead programs 

  • Child Nutrition Program will continue to be free next year. 

  • Ensuring that EVERY student, including those disproportionately impacted by Covid-19, is benefiting from the implementations and interventions implemented by Peggs Schools. 

Possible Learning Loss Activities

  • Summer Tutoring Program 

  • Summer School Program

  • After school tutorial program

*This Safe Return to Learn Plan was formulated by using the components required by the U.S. Department of Education and the Oklahoma State Department of Education and stated below:

  • Section 2001(i)(1) of the ARP requires each LEA that   receives ARP ESSER funds to develop and make publicly available on the LEA’s   website, not later than 30 days after receiving ARP ESSER funds, a plan for   the safe return to in-person instruction and continuity of services for all   schools, including those that have already returned to in-person instruction.   

  • Section 2001(i)(2) of the ARP requires that the LEA seek public comment on   the plan and take those comments into account in the development of the plan.   

  • Section 2001(i)(3) of the ARP provides that an LEA that developed a   plan for the safe return to in-person instruction prior to the date of enactment may be deemed to meet the requirement to develop such a plan so   long as the plan meets the statutory requirements (is publicly available on   the LEA’s website and was developed after seeking and accounting for public comment).

An   LEA’s plan must include how it will maintain the health and safety of   students, educators and other LEA staff, and the extent to which it has   adopted policies, a description of any such policies, on each of the CDC’s   safety recommendations. More particularly, the CDC safety recommendations   that are to be addressed are:

  1. Universal and correct wearing of masks;

  2. Modifying facilities to allow for physical distancing (e.g., use of   cohorts/podding);

  3. Handwashing and respiratory etiquette;

  4. Cleaning and maintaining healthy facilities, including improving ventilation;

  5. Contact tracing in combination with isolation and quarantine, in   collaboration with the State, local, territorial, or Tribal health   departments;

  6. Diagnostic and screening testing;

  7. Efforts to provide vaccinations to school communities;

  8. Appropriate accommodations for children with disabilities with respect to   health and safety policies; and, 

  9. Coordination with State and local health officials.

Further,   each plan must describe how the LEA will ensure a continuity of services,   including but not limited to services to address students’ academic needs and   students’ and staff social, emotional, mental health and other needs, which   may include student health and food services. During the period of   availability of ARP ESSER funds (September 30, 2024, includes the Tydings   Amendment), an LEA must periodically, but no less frequently than every six   months, review and, as appropriate, revise its plan. If the LEA revises its   plan, the revised plan must address each of the aspects of safety currently   recommended by the CDC or, if updated by the CDC, each of the updated   recommendations.

(Note: Updated 8/9/23: Scope of the Plan has not changed.)