Guidelines and Responses

In developing its plan, an LEA must engage in consultation   with stakeholders and give the public an opportunity to provide input.   Specifically, the LEA must engage in meaningful consultation with students,   families, school and district administrators (including special education   administrators), teachers, principals, school leaders, other educators, staff   and unions. Further, the meaningful consultation must extend to Tribes, civil   rights organizations (including disability rights organizations) and   stakeholders representing interests of children with disabilities, English   Learners, children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care,   migratory students, children who are incarcerated and other underserved   students. Finally, the LEA’s plan must be in an understandable and uniform   format, written in a language that parents can understand, orally translated   and, upon request by a parent who is individual with a disability, provided   in an alternative format accessible to that parent. The Plan must consist of   the following:      

• The   extent to which and how the funds will be used to implement prevention and   mitigation strategies that are, to the greatest extent practicable, consistent   with the most recent CDC guidance on reopening schools, in order to   continuously and safely open and operate schools for in-person learning;

Peggs School will follow CDC  guidelines for reopening school in August 2021 and will follow the Peggs School Safe Return to School Plan 2021 which follows USDE and OSDE   guidelines. Funds will be used to: 1) (R)   Other activities that are necessary to maintain the operation of and   continuity of services in local educational agencies and continuing to employ   existing staff of the local educational agency; and 2) (P) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, replacement,   and upgrade projects to improve the indoor air quality in school facilities,   including mechanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation, and air   conditioning systems, filtering, purification and other air cleaning, fans,   control systems, and window and door repair and replacement. 

• How   the LEA will use the funds it reserved under section 2001(e)(1) of the ARP   Act [20% of ESSER ARP Act formula funds] to address the academic impact of   lost instructional time through the implementation of evidence-based   interventions, such as summer learning or summer enrichment, extended day,   comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended school year

Peggs School will utilize 20% of the   ESSER III/ARP funds for (1)Summer Enrichment Program, and Summer School   Program to address the academic impact of lost instructional time, and (2)   Reading Intervention focus for Grades two through four.

Summer School Enrichment Program

Peggs School will utilize both a   Summer Enrichment Program and a Summer Tutoring Program to address the   learning loss of our students. The   summer programs will respond to the academic needs of each student as well as   the social and emotional needs of our students and to address the   disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described   in this section, as well as student experiencing homelessness and children in   foster care. The summer programs will consist of a four-week long session   which will focus on general education of students, individualized tutoring of   students to fill the learning gap of the students, and guidance/counseling   program to ensure the mental/social/emotional needs of the students are met.

• How the LEA will spend its remaining ARP ESSER funds consistent with the uses   authorized in section 2001(e)(2) of the ARP Act;

As mentioned above, the remaining ARP   ESSER funds will be used for initiatives authorized in section 2001(e) (2) of   the ARP Act, and specifically items (P) and (R). ((R) Other activities that are necessary to   maintain the operation of and continuity of services in local educational   agencies and continuing to employ existing staff of the local educational   agency; and 2) (P) Inspection, testing,   maintenance, repair, replacement, and upgrade projects to improve the indoor   air quality in school facilities, including mechanical and non-mechanical   heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification   and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and window and door repair and   replacement.)

2021-22 School Year

Specifically:   $163,770.80 will be used to employ existing staff; $13,180,69 will be   expended for Fringe Benefits of existing staff; $51,826.00 will be spent   towards Property Insurance/Worker’s Comp Insurance; $30,740.00 will be used   for replacement of air conditioning unit in the gymnasium/classrooms to   improve air quality.$58,643.00 will be expended for a 71 passenger school bus   to help mitigate the spread of the virus on the busses by reducing numbers of   riders (risk of exposure) on the busses.

Note: For the 2022-23 school year,   $54,086 ARP/ESSER3 Funds will be used to pay existing Peggs School staff; and $60,850 will be expended   for a 71 passenger bus to help mitigate the spread of the virus on the   busses. For the 23-24 school year, Peggs School will use the remaining ARP funds ($14,302.67) to pay for intensive reading program throughout the day, 4 days per week/3 hours per day by a contracted reading interventionist and

• How the LEA will ensure that the interventions it implements, including but not   limited to those implemented under section 2001(e)(1) [20% set-aside], will   respond to the academic, social, emotional and mental health needs of   students, and particularly those students disproportionately impacted by   COVID-19, including students from low-income families, students of color,   English learners, children with disabilities, students experiencing   homelessness, children in foster care and migratory students;

Peggs School ensures that the   interventions it implements with the inclusion of a summer learning program   and summer learning program and the use of funds to continue to employ existing   employees will help respond to the academic (summer enrichment and targeted   in-school reading instruction), and social/emotional/mental health (targeted   counseling services and professional development for the recognition of   social/ emotional and mental health issues) needs of our students,   particularly those students from low-income families (77%) and   disproportionately impacted by Covid-19, students of color/minority (75%   native American), children with disabilities (32%), English learners, and students   experiencing homelessness or in foster care and migratory students.

2021-22 School Year

Specifically: $42,081.10 to be   expended for Summer Learning/Summer Enrichment staff that are working   directly with students to bridge the gap in learning loss; $10,693.69 for   Fringe Benefits for staff working the Summer Learning/Summer Enrichment   Program; $30,000 for contracted services of external Reading Interventionists   (2) for 2.5 hours for 3 days per week during the school year to bridge the   reading gap for students in Grades 2 through four.

Note: For the 2022-23 School Year, $27,839.75 will be expended for Summer   Learning/Summer Enrichment staff that are working directly with the students   to bridge the gap in learning loss; $10,000 will be used for Fringe Benefits   for staff working the Summer Learning/Summer Enrichment Program; $27,000 will   be spent for contracted services of external Reading interventionist (3 days   per week/4 hours per day/36 weeks) during the school year to bridge the   reading gap for students in Grades 2 through four

For the 23-24 school year, Peggs School will use the remaining ARP funds ($14,302.67) to pay for intensive reading program throughout the day, 4 days per week/3 hours per day by a contracted reading interventionist. 

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