PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS
2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR
DRAFT
ReOpening Plan
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INTRODUCTION
Pinellas County Schools is pleased to introduce our reopening informaon for the 2020-2021 school
year. The district has worked diligently to gather as much informaon and feedback as possible in order
to develop plans and protocols that will keep students and sta safe, while creang a nurturing and
producve learning environment.
We have been meeng regularly with our medical advisory group, comprised of pediatric and infecous
disease specialists from BayCare, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and Community Health Centers
of Pinellas, along with the Pinellas County Health Department. Doctors have toured elementary and
secondary schools to get an understanding of how students and teachers interact and move throughout a
school campus.
Over 43,000 families, students and sta members took our Return-to-School survey, sharing
their preferences on learning models, personal protecve equipment (PPE), social distancing, bus
transportaon and more. Eleven feedback groups were held with parents, sta members and community
stakeholders to review and discuss mulple return-to-school scenarios. We also received and reviewed all
correspondence shared with the Superintendent’s Oce and the School Board, including public comment
delivered via email for our virtual School Board meengs.
Aer taking all the medical data and stakeholder input into account, the district has put a plan in place
that provides learning opons to t all students’ and families’ needs, while keeping the health and safety
of all individuals at the forefront of our decision making. We know our families are anxious to make the
best decision possible for their student(s), and our sta is equally eager to prepare for the 2020-2021
school year.
On our ReOpening website (www.pcsb.org/reopening), families can explore the three learning opons
oered for the fall: tradional school, MyPCS Online and Pinellas Virtual School. Informaon is also
available regarding the protocols being instuted to maximize the health and safety of all students and
sta and to communicate mely informaon to all stakeholders. The site also includes informaon
about instrucon for ESE students, eld trips and extracurricular acvies, technology support, health
and wellness protocols for in-school students, visitor and volunteer protocols, adult educaon. The
informaon can be translated into many languages using the translate buon at the top of the web page.
We encourage families to carefully review the site before selecng a learning opon for your student. To
select your choice for the upcoming school year, please click on the Select an Opon buon and complete
a separate form for each child enrolled in Pinellas County Schools.
We ask you to make your selecon no later than 5 p.m. July 27. Your prompt aenon will give the district
me to schedule students and sta accordingly. We know school will look dierent in the fall, and we
appreciate your partnership and cooperaon as we work to make the 2020-2021 school year successful
for all!
Sincerely,
Michael A. Grego, Ed.D.
Superintendent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GUIDING PRINCIPLES ............................................................................................
HEALTH & WELLNESS PROTOCOLS ......................................................
REOPENING PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS ..................................
LEARNING OPTIONS...................................................................................................
SOCIAL DISTANCING & PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT...
VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS ..............................................................................
HEALTH & WELLNESS ...............................................................................................
CLEANING AND DISINFECTION ........................................................................
FIELD TRIPS, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITES AND ATHLETICS
WELLNESS PROCEDURES EDUCATION FOR STAKEHOLDERS
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PLANS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY..................................................
ADULT EDUCATION ............................................................................................
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FALL 2020: RETURNING TO SCHOOL GRADES PK-12 ....................... 12
SPECIALIZED AREAS AND ELECTIVES ........................................................ 14
SPECIALIZED AREAS AND ELECTIVES ........................................................
ENGLISH LEARNERS....................................................................................................
PINELLAS VIRTUAL SCHOOL...............................................................................
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EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION.......................................................... 15
ENGLISH LEARNERS....................................................................................................
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MAKE A CHOICE ...................................................................................................
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INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL/CONFIRMED CASES
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SAMPLE CLASSROOM LAYOUTS ...................................................................... 20
MYPCS ONLINE ............................................................................................................
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION...........................................................
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GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Since March 2020, Pinellas County Schools has risen to the challenge of a changing landscape brought on
by the COVID-19 pandemic. The safety and wellbeing of students, families, employees and the community
has been at the forefront of planning and decision-making.
There is much that is sll unknown about COVID-19. In planning for the safe reopening of schools, the
district engaged a cross-funconal group of medical professionals including the Department of Health and
local infecous disease experts and pediatricians from Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, BayCare and
Community Health Centers of Pinellas. The district also sought input from students, parents, employees
and community stakeholders through the districtwide survey, emails sent to the district and feedback
groups.
Based on all the input gathered, and in alignment with the guidance issued by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevenon (CDC) and the American Academy of Pediatrics, the protocols within the Pinellas
County Schools’ ReOpening Plan represent processes that support ensuring a safe return for students and
sta.
This plan is guided by the following principles:
1. Ensure the safety and wellness of students and employees
2. Reopen Pinellas County Schools for students
3. Provide parents exibility and choice through instruconal learning opons
4. Deliver high-quality instrucon to students
While school will, no doubt, look dierent in the 2020-2021 school year, the commitment of the teachers,
leaders and sta of Pinellas County Schools remains steadfast as we all strive for 100% Student Success.
That will mean ensuring that we work as a school community to adhere to all the processes put in place
that are there to greatly decrease the spread of COVID-19. And, for those families who are not ready to
return to our school buildings we have high-quality instruconal learning opons to meet the needs of
your student.
This document is based upon the informaon known to the district as of the date of its publicaon
and is intended to supersede any conicng District rules, protocols, or guidelines during the me of
its applicaon. Changes will likely be needed given the uid nature of COVID-19 in society, including
changes to community health data, amendments to applicable federal, state and local orders, and other
circumstances. To connue to meet the needs of our community, this plan will be reviewed, adjusted and
communicated, in alignment with any changes due to COVID-19. We want all stakeholders to be condent
that Pinellas County Schools has the processes and procedures in place for a safe return to our buildings.
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROTOCOLS:
ENSURING THE SAFETY AND WELLNESS OF STUDENTS
AND EMPLOYEES
As Pinellas County Schools reopens, there will be a number of procedures in place to ensure the safety
and wellness of students, employees and, ulmately, the enre community. The intent of all protocols are
to ensure high-quality instrucon and decrease the spread of COVID-19, as well as address and support
wellness for all stakeholders who enter a district or school building.
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)
The district recognizes that there are diering opinions on the use of personal protecve equipment,
including masks/face coverings, by school-age children. In determining these guidelines, the district
garnered input from students, parents, employees and community stakeholders through the districtwide
survey, emails sent to the district and feedback groups. Following the recommendaons of the
Department of Health and the district’s medical advisory group, and in an eort to employ all measures
possible to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the following principles will be followed to the greatest extent
possible, with consideraon given to unique facility and student circumstances. The district will review
these guidelines should the circumstances change with regard to the local impact and spread of COVID-19
in Pinellas County.
A school, by design, has numerous opportunies for socializaon. As social distancing is not possible at
all mes throughout a day, all employees and students must have a mask/face covering with them at all
mes.
school year.
to the maximum
extent possible, in hallways, common areas, classrooms, cafeterias (when not eang), during small group
instrucon, and anywhere social distancing is not possible.
• Students and sta will receive instrucon on the proper way to wear a mask/face covering.
• Masks/face coverings must adhere to standards as outlined in the student dress code
• Student’s name must be wrien in permanent ink on their mask or face covering to avoid cross
contaminaon
• Individuals (students or sta) who have a medical condion that does not allow for wearing a mask
must provide medical documentaon
The district understands that social distancing may not be possible on buses. Given the space and me
restricons of bus transportaon,
. Buses will load from back to front and unload from front to back to decrease the opportunity
for students to walk past each other. In addion, hand sanizer will be provided on each bus and a
dispenser will be mounted near the front of the bus. Drivers will also wipe down or spray handrails, seats
and windows with a disinfectant wipe or spray between each run. Weather perming, the windows on
buses will be lowered two to three inches to allow for greater circulaon.
In alignment with the recommendaons made by the American Academy of Pediatrics, students in
prekindergarten, kindergarten and classes with specialized populaons may not be able to ulize masks/
face coverings to the same extent as other classrooms. In those instances, employees must wear masks/
face coverings and face shields issued by the district.
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Recognizing that it may be dicult for students to wear masks/face coverings connuously throughout
an enre school day, sta will be trained to allow for safe “mask/face covering breaks” and will work to
balance safety with the students’ social-emoonal wellbeing.
Wherever possible, administrators will move classrooms to larger spaces where social distancing can
occur (e.g. media center, auditorium, etc.).
will be arranged to maximize space and increase social distancing between students.
All extraneous furniture will be removed from the classroom.
The or manipulaves (e.g. pencils, supplies, center acvies, etc.) will
be minimized and shared items will be sanized regularly.
Lunch schedules will be altered to allow for increased room for students in the lunchroom/cafeteria.
Masks/face coverings must be worn when not eang.
To the maximum extent possible, students will move throughout the school as a cohort, to lessen the
number of people students are exposed to throughout the school day.
VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS
In order to limit exposure for all students and sta, the district will
Essenal
visitors are dened as those with business crical to the operaon of the district (e.g. contractors,
deliveries, members of the Department of Health, etc.).
All essenal visitors, community organizaons, businesses, municipal partners, and speakers must make
an appointment to visit the Administraon Building, Walter Pownall Service Center and school sites.
Visitors without an appointment may not be granted entry into a facility. The processes below will be
reviewed at the end of the rst quarter to determine if changes can be made.
At this me, all volunteer/mentoring opportunies will be conducted virtually, unless directed by the
school principal and approved by the Area Superintendent/Chief. All individuals entering a school or
district building must follow the protocols outlined below.
• Prior to a scheduled visit, all individuals must arm their wellness by compleng the COVID-19 Self
Screening Tool.
• All individuals will pracce social distancing and wear a mask/face covering at all mes.
• Volunteers who parcipate in sporng and other organizaons/club events/acvies shall take
all precauons to minimize the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to players, families, coaches and
communies, including social distancing, frequent handwashing and wearing a mask/face covering.
• As a reminder, prior to volunteering, all volunteers must be background-approved Level 1. All
Level 1 volunteers will be supervised at all mes. All Level 2 volunteers are permied to be
unsupervised with students, but must follow the CDC guidelines. Level 2 volunteers must wear
their Level 2 badges when on school campus.
• Any volunteer on a campus must be assigned to the (cohort) each me
they volunteer.
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS
All students, employees or visitors at any school or district building must arm their wellness to be on
campus. Anyone exhibing any symptoms should stay home and consult with their health professionals to
make a plan for a safe return.
While aendance at school and work is crical for the success of students, no one should come to any
school campus or school district building if they are unwell or exhibing any symptoms.
Employees and visitors will complete a self-screening tool to arm their wellness each day prior to
entering any school or district building.
As a part of the opening of school documents, all parents will receive and need to complete the Student
and return the signed poron
to their school. This form denotes that all students and parents understand that it is their responsibility
each day during the school year to: 1) ensure their child is well, as outlined by the screening quesons,
prior to entering a school or district building and 2) that if their child becomes ill during the school day,
the parent/guardian will make arrangements for their child to be picked up as soon as possible following
nocaon.
Periodically throughout each day, teachers and/or school-based sta will do informal check-ins with
students to ensure all students are feeling well.
Before entering a school or district building, you should assess your wellness with the following quesons:
1. Have you experienced any of these symptoms, not associated with previously diagnosed condions,
in the past 72 hours:
• Fever greater than 100.4/chills
• Cough/shortness of breath
• New loss of taste or smell
• Nausea/voming/diarrhea
• Experienced mulple symptoms
2. In the last 14 days, have you:
• been in close contact with anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19;
• been placed on quaranne for possible contact with COVID-19;
• traveled abroad or to an area of the country where it is recommended that you self-quaranne;
• had a COVID-19 test pending
guidance.
Any student not feeling well or exhibing any COVID-19-like symptoms will be referred to the school
nurse/clinic in alignment with school-based protocol. Please note, that if a student is not feeling well,
another student will NOT be asked to walk alongside them to the clinic as their buddy. If a teacher or
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school-based sta member notes a concern, the teacher will call the school nurse. The school nurse will
come to the classroom to assess and escort back to the clinic, if needed to limit any potenal exposure
to others. Protocols for referring a student to the school nurse will be part of all sta training prior to
students returning in August 2020.
During the 2020-2021 school year, every school will have a full-me nurse to support the wellness needs
of the students in Pinellas County Schools. In addion, all schools will have two idened, dedicated
spaces for nursing services.
The will provide services tradionally done by school nurses, but to the extent possible some
services will be handled within classrooms to limit exposure.
• All school health sta will be provided with adequate and appropriate PPE and guidelines for
appropriate usage.
• School nurses will be available for consultaon to assist in guiding classroom sta with appropriate
decision making.
• Basic rst aid situaons, to the greatest degree possible, should be handled by the student/teacher
in the classroom to prevent congregaon in the oce and possible cross exposure. All classrooms
will be stocked with basic rst aid supplies.
• Students with diabetes will be encouraged to perform their own care in the classroom to the
greatest extent possible, given the student’s knowledge of their disease, age and amount of
supervision required.
• Approved medicaon dispersal (in alignment with Board policies), will connue to occur with the
excepon that students with asthma will not be permied to use nebulizer treatments due to the
risk of aerosolizaon of respiratory parcles.
• Parents of students who ulized nebulizer treatments during the 2019-2020 school year were
contacted at the end of last school year to nofy them of this change.
• Students who ulize these treatments should consult with their medical professional to ensure
a plan is in place to meet their needs.
• School health sta will closely monitor trends of absenteeism and will follow-up with students who
have been absent for mulple days.
• Families will be encouraged to maintain wellness visits with their child’s healthcare provider and
keep up-to-date on all age-appropriate immunizaons and the recommended seasonal u vaccine.
• Separate procedures have been established regarding statutorily-required health screenings (vision,
hearing, BMI, scoliosis) and will be communicated with aected school administrators prior to the
beginning of the school year.
space for students who are not feeling well or exhibing symptoms will be established in
every school.
• School nurses will be available for consultaon to assist in guiding classroom sta with appropriate
decision making.
• If a teacher or school-based sta member notes a concern, the teacher will call the nurse. The
school nurse will come to the classroom to assess and escort back to the clinic, if needed.
• All temperatures will be taken using a no-contact thermometer.
• If a student is found not to be well and needs to ulize the separate clinic, parents/guardians will be
called and expected to pick up their child as soon as possible. Students who are not well will not be
transported home on the bus nor sent back to class or to an aer-care provider.
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• The room will be monitored at all mes when a student is present. Sta assigned to monitor
the room (if not the school nurse) will be provided with educaon on PPE and signs that further
assistance is needed by the nurse.
• Parents will be provided with informaon on health condions/symptoms that will require an
absence from school and recommendaon to follow-up with medical professionals. Symptoms
requiring an absence include, but are not limited to:
• Acve voming or diarrhea
• Fever ≥100.4F/chills/generalized body aches
• Undiagnosed, new, and/or untreated rash or skin condion
CLEANING AND DISINFECTION
The district’s Plant Operaons Department has issued the 2020 Cleaning for a Healthier Pinellas County
Schools handbook, which focuses on the thorough cleaning and sanizing of surfaces, parcularly high-
touch areas, and the targeted use of CDC- and EPA-approved disinfectants and sanizers for an eecve
infecon-control strategy. These cleaning protocols have been established to align with industry standards
as established by the American Physical Plant Administrators (APPA) and CDC recommendaons for the
cleaning and sanizing of schools and public areas. Individual protocols have been designed for each
unique classroom space, general area and oce area. The handbook includes detailed checklists and step-
by-step instrucons for cleaning and sanizing specic areas within a school campus, such as classrooms,
restrooms, locker rooms and school clinics.
School-specic protocols are being developed and will include the following:
• Head Plant Operators (HPO) will develop a highly-detailed cleaning schedule for each member of the
plant operaons team. These schedules will list each team member, which porons of the
campus he or she will clean each day, and the length of me expected to clean each room. All
schedules will be reviewed by the General Manager for Operaons (GM) for each school and school
administraon.
• Plant Operators will follow the step-by-step cleaning protocols to ensure that each space is cleaned
appropriately and to ensure consistency in cleaning across the district.
• Upon the compleon of cleaning a room, plant operators will place a hangtag on the doorknob of
the room that idenes that the room has been properly cleaned and sanized.
• An accountability tool (Orange QC) is being implemented across the district to give GMs and
principals the opportunity to determine the cleanliness of each room and document those
observaons to create data points for review with each HPO.
• Teachers and sta will receive a copy of the step-by-step cleaning protocols to beer understand
how their rooms are cleaned and to establish a partnership with plant operaons sta in order to
idenfy ways plant operators can be more eecve.
Beyond the steps outlined in the Cleaning for a Healthier Pinellas County Schools handbook, teachers will
be trained to take these simple, yet eecve acons to maintain the cleanliness of their rooms:
• Teachers will place their ‘clean room’ hangtag on the inside door handle or their desk each day so
that it can be located easily by the night-me plant operaons team.
• Teachers will nofy their school administrator and HPO if they plan acvies during the day that
may require addional cleaning either during the day or at night. Nofying the HPO in advance will
allow the plant operaons team to adjust the me allocated to clean the room if necessary.
• Each classroom will be supplied with a bole of CDC-approved sanizer and cloths that the teacher
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may use during the day if the need arises for a quick wipe down of a surface and if plant sta is not
readily available.
• Teachers and oce sta will arrange their desks and work areas in a manner to assist with the
nightly sanizing of those surfaces. Papers, les and books will be removed or stacked/placed in an
orderly manner to allow plant operators to spray down the work surfaces without moving materials
(prevenng damage or loss of materials). Computer keyboards and other accessories will be placed
in an accessible locaon and laptops will be closed to allow for exterior sanizing.
• Students may also be asked to assist with keeping their areas clean for other students.
• Teachers will enlist the assistance of trusted students or the enre class to help keep classroom
areas clean and dy throughout the school day.
• Likewise, teachers and students will establish classroom protocols to wipe down desks and
tabletops, and other shared equipment, in between classes and throughout the day. This type of
acvity could be especially eecve in elementary schools if it is used as a tool related to COVID-19
safety and general good health pracces.
FIELD TRIPS, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND ATHLETICS
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
will not be scheduled the rst quarter of the 2020-2021 school year. Further communicaon
will be provided regarding eld trips scheduled for subsequent quarters and will be based on
recommendaons from the Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevenon (CDC).
will connue to operate, following all Pinellas County Schools (PCS) protocols and CDC
guidelines if held on campus. At this me, it is recommended to ulize a virtual plaorm when possible
through the rst quarter of the school year.
will connue to occur. Parents should contact their individual school
for the days, mes and manner that ELP will occur.
As of July 1, are only approved to parcipate in outdoor, voluntary workouts
in small groups. A determinaon on school-year athlecs will be made in conjuncon with the Florida
High School Athlec Associaon later in the summer. Updates will be posted to this page. As of July 1, no
decision on has been nalized.
All held within the district, but not sponsored by PCS, must be approved by the
appropriate content specialist. Evidence must be shown that compeon organizers are following all
recommended CDC and district guidelines before schools/students will be allowed to parcipate.
All held outside the district must be approved by the appropriate content specialist
and the area superintendent/chief. Evidence must be shown that compeon organizers are following all
recommended CDC and district guidelines before schools/students will be allowed to parcipate.
PARENT ACTIVITIES
will be planned and organized by school-based leadership teams
to ensure health and wellness procedures are in place. Plans will be submied to and approved by the
area superintendent/chief before being adversed to the school community.
will be scheduled for the of the 2020-2021 school
year. will be approved at
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this me. Further communicaon will be provided regarding events scheduled for later in the school year
and will be based on recommendaons from the Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control
and Prevenon.
should be held virtually for the rst quarter of the 2020-2021 school year. Further
communicaon will be provided regarding PTA meengs scheduled for subsequent quarters and will
be based on recommendaons from the Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and
Prevenon.
meengs will follow the same meeng structure as the Pinellas
County School Board meengs. Currently the School Board meengs are conducted in a virtual format,
thus so should the SAC meengs. SAC meeng structure will connue to align with the School Board
meengs throughout the school year. Once meengs are held in person, all CDC and Department of
Health guidelines must be followed by SAC members and visitors.
WELLNESS PROCEDURES EDUCATION FOR STAKEHOLDERS
To ensure all students, families, visitors and sta understand the health and wellness protocols
implemented by the district, a series of communicaons will be shared prior to the beginning of the
school year. Reopening informaon will be housed on a dedicated website, .
Specic informaon related COVID-19 will be posted at .
Age-appropriate informaon on what COVID-19 is and what we can do to stay healthy (e.g. handwashing,
social distancing) will be shared with students and sta.
Signage will be placed throughout each school and district facility reminding students, sta and visitors
to pracce social distancing, to wear a mask or face covering at all mes when not eang or drinking, to
wash hands frequently and thoroughly, and to limit room capacity to reduce opportunies for exposure.
The district will release a series of videos aimed at preparing students and adults for the upcoming school
year. Videos will include informaon on what the school experience will look like, what cleaning protocols
are in place, how to properly wear a mask/face covering, what social distancing means and more.
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REOPENING PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS
FALL 2020: RETURNING TO SCHOOL GRADES PK-12
Guided by the principles for ReOpening Pinellas County Schools, the safety and wellness protocols
previously outlined ensure that the district and every school have prepared and connue to maintain the
highest standards for our students, families and employees when classes resume on August 12. With this
in mind, instrucon in schools and classrooms will also look dierent. The informaon below outlines
what classes will look like as school reopens for high-quality, face-to-face, instrucon.
CURRICULUM DETAILS & CONSIDERATIONS
Return to
School
PCS-adopted curriculum
with lessons developed
and taught by classroom
teachers.
• Remain enrolled in your 2020-2021 assigned school and keep
your seat within your District Applicaon Program.
• Tradional, in-person, face-to-face for grades PK-12 learning
following the regular student schedule and student calendar
(180 days of instrucon) and bell mes.
• Follow and adhere to all 2020-2021 PCS school building health
and safety protocols and Code of Student Conduct.
• Note: If the need arises to quaranne and/or close a
classroom, school or the enre district due to health concerns,
instrucon will connue but transion to the digital model
noted within MyPCS Online unl students and teachers return
to tradional instrucon. All decisions for quaranne and/or
closure of classrooms, along with return dates will be made with
the Department of Health.
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WHAT WILL SCHOOL LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND
INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF WHEN SCHOOL REOPENS?
STUDENTS TEACHERS AND SUPPORT
STAFF
What will
school years in
• Students will physically come to their school for their learning.
While aendance at school is crical for success, students
should not aend if they are unwell or exhibing any symptoms.
• Students will physically see and interact with their teacher(s)
and classmates and follow their class/course schedule each day.
• Assignments, acvies and classroom-based assessments will
be developed and conducted by their teachers.
• ESE, ESOL and Gied services will occur as outlined in student-
specic plans.
• All students will be expected to complete and submit
assignments as determined by the assigned teacher. All
assignments will be graded and posted into FOCUS.
• Code of Student Conduct and tradional school expectaons
remain in eect.
• All students will follow the PCS Assessment Calendar and
parcipate in all local and state assessments.
• Teachers and instruconal
support sta report each day
to lead and support instrucon
in their assigned classrooms.
• Teachers develop and
implement daily lesson plans
for grade-level, standards-
based instrucon for students.
• Teachers and instruconal
support sta dierenate and
adjust instrucon to meet the
individual needs for student
learning.
• Teachers provide student
make-up work, exibility and
support if they are out of
school for any reason.
What will
school years in
• Each morning, students and families must review wellness to
ensure students are well and symptom-free prior to coming to
school each day.
• PCS health and wellbeing protocols will be implemented, and
students and families need to adhere to all expectaons to
ensure the safety of all students, families and employees.
• While students will physically see and interact with their
teachers and classmates, collaborave acvies may look
dierent or be lessened to ensure the safety and wellbeing of
the school community.
• Classroom spaces will be rearranged to maximize social
distancing and minimize any shared items (see sample
classroom layouts).
• Some classes may look dierent. Classes that involve high-
contact such as band, chorus and physical educaon may have
changes. See secon below.
• Lunch schedules will be modied to maximize social
distancing.
• Large group gatherings will be reduced.
• Parent meengs and/or conferences will be scheduled to
occur virtually, unl it is deemed appropriate to have larger
number of individuals on campus.
• For students who receive ESE services, please see the ESE
secon for addional informaon.
•
• Each morning, all employees
must arm they are well and
symptom-free prior to coming
to work each day.
• All employees will adhere
to PCS health and wellbeing
protocols.
• Teachers will adjust lesson
acvies to maximize social
distancing and minimize
sharing of items.
• Some sta meengs that
tradionally occur as in-person
events (e.g. professional
development, PLCs, etc.)
may occur virtually ulizing
Microso Teams.
• Meengs with parents will
be scheduled virtually unl it
is deemed appropriate to have
larger numbers of individuals
on campus.
• All teachers will receive
training for the Canvas Learning
Management System in July
and August with connued
support and development
opportunies throughout
the 2020-2021 school year.
Teachers parcipang in July
will receive a spend.
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WHAT WILL SCHOOL LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND
INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF WHEN SCHOOL REOPENS?
WHAT WILL BE THE SAME
AS PREVIOUS YEARS?
WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT
FROM PREVIOUS YEARS?
Prekindergarten/
Kindergarten
• Connued focus for young children to
learn through play and their interacons
with the teacher and other students.
• Hands-on materials to develop
conceptual understanding, to show and
revise their thinking and to develop
social/emoonal skills such as self-
regulaon.
• Classroom arrangements will remain
developmentally appropriate, with
modicaons to support health and
wellness.
• Connue to use outdoor spaces as part
of the learning environment.
• All adults will be wearing masks/face coverings
and/or shields.
• Classes will remain as cohorts throughout the day
to limit cross-exposure amongst other students.
• Students may wear masks/face coverings in
classroom based on family preference (Note: If a
student rides a bus, they must wear a mask/face
covering.)
• Liming the sharing of materials.
• Regular disinfecng and rotang the use of
materials.
Physical
Students will have the opportunity to
engage in physical educaon classes in
alignment with Florida requirements
• Elementary: 150 minutes physical
educaon
• Middle: Semester of physical
educaon per year
• High – HOPE (Graduaon
requirement)
.
• Classes will be conducted outside, to the greatest
extent possible, with high-contact acvies
reduced/eliminated.
• In elementary grades and specialized populaons,
cohorts of students will remain together to limit
cross-exposure amongst students.
• Focus will be on individual skills and tness as
opposed to game play.
• Masks/face coverings will not need to be worn
when outside and when social distancing can occur.
Students and sta should have their masks/face
coverings with them to ensure they are available, if
needed.
• Locker rooms will not be ulized, and students
will not need to change into ‘PE clothing’ to
parcipate in class.
• Weight rooms will remain closed in alignment
with high school athlec (FHSAA) determinaons.
Curriculum modicaons for students enrolled in
weight training classes will be made to focus on
bodyweight exercises.
Visual Art • High-quality, engaging, live instrucon
from cered art educator.
• Authenc rich face-to-face teaching and
dialog.
• Access in all schools to quality art
supplies and materials.
• Liming the sharing of materials.
• Regular disinfecng and rotang the use of
materials.
• Enhanced use of art to support social-emoonal
wellbeing and expression.
SPECIALIZED AREAS AND ELECTIVES
Pinellas County Schools is commied to providing a well-rounded educaonal experience that develops
the aptudes and interests of every student. In addion to the areas previously outlined, some elecves
and specialized areas of instrucon have addional consideraons when planning for the reopening of
schools.
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WHAT WILL SCHOOL LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND
INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF WHEN SCHOOL REOPENS?
WHAT WILL BE THE SAME
AS PREVIOUS YEARS?
WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT
FROM PREVIOUS YEARS?
Performing Arts:
Band/Orchestra/
Chorus/Drama
• High-quality, engaging music, theatre
(and dance where applicable) programs
including music ensembles (band, chorus,
orchestra).
• Authenc rich face-to-face teaching and
dialog.
• Live class rehearsals and experiences.
• Greater focus on instrument care, hygiene, choral
singing safety as well as personal health.
• Focus on smaller ensemble works, likely more
project-based work due to smaller ensembles and
opportunity for independent learning.
• Performances and assessments may be streamed
live or recorded rather than performed live.
• Rooms arranged to maximize social distancing
and, in some cases, relocaon of room for more
space including potenal outdoor classes and/or
rehearsals for some groups.
• Creave performance opportunies including live
streaming, recorded or mulple performances to
address size of audiences.
World
Languages
• Students will sll listen to, read, write
and speak the language they are studying
as well as learn about the cultures of the
regions where the language is spoken.
• Students will interact with each other in
class in authenc ways using a variety of
print and digital resources.
• Students will have expanded opportunies
to use the language they are acquiring through
technological resources that are part of our new
curriculum.
• Outside of class, students will engage with
technology to listen to and read the language they
are studying.
• Teachers will wear face shields so that students
will be able to see their faces as they teach new
vocabulary and structures as well as indicate
agreement as students test new learning.
• Students engaged in American Sign Language
(ASL) courses will need face shields instead of
masks/face coverings to be able to communicate.
• Addional precauons will be needed to use the
language labs, including heightened cleaning of the
headsets between student users.
STUDENT PROGRESS MONITORING
Students will engage in ongoing progress monitoring to support academic growth. As in all previous years,
if based on classroom-based or formave (e.g. MAP, reading assessments, cycle assessments and exams)
progress monitoring a student needs addional supports, school teams will work alongside students and
their families to provide the appropriate strategies and supports to meet their individual needs.
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION (ESE)
In addion to the consideraons noted for all students, the following consideraons and processes will be
in place for students who receive ESE services. Note: all services will be provided in alignment with their
IEP/EP.
Self-Contained Classroom Sengs
Cohort: To the extent possible, and in alignment with IEPs, students in self-contained classrooms will
remain as a cohort (group of students/teachers) throughout the day. This will minimize the exposure to
larger numbers of individuals throughout the school day.
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Visuals will be provided to each school
with self-contained classrooms for placement within each classroom. Any me a student is using shared
materials, they would be washing hands at the transion me.
Social Distancing: Students will be socially distanced to the greatest extent possible. When it is not
possible to socially distance, students should engage in more frequent handwashing, and whenever
possible, wear masks/face coverings.
Understanding that there
may be students, due to the nature of their disabilies, who will not be able to wear/ulize a mask/
face covering, sta in those cases will need to wear a mask/face covering and shield. In addion, social
distancing to the maximum extent possible should be considered when developing lessons and acvies.
Therapists, teachers and other sta working with students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing, will need to
wear face shields, but not masks/face coverings to ensure proper communicaon. Shields will also be
worn by all Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) when providing therapy and students should wear shields
for speech therapy. For sta that may not be able to socially distance, it is expected that they wear
appropriate PPE as determined by the ESE department. Sta will receive training regarding processes and
procedures for delivery of services.
Social stories will be provided to sta and
will be included in instrucon upon return to school. These social stories are focused on developing
understanding of new protocols and the importance of maintaining healthy processes and decisions. In
addion, visuals for lining up, handwashing, schedule and classroom rounes will be provided to schools
and should be posted where students are able to see them. The rounes should be pracced during
the school day. (Note: Social stories are a specic learning tool for students with Ausm. They provide
informaon in a way that is understandable and repeatable to teach a skill or further understanding.)
Where possible, students should have individual sensory items,
classroom tools (e.g. pencils, crayons, etc.) that are in separate containers.
Sensory Equipment
In instances when equipment or sensory items must be shared, cleaning must occur on a frequent basis,
between students and will need to be planned for by teachers and/or therapists. Such examples include,
but are not limited to:
Ball pits, tunnels, and cloth swings need to be removed as they cannot
be adequately cleaned between students. Equipment in therapy rooms that are cloth, or meet the
above, need to be removed. Should more than one student be in a sensory or therapy room at
one me, they must be able to be socially distanced and refrain from sharing of equipment to the
maximum extent possible. Equipment (to include standers and other posioning devices) must be
cleaned between students following proper cleaning protocols.
In the case where students are in small group therapy sessions, the size of
the group should be considered in relaon to the size of the therapy room to ensure social distancing
where PPE would interfere with the session or would not be able to be worn due to sensory or other
issues. Further guidance and training will be provided to sta regarding delivery of services.
General Educaon Sengs
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In most cases, students will follow the expectaons set forth for all classrooms. In circumstances where
students are included, but there are addional consideraons noted above, such as sensory concerns
that prohibit the wearing of masks/face coverings, a shield will be recommended. If a shield and mask/
face covering are not possible, then the student will need to engage in frequent handwashing and social
distancing from other students will be maximized. Visuals and social stories will be available to any
classroom that needs them.
Communicaon
Communicaon will need to be provided with families and school sta on a frequent basis.
Families should review the PCS ReOpening Plan and begin to familiarize their students with the protocols
and videos (e.g. handwashing, how to properly wear a mask/face covering, etc.) to support their
understanding of the 2020-2021 school year.
Families should communicate with school-based sta any non-negoable for cleaning and sanizing.
ESE DOCUMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE
Diagnosc Assessments- Access Standards
Upon return to school, students will take diagnosc assessments that will be specic to grade level
and for students on Access Standards, consistent with grade level and level of access in order to assess
specic skills. These diagnosc assessments should be considered in relaon to the students IEP goals. In
circumstances where the results might indicate that the IEP team needs to meet to review and possibly
amend the IEP, the meengs should be scheduled early in the school year. ESE service providers will need
to collect data on IEP goals, following the standard guidelines set forth in the ESE Handbook. Sta should
track a student’s recoupment of skills and ensure that where necessary, Extended School Year (ESY) is
considered.
For students who are instructed virtually– the expectaon will be that students receive real-me specially
designed instrucon and related services, as if they were served in a tradional, face-to-face seng
through virtual plaorms (e.g. Microso Teams or Zoom).
IEP/EP, Evaluaon, Eligibility and Reevaluaon Meengs
For cases in which a yearly meeng was not held due to COVID-19, those meengs will be scheduled
promptly upon return to school. Any IEP/EP that has gone beyond the meeng due date, will be
priorized. Further informaon will be provided to schools regarding IEP/EPs that will expire prior to
October FTE Date Certain to ensure all meengs are scheduled and held.
Case managers will also review any students for whom there is an open reevaluaon. The case manager
will meet with the student services team upon return to school in August to review all open cases and to
priorize compleon.
To the greatest extent possible, all eligibility and reevaluaon meengs will be held virtually to limit
exposure for students, families and employees. If there is a specic request for an in-person meeng, all
individuals parcipang in the meeng must adhere to the PCS health and wellness protocols outlined
within the ReOpening Plan, including but not limited to: self-screening for wellness to be in a district
building, social distancing and personal protecve equipment.
If parents/guardians have concerns about the status of IEP/EP or reevaluaon, they should contact their
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case manager or school during the opening weeks of school.
ENGLISH LEARNERS (ELs)
Our English Learners (ELs), like all our students across the district, have had a disrupon of their daily lives,
have worries about their own families, and have experienced high-stress situaons. The district recognizes
that students will need addional supports to rebalance and refocus on the task of learning and being
producve in the school community. The goal remains for ELs to achieve the same rigorous grade-level
academic standards that are expected of all students, within a reasonable period of me.
Schools will connue to be guided by the following principles in delivering EL services:
• Assets-Oriented and Needs-Responsive Schools
• Meaningful Access to Quality Instrucon
• Meaningful Communicaon with EL Families
These principles will connue to guide the district in implemenng instruconal programs for ELs during
the transion to reopening schools. This means that the schools will ensure that they embrace ELs as the
assets they are while also providing them with the support they need to succeed. The same is true for
EL students with disabilies. For dually idened students, a knowledgeable educator will be involved in
planning distance learning needs for students with an individualized educaon program (IEP/EP).
District schools will connue to provide designated and integrated English Language Development (ELD)
and have the exibility to determine how services will be provided to ELs. Under state and federal law,
there is no required amount of me that must be allocated to EL services.
In addion to the consideraons noted for all students, the following consideraons and processes will
be in place for students who receive EL services across all sengs. EL students will connue to receive
services including:
• Designated me for ELD instrucon within the schedule with opportunies for extended
instruconal me (for recently arrived ELs and ELs idened for intervenons)
• Embedded grade-level content supports within lessons to meet the needs of ELs at their level of
English language prociency (for recently arrived ELs and ELs idened for intervenons)
• Formave ELD assessments in reading, wring, listening and speaking to monitor progress in English
language prociency in ELD classes
• Family outreach and educaon to support families’ understanding of the PCS ReOpening Plan in the
nave language, as feasible
• Counseling, social work, and psychology services for social-emoonal supports and advising in the
nave language, as feasible
Communicaon with Families
In addion to collaborang with classroom teachers and school, district and county educators, engaging
the parents of ELs remains important during school reopening. Schools have an obligaon to ensure
meaningful communicaon with parents of ELs in a language they can understand and to adequately
nofy parents of the same informaon about any program, service or acvity that is shared with parents
of students who are not classied as ELs. Schools should translate all mailings and emails to parents
to provide access to the informaon in a language they understand. For parents who need support in
reading informaon, schools may use recorded telephone calls that go to families or LionBridge phone
interpretaon services. Working with parents and oering them the opportunity to be involved in their
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children’s educaon is key to the students’ success at all mes, especially during distance learning and the
transion to reopening.
ESOL Documentaon and Compliance
Upon return to school, all students idened through the Home Language Survey form as potenal ELs
will be administered an English language prociency assessment. This assessment can be administered
remotely for students parcipang in the MyPCS Online and Pinellas Virtual School opons.
All students previously idened as ELs will connue to receive services in accordance with federal and
state requirements and based on the 2020 ACCESS for ELs English language prociency levels.
Addionally, schools will closely monitor ELs who were reclassied as uent English procient to evaluate
whether students need addional services. An EL’s English prociency level may have decreased because
the student has experienced limited instrucon for an extended me during school closures. Therefore,
close monitoring is key to ensure that ELs have the opportunity to recover any academic losses incurred
during school closures. Collaboraon is key to supporng ELs during distance learning and throughout the
transion to reopening schools.
For students who are instructed virtually, the expectaon will be that students receive real-me EL
services, as if they were served in a tradional, face-to-face seng, based on their level of English
language prociency.
EL Commiee Meengs
For cases in which a yearly EL Commiee meeng was not held in spring 2020 due to COVID-19, those
meengs will be scheduled promptly upon return to school. Any meeng that has gone beyond the
meeng due date, will be priorized.
If a school observes regression in the reading, wring, listening or speaking skills of an EL student, school
sta will reach out to the family to discuss convening an EL Commiee meeng.
To the greatest extent possible, all EL Commiee meengs will be held virtually to limit exposure for
students, families and employees. If there is a specic request for an in-person meeng, all individuals
parcipang in the meeng must adhere to the PCS health and wellness protocols outlined within the
ReOpening Plan, including but not limited to: self-screening for wellness to be in a district building, social
distancing and personal protecve equipment.
If parents/guardians have concerns about the status of EL services, they should contact their ESOL teacher
or school during the opening weeks of school.
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SAMPLE CLASSROOM LAYOUTS
Actual classroom layouts will vary based on room conguraon. As classroom dimensions and furniture
dier, these illustraons are meant to demonstrate how social distancing will be maximized in each room.
School leaders and classroom teachers will work together to arrange spaces prior to students returning to
school.
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LEARNING OPTIONS: PROVIDING PARENTAL AND
STUDENT FLEXIBILITY AND CHOICE
LEARNING OPTIONS
With school starng for all Pinellas County Schools students on August 12, if parents and students are not
comfortable with returning to school or the established health and wellness protocols for tradional face-
to-face instrucon, the district has also developed addional learning opons to provide families exibility
and choice during this me. Prior to making your selecon, students and families should thoroughly
review the details of each opon and discuss them to ensure your choice supports the health, wellbeing
and learning needs of the student and family.
Once you have made your decision, families should declare their choice by 5 p.m., Monday, July 27 ulizing
our Student Reservaon System (SRS), which can be found here.
LEARNING OPTION OVERVIEWS
TRADITIONAL
(PK-12)
MYPCS ONLINE
(K-12)
PINELLAS VIRUTAL SCHOOL
(K-12)
• Remain enrolled in your 2020
2021 assigned school and keep
your seat within your District
Applicaon Program.
• Tradional, face-to-face,
instrucon at your 2020-2021
assigned school with PCS
protocols for health and safety
in place aligned to the approved
student calendar and bell mes.
• Remain enrolled in your 2020
2021 assigned school and keep your
seat within your District Applicaon
Program.
• Nine-week commitment to full-me
digital learning
• All instrucon will be delivered
virtually, following a daily schedule
(live-lessons each day) aligned to the
approved student calendar and bell
mes.
• Students are expected to be present
and engage in virtual instrucon each
day within the designated schedule.
• Students can parcipate in athlecs,
extracurricular acvies and clubs
as any other student enrolled in the
school.
• Families will be able to extend this
opon each quarter so long as it is
oered by the district
• Enroll as a student at Pinellas Virtual
School (no longer enrolled in your
assigned school and do not keep
a seat within a District Applicaon
Program.
• Full semester (18 weeks)
commitment for enrollment as a full-
me student (six courses).
• All instrucon is delivered virtually
and is self-paced.
• All assignments, assessments
and required direct contact hours/
processes with virtual teacher
successfully completed within 16-18
weeks.
• This opon has been available to
students for several years.
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MYPCS ONLINE
Learning from our experiences in spring 2020, the district has made enhancements to the digital learning
model. We heard the following needs from our community: the need to have connuity across teachers
and schools in how students access virtual learning, the need for more direct instrucon through live-
lessons, and the need to ensure interacon for students by having ‘cameras’ on for both students and
teachers. MyPCS Online takes all these aspects into consideraon and provides for soluons for each area
in order to provide high-quality virtual instrucon for students.
MYPCS ONLINE
LEARNING
OPTION
CURRICULUM DETAILS AND CONSIDERATIONS
MyPCS Online PCS-adopted curriculum
with lessons developed
and taught by PCS
teachers in grades K-12.
Curriculum and acvies
will be accessed via
Canvas Learning
Management System
(newly purchased system
specically designed to
support virtual learning).
Class meengs and/or
live-lessons will ulize
Microso Teams for
student and teacher
interacons.
• Remain enrolled in your 2020-2021 assigned school and keep your
seat within your District Applicaon Program.
• Available for students in grades K-12.
• Nine-week commitment to full-me digital learning.
• Student will stay enrolled for the enre quarter (Quarter One
ends on October 9). Families will be able to extend this opon
each quarter so long as it is oered or can decide to return to the
tradional opon upon compleon of any quarter.
• All instrucon will be delivered virtually, following a daily schedule
(live-lessons each day) aligned to the approved student calendar
and bell mes.
• Students and teachers are expected to be present and engage in
virtual instrucon each day within the designated schedule (sample
schedules below).
• Students can parcipate in athlecs, extracurricular acvies and
clubs as any other student enrolled in the school.
• Depending on the number of students who select MyPCS Online
at a given school, there may be a need to combine students from
mulple schools in one virtual MyPCS class. Regardless of the
number of students who select MyPCS Online, your teacher will be
a PCS teacher who is connected to, and remains in contact with, the
team at your enrolled school.
• Depending on the number of students who select MyPCS Online
as their learning opon, there may be limited elecve courses
available, especially at middle and high schools.
• Students who select this opon and receive ESE, English Learner
(EL) or Gied services or have a 504 plan will be contacted to
discuss the services and accommodaons and supports that can be
provided through virtual learning.
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WHAT WILL MYPCS ONLINE LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND
INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT STAFF?
STUDENTS TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF
What will
school
years in this
• All assignments, acvies and classroom-
based assessments will be developed and
facilitated by assigned and dedicated PCS
teacher(s).
• All students will be expected to complete
and submit assignments as determined by
the assigned teacher. All assignments will
be graded and posted into FOCUS.
• Code of Student Conduct and all PCS
technology expectaons remain in eect.
• All students will follow the PCS
assessment calendar and parcipate in all
local and state assessments.
• Teachers and instruconal support sta physically
report to their assigned school (as needed
depending on the number of students who select
this opon at their school), so they have all materials
and resources available to them to deliver robust
instrucon.
• Teachers develop and implement daily lesson
plans for grade-level, standards-based instrucon for
students.
• Teachers and instruconal support sta
dierenate and adjust instrucon to meet the
individual needs for student learning.
• Teachers will be assigned to a full teaching
schedule and are expected to fulll all assigned
dues as outlined in the Teachers Contract.
What will
from
school
years in this
• Each morning, students are expected to
be present and engage in virtual instrucon
each day within the designated schedule
(see sample schedules below).
• All students will be expected to adhere
to daily aendance guidelines, log in and
aend class during the designated mes.
This diers from the exibility to aend at
any me during a 24-hour period and be
counted present like they were during the
4th quarter of the 2019-2020 school year.
• Students will access their curriculum
and assignments via Canvas Learning
Management System.
• Students will ulize Microso Teams
for viewing live-lessons, meengs and
small group instrucon. No curriculum
or assignments will be posted in Teams.
Teams is just to be used as a virtual
meeng/video tool.
• Parent meengs and/or conferences
will be scheduled to occur virtually, unl
it is deemed appropriate to have larger
numbers of individuals on campus.
• For students who receive ESE services,
please see the ESE secon for addional
informaon.
• Students who need a device (laptop) will
be issued one to engage in digital learning.
Students will also be issued any associated
materials such as textbooks, art supplies,
musical instruments, and other necessary
materials where possible.
• Each morning, all employees must arm they are
well and symptom-free prior to coming to work each
day.
• All employees will adhere to PCS health and
wellbeing protocols.
• Teachers will ulize Canvas Learning Management
System for all curriculum and lessons for students
• Teachers will ulize Microso Teams for classroom/
student meengs, live-lessons and small group
instrucon. No curriculum or assignments will be
posted in Teams. Teams is just to be used as a virtual
meeng/video tool.
• Teachers are expected to be present and engage
in virtual instrucon each day within the designated
schedule.
• Some sta meengs that tradionally occur as in-
person events (e.g. professional development, PLCs,
etc.) may occur virtually ulizing Microso Teams.
• Meengs with parents will be scheduled virtually
unl it is deemed appropriate to have larger
numbers of individuals on campus.
• All teachers will receive training for Canvas
Learning Management System in July and August
with connued support and development
opportunies throughout the 2020-2021 school
year. Teachers parcipang in July will receive a
spend.
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Sample MyPCS Online Elementary Daily Schedule (Class mes may dier slightly from sample but will be
communicated prior to the start of school. Actual schedules will vary by grade level.)
Live instrucon will take place every day, Monday through Friday. Students will meet with their MyPCS
Online teacher each morning beginning at 8:45 a.m.* The teacher will use a schedule that combines
direct teaching, independent work, posted assignments (asynchronous instrucon), learning, and small
group instrucon. Students and parents should expect to follow a full schedule, like the sample model
below. Students will be ‘live’ with their teacher a minimum of four mes each day.
8:45-9:00 Morning Meeng
9:00- 9:20 Direct Face-to-Face Instrucon Reading (live)
9:20-10:20 Independent Pracce and live small group instrucon
10:20-10:55 Direct Instrucon Wring and Independent Pracce (live)
10:55-11:25 Reading Intervenon (live)
11:25-11:45 Recess
11:45-12:15 Lunch
12:15-12:35 Direct Math Instrucon (live)
12:35-1:05 Independent Math Pracce
1:05-1:25 Math Intervenon, small group and independent
1:25-2:15 Specials (Art, Music, P.E recorded lessons with some live interacon)
2:15-2:55 Science Direct Instrucon (live)
*For 2020-2021 start mes for your school, please visit .
Sample Secondary Daily Schedule (Times may dier slightly from sample but will be communicated prior
to the start of school.)
MyPCS Online ‘live’ instrucon will take place four days each week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Posted assignments (asynchronous instrucon), live oce hours, and small group or individual
instrucon will occur on Fridays. Students should expect to receive ‘live’ instrucon at the beginning
of each period. Depending on the content, aer the inial ‘live’ instrucon, students may transion to
independent work, collaborave group work and/or asynchronous learning.
*For 2020-2021 start mes for your school, please visit .
9:40-10:30 Period 1
10:34-11:21 Period 2
11:25-12:12 Period 3
12:16-1:03 Period 4
1:07-1:37 Lunch
1:41-2:28 Period 5
2:32-3:19 Period 6
3:23-4:10 Period 7
7:25-8:12 Period 1
8:18-9:05 Period 2
9:11-9:58 Period 3
10:04-10:51 Period 4
10:51-11:21 Lunch
11:27-12:14 Period 5
12:20-1:07 Period 6
1:13-1:50 Period 7
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SPECIALIZED AREAS AND ELECTIVES:
Pinellas County Schools is commied to providing a well-rounded educaonal experience that develops
the aptudes and interests of every student. If students and families select the MyPCS Online opon, the
following should be considered:
In elementary schools, elecves will be included in the regular daily schedule. Learning will be
asynchronous—students will not receive live instrucon in elecves every day. The learning will be
recorded on video. Students will sll receive all the state standards in the course.
In secondary schools, elecves will be included in the regular seven period schedule and follow the
normal instruconal roune—live instrucon at the beginning of every period. Not all elecve choices
will be available, as they are subject to enrollment.
STUDENT PROGRESS MONITORING
Students will engage in ongoing progress monitoring to support academic growth through virtual
assessments and work with their MyPCS teacher(s). As in all previous years, if based on classroom-based
or formave (e.g. MAP, reading assessments, cycle assessments and exams) progress monitoring a student
needs addional supports, school teams will work alongside students and their families to provide the
appropriate strategies and supports to meet their individual needs.
EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION (ESE)
In addion to the consideraons noted for all students, the following consideraons and processes will be
in place for students who receive ESE services.
Students who enroll in the MyPCS Online opon will be contacted to discuss the services,
accommodaons and supports that can be provided through virtual learning. Based on receiving services
at home, via virtual instrucon, an IEP/EP meeng would need to be held to make necessary adjustments
to the IEP/EP, such as services, accommodaons and least restricve environment (LRE).
ESE DOCUMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE
Diagnosc Assessments- Access Standards
Students will take diagnosc assessments that will be specic to grade level and for students on Access
Standards, consistent with grade level and level of access in order to assess specic skills. These
diagnosc assessments should be considered in relaon to the students IEP goals. In circumstances
where the results might indicate that the IEP team needs to meet to review and possibly amend the IEP,
the meengs should be scheduled early in the school year. ESE service providers will need to collect
data on IEP goals, following the standard guidelines set forth in the ESE Handbook. Sta should track a
student’s recoupment of skills and ensure that where necessary, Extended School Year (ESY) is considered.
For students who are instructed virtually– the expectaon will be that students receive real-me specially
designed instrucon and related services, as if they were served in a tradional, face-to-face seng
through a virtual plaorm (e.g. Microso Teams or Zoom).
IEP/EP, Evaluaon, Eligibility and Reevaluaon Meengs
For cases in which a yearly meeng was not held due to COVID-19, those meengs will be scheduled
promptly upon return to school. Any IEP/EP that has gone beyond the meeng due date, will be
priorized. Further informaon will be provided to schools regarding IEP/EPs that will expire prior to
October FTE Date Certain to ensure all meengs are scheduled and held.
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Case managers will also review any students for whom there is an open reevaluaon. The case manager
will meet with the student services team upon return to school in August to review all open cases and to
priorize compleon.
To the greatest extent possible, all eligibility and reevaluaon meengs will be held virtually to limit
exposure for students, families and employees. If there is a specic request for an in-person meeng, all
individuals parcipang in the meeng must adhere to the PCS health and wellness protocols outlined
within the ReOpening Plan, including but not limited to: self-screening for wellness to be in a district
building, social distancing and personal protecve equipment.
If parents/guardians have concerns about the status of IEP/EP or reevaluaon, they should contact their
case manager or school during the opening weeks of school.
ENGLISH LEARNERS (ELs)
Our English Learners (ELs), like all our students across the district, have had a disrupon of their daily lives,
have worries about their own families, and have experienced high stress situaons. The district recognizes
that students will need addional supports to rebalance and refocus on the task of learning and being
producve in the school community. The goal remains for ELs to achieve the same rigorous grade-level
academic standards that are expected of all students, within a reasonable period of me.
Schools will connue to be guided by the following principles in delivering EL services:
• Assets-Oriented and Needs-Responsive Schools
• Meaningful Access to Quality Instrucon
• Meaningful Communicaon with EL Families
These principles will connue to guide the district in implemenng instruconal programs for ELs during
the transion to reopening schools. This means that the schools will ensure that they embrace ELs as the
assets they are while also providing them with the support they need to succeed. The same is true for
EL students with disabilies. For dually idened students, a knowledgeable educator will be involved in
planning distance learning needs for students with an individualized educaon program (IEP/EP).
District schools will connue to provide designated and integrated English Language Development (ELD)
and have the exibility to determine how services will be provided to ELs. Under state and federal law,
there is no required amount of me that must be allocated to EL services.
In addion to the consideraons noted for all students, the following consideraons and processes will
be in place for students who receive EL services across all sengs. EL students will connue to receive
including:
• Designated me for ELD instrucon within the schedule with opportunies for extended
instruconal me (for recently arrived ELs and ELs idened for intervenons)
• Specic, embedded grade-level content supports within online lessons to meet the needs of ELs at
their level of English language prociency (for recently arrived ELs and ELs idened for
intervenons)
• Formave ELD assessments in reading, wring, listening and speaking to monitor progress in English
language prociency in ELD classes
• Family outreach and educaon to support families’ understanding of the PCS ReOpening Plan in the
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nave language, as feasible
• Counseling, social work, and psychology services for social-emoonal supports and advising in the
nave language, as feasible
Communicaon with Families
In addion to collaborang with classroom teachers and school, district and county educators, engaging
the parents of ELs remains important during school reopening. Schools have an obligaon to ensure
meaningful communicaon with parents of ELs in a language they can understand and to adequately
nofy parents of the same informaon about any program, service or acvity that is shared with parents
of students who are not classied as ELs. Schools should translate all mailings and emails to parents
to provide access to the informaon in a language they understand. For parents who need support in
reading informaon, schools may use recorded telephone calls that go to families or LionBridge phone
interpretaon services. Working with parents and oering them the opportunity to be involved in their
children’s educaon is key to the students’ success at all mes, especially during distance learning and the
transion to reopening.
ESOL Documentaon and Compliance
Upon return to school, all students idened through the Home Language Survey form as potenal ELs
will be administered an English language prociency assessment. This assessment can be administered
remotely for students parcipang in the MyPCS Online and Pinellas Virtual School opons.
All students previously idened as ELs will connue to receive services in accordance with federal and
state requirements and based on the 2020 ACCESS for ELs English language prociency levels.
Addionally, schools will closely monitor ELs who were reclassied as uent English procient to evaluate
whether students need addional services. An EL’s English prociency level may have decreased because
the student has experienced limited instrucon for an extended me during school closures. Therefore,
close monitoring is key to ensure that ELs have the opportunity to recover any academic losses incurred
during school closures. Collaboraon is key to supporng ELs during distance learning and throughout the
transion to reopening schools.
For students who are instructed virtually, the expectaon will be that students receive real-me EL
services, as if they were served in a tradional, face-to-face seng, based on their level of English
language prociency.
EL Commiee Meengs
For cases in which a yearly EL Commiee meeng was not held in spring 2020 due to COVID-19, those
meengs will be scheduled promptly upon return to school. Any meeng that has gone beyond the
meeng due date will be priorized. If a school observes regression in the reading, wring, listening
or speaking skills of an EL student, school sta will reach out to the family to discuss convening an EL
Commiee meeng.
To the greatest extent possible, all EL Commiee meengs will be held virtually to limit exposure for
students, families and employees. If there is a specic request for an in-person meeng, all individuals
parcipang in the meeng must adhere to the PCS health and wellness protocols outlined within the
ReOpening Plan, including but not limited to: self-screening for wellness to be in a district building, social
distancing and personal protecve equipment.
If parents/guardians have concerns about the status of EL services, they should contact their ESOL teacher
or school during the opening weeks of school.
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PINELLAS VIRTUAL SCHOOL
LEARNING OPTION CURRICULUM DETAILS AND CONSIDERATIONS
Pinellas Virtual School
(PVS)
Florida Virtual School
Franchise curriculum
taught by Pinellas
Virtual School teachers
using Canvas Learning
Management Plaorm
• Enroll as a student at Pinellas Virtual School (no longer
enrolled in your assigned school and do not keep a seat within a
District Applicaon Program.
• Full semester (18 weeks) commitment for enrollment as a full-
me PVS student.
• Courses start August 12 and parent/student must commit to
full me enrollment through the end of the semester (December
18).
• Students will no longer be enrolled at their home school and
seat will not be held at any District Applicaon Program.
• All full-me PVS students will enroll in six courses. Students
and families in all grade levels will select and enroll in six courses
for the semester. The Pinellas Virtual School administrave team
will assist families through this process.
• All assignments, assessments and required direct contact
hours/processes with virtual teacher are to be successfully
completed within 16-18 weeks.
• All instrucon is delivered virtually.
• Students, for most requirements, may work at their own pace
and desired me of day.
• Students are provided a pacing chart for each course that
breaks down what work is to be completed each week for 16
weeks. If the pacing chart is followed and work is completed
each week, there is not a specic me or day that they must be
online.
• Content is available 24/7 and curriculum encourages students
to master key concepts as they progress through lessons.
• Students receive support from Pinellas Virtual School teachers,
who provide one-on-one instrucon using the latest technology
for online learning.
• Teachers communicate with students and families a minimum
of one me per month to discuss their progress. Parents and
students can also contact the PVS teacher with quesons.
• Pinellas Virtual School follows the Pinellas County School Board
calendar for holidays and beginning and end of semesters.
• Self-movaon, self-determinaon, communicaon,
organizaon, me management and computer literacy skills are
crical to student success in Pinellas Virtual School.
• To learn more about Pinellas Virtual School, please visit their
website: .
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HOW DOES MY FAMILY MAKE OUR CHOICE FOR A LEARNING OPTION?
The district recognizes this is a big decision, that is not taken lightly by our families. Please know that
there will be limited opportunies and circumstances to change your choice for the rst quarter of the
school year. As a district, we want to ensure we can provide all these learning opons with high levels
of quality. Mulple changes and changes during the quarter impact the ability to schedule and oer the
consistent and robust selecons we want to provide all our families. Prior to making your selecon, be
sure to:
• Review each of these opons and discuss your learning and wellness needs as a family.
• If you have addional quesons, use the ‘Contact Us’ buon and select the Learning Opon Topic to
submit a queson. Sta will get back to you as soon as possible!
July 16.
I AM A TEACHER. HOW CAN I CHOOSE WHETHER TO TEACH TRADITIONAL
OR ONLINE CLASSES?
The number of units needed for face-to-face instrucon and the number of units needed for virtual
instrucon will be determined once parents have had an opportunity to select their child’s learning
opon. The deadline for parents to submit selecons is 5 p.m. July 27.
The District will be working in collaboraon with PCTA to determine the process for idenfying teaching
assignments for staff members, which will then be shared with all staff.
A direct communication will be sent to all staff regarding leave options and other important employee
informaon.
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INVESTIGATION OF POTENTIAL AND/OR CONFIRMED COVID-19 CASES
Case invesgaon and contact tracing are well-honed and eecve tools to slow the spread of
COVID-19 in a community. All invesgaons and contact tracing are led by the Department of Health,
in collaboraon with Pinellas County Schools (PCS) School Health Services. A dedicated COVID-19 team
within PCS School Health Services department has been established to ensure every reported case is
reviewed and handled appropriately.
As invesgaons of this nature include personal medical informaon and health data, much of the
informaon is private and protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
and other applicable state and federal regulaons. The process below outlines the steps that will be taken
for each potenal or conrmed case as well as the type of communicaon that will occur.
The district requests that any student or employee who has a conrmed case or has been recommended
for quaranne/isolaon by the Pinellas Department of Health (DOH- Pinellas) or medical professional
report this to your school or district administrator. While Pinellas County Schools will be made aware of
cases by DOH-Pinellas, support from our families and employees to self-report will support the district in
taking next steps in an expedited manner. (Note: Employees will be asked for specic documentaon and
should refer to the Employee Secon for addional details.)
1. School and district administrators will report potenal exposure or reported conrmed case to the
PCS COVID-19 Team.
2. The district PCS COVID-19 Team will collaborate with the school/district administrator and the
school nurse to gather informaon to provide to DOH-Pinellas, so they can begin contact tracing
and make decisions about whether individuals, enre class, school, department or building needs
to isolate or quaranne. Quesons may include:
a. Documentaon/conrmaon of posive tesng
b. Symptoms exhibited
c. Last day present at the school/worksite
d. Individuals or groups of people who had close, prolonged contact (dened as spending at least
15 minutes with someone less than 6 feet apart)
3. Based on the responses to the quesons above, informaon will be provided to DOH-Pinellas and a
recommendaon will be made about the need to isolate/quaranne.
a. Persons who self-report a posive test, or parental report of a posive case in their student, will
be reported to the DOH-Pinellas for conrmaon
b. In general, household members, inmate partners of a posive case who are considered
presumpve posive cases and individuals who had close contact (<6 feet) for a prolonged
period of me (≥15 minutes)
4. All invesgave and conrmed cases will be handled in accordance with the guidelines established
by DOH-Pinellas.
a. Contact tracing and invesgave processes remain the role of DOH-Pinellas.
b. DOH-Pinellas will take the lead on contact tracing and will contact aected families and sta
directly to determine risk level. DOH-Pinellas will also provide direcon on tesng and self-
isolaon.
c. School health sta and the PCS COVID-19 team will provide assistance and support of these
eorts.
d. Any schoolwide or other closure decisions will be made in conjuncon with DOH-Pinellas and
PCS leadership.
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5. Conrmed case informaon will be communicated in alignment with all federal and state
condenality rules.
a. Conrmed case informaon is relayed from DOH-Pinellas to the PCS School Health Services
department.
b. Impacted individuals (students and/or employees) will be noed if there is a need to isolate
quaranne through a leer from DOH-Pinellas that will be shared with the impacted families
and sta.
c. Conrmed case informaon will be shared with leadership at all aected sites so the proper
cleaning and disinfecng protocols can be completed.
6. If there is a decision made for a classroom, school or district closure, the following communicaon
will occur
a. The district/school will communicate general closure informaon with all impacted families, in
alignment with all federal and state condenality rules.
b. A media alert distributed to all local media outlets, if appropriate.
c. A classroom or school closure will be communicated to school sta directly by the Principal
and/or Area Superintendent/Chief.
d. A classroom or school closure will be communicated to families by the Principal or designated
school sta using the following methods:
i. Classroom Closure
• DOH-Pinellas leer sent home to families;
• Individual phone calls to aected families;
• School Messenger phone call, text and email to non-aected families to explain the
nature and expected duraon of the closure and acons being taken to keep remaining
sta and students healthy and safe; and
• Communicaon will include Department of Health contact informaon.
ii. School Closure
• DOH-Pinellas leer sent home to families;
• School Messenger phone call, text and email to families to explain the nature and
expected duraon of the closure and acons being taken to prepare for the safe return
of students and sta; and
• Post on school-specic social media.
The district will connue to provide regular updates in the following ways:
• All informaon will be connuously updated on the dedicated COVID-19 district webpage: www.
pcsb.org/coronavirus
• Families and community members will receive district updates via district School Messenger phone
calls, texts and emails, FOCUS messages and social media posts.
• Employees will receive updates via district email with aer-hours School Messenger phone calls,
texts and emails, as needed.
• If the need for districtwide closure arises, this informaon will be shared using the following
methods:
• School Messenger phone call, text and email to all families and sta;
• Post on district website homepage;
• Post on all district social media; and
• Media alert distributed to all local media outlets.
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PLANS TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY
One of the greatest lessons learned during the closure of our school buildings last year, was the
importance of having take-home digital devices for all students. To facilitate digital learning, the district
distributed over 26,000 laptops and tablets to students who did not have their own computer, and also
distributed Wi-Fi hotspots to students without access to the internet.
In order to bridge that divide, the district and the Pinellas County School Board took swi acon to
develop PCS Connects, a one-to-one device iniave, that will be funded in part by CARES Act federal
funding. The iniave will launch this fall.
For the 2020-2021 school year, PCS Connects will provide laptop computers to all students in grades
four through nine. Addional grades will be added in subsequent years, unl all grade levels have been
issued their one-to-one device. These devices will have an 11-inch touch screen that may be used as both
a laptop and a tablet. Each computer will have a camera, microphone and speakers to facilitate online
learning, if needed. These devices may be taken home or le at school each day. If taken home, devices
should be charged overnight and returned to school the next day with the charger.
The use of digital devices will be integrated into the instruconal day for content delivery, research,
creavity, innovaon and collaboraon. This iniave will also allow for a deeper partnership between
families, students and teachers, as parents will have daily access to instrucon and enrichment materials
for their student.
2020-2021 school year students in rst through third and tenth through twelh grades who select MyPCS
Online or Pinellas Virtual School and who do not have access to a device at home should nofy their
school to check out a device for use at home.
Also, families who do not have internet access at home, may contact the school to check out a Wi-Fi
hotspot.
Parents and students with technology quesons or concerns should reach out to the classroom teacher,
the Library Media Technology Specialist or call the Technology and Informaon Systems (TIS) helpdesk at
(727) 588-6060 between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Managing the technology for students and sta in the district is a cross-funconal eort involving several
departments.
Technology and Informaon Systems provides the following services:
• Reimages all devices as needed. To reimage a computer means to delete all the old data on the
computer and restore it to default district sengs.
• Repairs or replaces devices as needed.
• Provides technical support for computer, soware or login issues via the employee Tech Help Ticket
system or telephone the helpdesk (727-588-6060) in a mely manner.
• Provides school-based Library Media Technology Specialists and Technology Coordinators
informaon on important updates.
Library Media Technology Specialists (LMTS) or school-based Technology Coordinators:
• Coordinate the distribuon and inventory of sta and student devices.
• Provide site-based training for sta, students and parents.
• Provide applicaon-specic troubleshoong and password support.
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• Review tech ckets and resolve the issue if possible or escalate it if necessary.
The Digital Learning Department:
• Provides technology-related professional development (PD) for school-based instruconal and
administrave personnel. PD can be customized upon request to meet the needs of the school.
• Creates and maintains a blog for sta and a page on the district website with current instrucons
and resources.
MEAL DISTRIBUTION
Families who opt for the MyPCS Online learning opon may be provided a week supply of breakfast and
lunch via school district meal distribuon sites. Breakfast will connue as a no charge meal for all, but
lunch will require payment if the family does not qualify for free lunch.
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ADULT EDUCATION
As part of Pinellas County Schools, adult educaons centers, including Pinellas Technical College (PTC)
Clearwater and PTC St. Petersburg will follow all districtwide health and safety protocols as outlined in this
document.
Cohort: To the extent possible, students in self-contained programs will remain as a cohort (group of
students/teachers) throughout the day. This will minimize the exposure to larger numbers of individuals
throughout the school day.
Social Distancing: Students must maintain social distancing to the greatest extent possible when on
campus. This includes in parking lots, common areas, in classrooms and shop spaces. When it is not
possible to socially distance, students should engage in more frequent handwashing, and whenever
possible, wear masks/face coverings.
Aligned to the protocols for
Pinellas County Schools, PPE must be worn to the greatest extent possible in all buildings and classrooms.
Understanding that there may be students, due to medical condions, who will not be able to wear/ulize
a mask/face covering, sta in those cases will need to wear a mask/face covering and shield. In addion,
social distancing to the maximum extent possible should be considered when developing lessons and
acvies.
Class Scheduling: Class schedules will be amended to reduce large volume arrival and departure periods.
In-school and distance-lesson acvies will be oered on an alternang schedule and class period starng
and ending mes will be staggered to reduce trac in concourse areas. Classes will also be divided into
smaller groups wherever necessary and possible.
All instrucon will be conducted in-person to the greatest extent possible. Should the need
to close a classroom or building occur, a blended method of instrucon (similar to spring 2020) will be put
in place with technical skill pracce and assessment scheduled individually.
Students will be encouraged to register and pay for classes online if possible, in
order to limit the number of visitors to the registraon area. For students needing to register and/or pay
in-person, an appointment must be scheduled in advance. Registraon and fee payment periods/dates
will be staggered to limit the number of visitors to the registraon area.
Financial Aid Ocers will see students by appointment only.
A counseling appointment system is being developed for current students.
In all classrooms and shops, non-essenal furniture will be removed, and a
maximum capacity will be established based on size and spacing needed for proper social distancing. In
instances when equipment must be shared, cleaning must occur on a frequent basis, between students
and will need to be planned for by teachers. Project group sizes will be limited; and shop schedules will be
developed to reduce the number of students in a shop at one me. Gloves and masks/face coverings will
be required in all shop areas.
In order to minimize crowding, lunch and break periods will be
staggered and a limited number of tables and chairs will be available in dining areas and outdoor spaces.
The cafeteria will oer more “grab and go” meals to reduce the number of students dining together, and
common areas will be cleaned and sanized between lunch periods.
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Common Areas: Seang in all common areas, including the front oce, will be reduced to allow for
proper social distancing. A waing area will be established for the bookstore, and classes will be scheduled
for bookstore transacons in order to limit the number of customers in the store at one me. Media
Centers will be closed unl further noce. Group Funcons and Facility Rentals are suspended unl
further noce.
A maximum capacity will be established for computer labs to allow for six-feet
between staons and labs will have extended hours to allow for fewer testers at one session.
School-provided headphone sets will not be available. Students wishing
A regular sanizing protocol will be followed to ensure
staons are cleaned between users.
Bus drop-o and pick-up mes and locaons will be staggered to the greatest extent possible. All students
will be asked to proceed directly to their classroom upon arrival to campus. Aernoon pick-up procedures
will be adjusted to allow for greater social distancing while students are waing for a ride.
SCHOOL BOARD OF PINELLAS COUNTY
Carol J. Cook, Chairperson
Eileen Long, Vice Chairperson
Lisa N. Cane
Nicole M. Carr, Ph.D.
Bill Dudley
Rene Flowers
Joanne Lenno
Superintendent
Michael A. Grego, Ed.D.
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