No, we are only allowing students and school personnel in the building. At this time, we will not have parents visiting classrooms, eating lunch with their child, etc. This includes the first day of school so please take first day pictures at home or in the parking lot. Students need to enter the building and go to classrooms without parents or other visitors. School personnel will be available at the entrance to guide students to their rooms the first few days of school.This is to protect all of our students from additional exposure.

Yes, the current Clinton County Health Department mandate is for students and school personnel to wear masks or face shields the majority of the time with exceptions for lunch, recess, and physical education class.

Yes, we are requesting all children bring a mask or face shield with them to be worn at school. We would prefer for students to have 4 masks or face shields to wear in order for them to be changed daily.

Yes, children will not be permitted to board the school bus without a mask or face shield.

Any adult entering our school will have their temperature taken as they enter. Our plan is to have all students get their temperature checked by their homeroom teacher when they arrive in the classroom. This will avoid lines of students waiting to be checked in the mornings and allow for a smoother transition to class each day. Students eating breakfast will have their temperature checked in the cafeteria before removing their masks to eat. If a fever of 100.4 or greater is present, adults will be sent directly home, students will be sent to the isolation room next to the nurses office and parents will be contacted for immediate pick up.

If your child is found to have a temperature of 100.4 or greater, they will be sent to the isolation room beside the nurses office and supervised until a person can pick your child up from school as soon as possible.

The isolation room is designated for students running fevers greater than 100.4 and will be supervised by the nurse. The isolation room is next to the nurses office and will serve as a safe place to isolate students with fevers or Covid symptoms until they can be picked up from school.

If your child is sent home with a fever they will not be allowed to return until the following Tuesday of the next week. While they are at home they can follow along and continue working on assignments through our virtual option.

7:35 is the earliest any child may enter the building with any adult supervision. We are asking students to not group up outside the building before school in order to provide social distancing.

If you need to pick your child up early from school (before 3:45) please stop in the vestibule (main entrance) and we will call your child to the office so you may sign them out.

Yes, at 7:35 students will be allowed to enter the building. Those students wanting to eat breakfast will go to the cafeteria and eat while those students not eating breakfast will go directly to their classroom. Students will be allowed to remove their mask to eat breakfast once they are seated and safely socially distanced in the cafeteria.

Kindergarten and 1st grade students will have tables socially distanced so that they can eat with their classroom cohort in the cafeteria each day. 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th grade lunch shifts will rotate each day. On Tuesday/Thursday the 2nd and 4th grades students will eat in the cafeteria and on Wednesday/Friday the 3rd and 5th graders will eat in the cafeteria. There will be plenty of space for social distancing classroom cohorts with only one grade level in the cafeteria at a time. Students will eat in their classrooms on the days they aren’t eating in the cafeteria.

Yes, whether your child is in person or online learning virtually, they will have daily/weekly assignments and assessments for the purpose of providing grades and feedback of progress to parents.

Our teachers are working to create an online learning “landing page” that can be found on the front page of the district website (lathropschools.com) The Lathrop Elementary landing page will be the first place to visit for all students, both in person and at home virtually learning. This page will be a “point and click” process for finding the grade level, classroom, specials, and even special education pages your child will need to learn from home or at school. Teachers will update the pages weekly with assignments for the week along with tutorial videos (teacher created or from online resources) to explain the lessons for the week.

Yes, although it is helpful for all of us to know before school starts, it is possible to change your mind and have your child attend in person. Ideally, we would like every child to attend in person as soon as possible, however, the online option is available to help parents make a choice that is best for their child. Our plan is to have in person and virtual students follow the same weekly schedule of curriculum to allow for a more seamless transition between the two learning options.

Teachers are available through email each day Tuesday-Friday 7:35-4:05 although it may take some time for a return answer during the work day. Teachers will be offering “Office Hours” where they can be contacted outside the school day. Office hours may be daily, a couple times per week, or even on Mondays to provide a time frame for students or parents to communicate with the teacher via Seesaw, Google Meets, over the phone, or through email or chat.

Parents will be taking on a much greater responsibility for their child’s education with online/virtual learning. Students will be given grades on their assignments so completion of assignments, even for online learning is a priority. If students are not completing their assignments, well checks will be made from our school and eventually by the county if necessary to ensure students working from home are keeping up with expected classwork.

Potentially, many of our classroom teachers tutor before or after school or even on Mondays, however, it is not a requirement. We are requiring teachers set up weekly, consistent “office hours” to be reached outside the school day in order to provide assistance with any questions for online or in person students/parents. Teachers may also set up tutoring times as well. Once the school year begins, and teachers have an opportunity to assess our students, teachers will inform parents if their child would benefit from additional tutoring or assistance during “office hours”.