• 100% complete of  upgrading restrooms with touch free components.

• All schools have touch-less water bottle filling stations.

• Maintaining extra custodial services for heightened sanitization each night.

• Improved ventilation in District facilities.

CDC Link 

• High school and middle school students will ride together in the afternoon.

• Hand sanitization stations will be on busses.

• Busses disinfected twice per day (between routes).

• Specific bus route information will be communicated from the transportation department to families.

• Families were asked to submit an application for free and reduced-price school meals.

• The change comes with Congress’ passing of the $3 billion "Keep Kids Fed Act," which every family will need to turn in that economically disadvantaged families who fall above the federal poverty line pay a reduced price for school meals.

• LPOSD is maintaining increased certified staffing for the 2022-23 school year.

• Increased paraprofessional support in the classroom in order to provide small group interventions and/or extensions.

• Strategic schedules to support students. Additional intervention classes at the secondary level.

• Review and implement additional academic and behavioral multi-tiered support systems (MTSS) including academic support, reteaching of classroom procedures, and promoting positive school climates.

• Maintain elementary counseling.

• High collaboration - PLC teams in all buildings.

• 90 minutes of math instruction and 120 minutes of ELA instruction per day at Elementary schools.

• Specific information about school procedures, classroom, and teachers will come directly from the students assigned school.

Student’s social, emotional, behavioral, mental health, and other needs:

• Elementary counseling services will be maintained.

• Contract with outside mental health agency to provide in-district counseling sessions.

• Return to student activities, field trips, after-school programs, and opportunities for students to socialize.

Staff’s social, emotional, mental health, and other needs:

• Provide training and time for staff to collaborate in professional learning communities.

• Continue the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) when outside counseling is needed.

• Provide more paraprofessional support to address student learning loss in the classroom.

• Completed analysis and implemented  classified pay scale for competitiveness.

• Completed enhancement of training in infectious disease protocols.

• Completed enhancement of air quality/ventilation in facilities.

• Touch free hand washing stations.

• Continue increased custodial staff and heightened sanitation in buildings.

Diagnostic and Screening testing will be the responsibility of individual families.  We recommend organizations such as Kaniksu Health Services or Panhandle Health District .

• Masks will be optional for students and staff in the Lake Pend Oreille School District. When transmission of Covid is high in our community, the option of wearing a mask is recommended. but will not be required . If you choose to wear a mask, here is the proper way.  CDC Link

• We will rely on parents to screen students for potential COVID symptoms on a daily basis.

• Accommodations will be provided for students with disabilities in their Individual Education Plan (IEP/504).

• It is imperative that parents keep students home who are not feeling well or have had potential exposure.

• We will continue to follow hand washing and respiratory etiquette. 

LPOSD's infectious and contagious disease policy link (3520)