TMS In-Person Announcement

COVID data in our region and school continues to suggest that we are ready to offer in person learning 5 days a week for all "in person" learners. Beginning Monday, March 8th, our plan is to welcome all in person learners on campus everyday. The hybrid plan will no longer be an option. If you are worried about your child attending school 5 days a week with a larger group of students than we have had in classrooms during our hybrid plan, please let us know if you wish to switch your child to a “remote only” schedule. If you choose “remote only,” your child will not have the option of returning to the physical school building for the remainder of the school year. Finally, please be advised that Google Meets are now only available for students who are quarantined or COVID positive. All other absences should also be communicated to the school office, but are expected to follow our typical make-up procedures. As we transition away from the hybrid schedule, it is imperative that students make in-person attendance a priority when healthy and not stay home merely for the convenience of being able to attend remotely.

Looking forward to having everyone back,

Matthew Noyes, Ed. D

THS In-Person Announcement

The week of March 8 for Triad High School will continue as hybrid attendance as noted in the THS Academic Calendar update on the school website. Beginning Monday, March 22, the high school’s plan is to welcome all in person learners five days a week. The hybrid plan will no longer be an option. As our community and school metrics for COVID have decreased since the beginning of January, we believe it is best that all students return to school full time. We will continue to emphasize our mitigation strategies of daily health checks, mask wearing, frequent cleaning of surfaces, and air circulation with open windows in the classroom.

Be advised that Google Meets will only be available for students who are quarantined, COVID positive, or designated as full time remote learners. All other absences should be communicated with the school office and are expected to follow our typical make-up procedures by contacting the teacher. If students attend a Google Meet and are not designated in the groups stated above, they will be removed from the Google Meet in the teachers classroom. As we move away from the hybrid schedule, It is imperative that students make in-person attendance a priority and not stay home merely for the convenience of being able to attend remotely.

The school day will continue to be the same, 7:30-12:30.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me.

Rodney Winslow

Triad High School Principal

rodney.winslow@tcsud2.org

Dear Parents/Guardians:

As we mentioned in our last district communication, the rising cases of COVID in our area continue to impact our ability to provide daily in-person instruction with our current schedules. We are in constant contact with the Madison County Health Department and have learned that the most recent spike in cases is likely linked to large gatherings in our area and not associated with transmission within our schools. To date, the district has not had an IDPH documented outbreak or a known case of transmission within a school building confirmed by the Madison County Health Department.

We continue to be confident that in-person learning can be conducted in a safe manner. Our 14-day lookback window for active COVID cases shows 24 positive staff in isolation and 32 staff in close contact quarantine. Our student data for the number of positive cases has not increased at the same rate as staff, with 47 students district-wide testing positive in the past 14 days and an additional 215 students now quarantined for close contact. So, if the past two weeks are any indication of the impact social gatherings have on the district’s ability to staff our buildings and the number of students who are unable to attend in-person, then the district needs to be prepared to operate differently when we return after the Thanksgiving break.

It continues to be our goal to maintain as much in-person learning as we can while allowing time for teachers at specific grade levels to work together when providing remote lessons for their students. The daily schedule for K-6 will be modified for two weeks: November 30-December 4 and December 7 - 11. We will re-evaluate our schedule in early December and make changes based on active COVID cases in our area and schools.

Pre-K through Fifth Grade will be converting from a full day every day, to an alternate week schedule for the 2 weeks after Thanksgiving Break.

November 30th-December 4th:

• PreK AM - 1st grade, 3rd grade, and 5th grade - IN-PERSON

• Pre-K PM - Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade - FULL REMOTE

December 7th-December 11th:

• Pre-K PM - Kindergarten, 2nd grade, and 4th grade - IN-PERSON

• PreK AM - 1st grade, 3rd grade, and 5th grade - FULL REMOTE

November 30th - December 11th: 6th Grade will follow the same hybrid schedule as 7th and 8th grades

All Triad Elementary Schools will dismiss early at 1:15 PM on Tuesday, November 24th. Triad High School and Middle School will end in-person instruction on the normal schedule, however, no afternoon student services will be offered on Tuesday, November 24. Students will leave the campus at dismissal: TMS @ 12:15 pm and THS @ 12:30 pm.

We understand the inconvenience and hardship placed on teachers, students, and parents right now. These decisions are difficult to make knowing the importance of attempting to maintain in-person learning as opposed to going full remote. Please help us keep everyone safe by wearing a mask when in public, practicing social distancing and proper hygiene, and most importantly avoiding large social gatherings that will better ensure you and your family’s safety.

Leigh Lewis, Superintendent of Schools

Dear Parents/Guardians:

I know everything about COVID has put an unbelievable amount of stress on our communities. I continue to have confidence in our communities, our Triad staff, and student’s desire to be doing everything within their power to remain in school. I must emphasize this continues to require everyone’s help. Please re-double your efforts to stay safe and keep your families safe by wearing a mask when in public, practicing social distancing and proper hygiene while avoiding large social gatherings, something we know is a great sacrifice as we enter into the holiday season.

As students get ready to report to school for our final days before Thanksgiving, we would like to re-emphasize the importance of completing a self-health screening. If you suspect that your child has come into close contact with someone who has COVID-19 and/or is showing COVID signs/symptoms, please keep your child home and contact the school. We appreciate your attention to establish this safety protocol as part of your daily routine and encourage you to continue efforts to maintain a safe in-person learning environment for everyone. Families and secondary students must do the following:

• Use the tile labeled “Wellness Screening” within the Skyward portal daily to certify that students are ready to report to school and do not exhibit new-onset symptoms related to COVID-19;

• Stay home if he or she has come in close contact with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 or someone who has tested and waiting on results;

• Stay home if he or she tested positive in the past 14 days;

Families or students who have not already downloaded the Skyward app through their mobile app store on their iPhone or Android phone are encouraged to do so. Once launched, search for the student account by associating with the district name: Triad CUSD#2.

In recent weeks, our region has continued to see a rise in the number of positive cases. This rise in positive cases results in the identification of close contacts who must quarantine. A high number of quarantined individuals have had an effect on the district’s ability to operate. While we have been fortunate with our mitigation efforts in our schools, the ripple effect from community spread is now becoming problematic as we are facing the daily challenge of providing enough staff to operate our schools.

We continue to evaluate the status and format for in-person instruction based on metrics from the health departments, the number of current student COVID-19 cases within the schools, and the availability of staff. The possibility remains that we could shift our learning plan format at any time. If that decision is made, it will be based on one of two reasons: 1) The district does not have adequate staff to operate school safely, or 2) The district has evidence of COVID 19 transmission within our schools.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of our Triad team members, families, and students who are working to maintain a safe, in-person learning environment for everyone. We understand the importance of in-person learning and will strive to provide it as long as we can safely do so.

Leigh Lewis, Superintendent of Schools

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Students and parents certainly returned to a “different kind of school” than what they’ve known as “school” this year. Students are learning in different ways, eating in different parts of the school building, having lessons outdoors more often and following stricter rules and guidelines when having to decide whether to stay home or come to school.

We expect that allowing symptomatic students to come to school will become more complex due to the similarities between symptoms of COVID-19 and symptoms of other conditions like cold, flu, seasonal allergies, etc. We continue to work closely with the Madison County Health Department and are joining with other area school districts to communicate to families to get tested if someone in the household is experiencing symptoms related to COVID-19.

We also want to continue to reinforce our Wellness Screening procedures. The concept is very simple… the first step of preventing the spread of the virus in our schools is to stop it from entering the classroom environment. This mitigation strategy should serve as a daily reminder to students and parents that any symptom is a warning and as a result they should not attend school. Our school nurses follow up with families to discuss the symptoms reported and to assist with recommendations for care. These discussions and decisions for student exclusion from school focus on establishing if the student’s symptoms are “new- meaning in a way not normal to you”, or “not attributed to another known health condition”.

I hope you take the time to review the attached letter and understand we are fortunate to be in an area that has expanded testing services to prevent the spread of the virus. Madison County’s positivity percentage has gone down; therefore, the County is no longer in warning status. Please continue to help slow the spread of the virus in our area and communities.

Leigh Lewis, Superintendent of Schools

Dear Parents or Guardians:

We are excited to have our elementary classrooms, prekindergarten through sixth grade, back to attending school every day. We know that in-person learning is the best way to meet our students’ needs and to assess their progress. Having a full classroom of students means that we need parents and students to be extra thorough each morning when completing the wellness screening checklist.

Wellness Screening Question #1 - In the last 24 hours, have you experienced any of the following symptoms in a way not normal to you.

• Congestion or runny nose

• Cough

• Diarrhea

• Fatigue

• Fever and/or temperature of 100.4 or greater

• Headache

• Muscle or body aches

• Nausea or vomiting

• New loss of taste of smell

• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

• Sore throat

Children should not attend school if they are exhibiting these symptoms. Please understand that staff will follow the current IDPH guidance, once a student reports to school and exhibits these symptoms, you will be requested to pick up the symptomatic student as well as any siblings in attendance.

Wellness Screening Question #2 - In the last 14 days, have you been in close contact with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 or tested positive yourself?

Symptom free children should not attend school if the child has been...

• in close contact with someone who is being tested for Covid-19 (i.e. a household member is waiting for a test result).

• in close contact with someone who is suspected to have Covid-19 (i.e. household members have symptoms listed above).

• in close contact with someone who has tested positive for Covid-19.

If you can answer yes to any of the above statements, please do not send your child to school and contact the school nurse to report the reason for your child's absence.

Keeping our students and staff healthy and safe each day is our first and most important priority. We need your help to ensure that we are taking every precaution necessary each day. Knowing that wellness screenings and quarantines are new to families, please call the school nurse to discuss “how to” make the right decision on whether or not to keep your child home. In order to keep the virus out of our schools, we need to work together and be extra cautious.

Leigh Lewis, Superintendent of Schools

Dear Parents or Guardians:

Prekindergarten through 6th grade students will move to full in-person learning, PLAN A, beginning Monday, September 14th. Students who currently have been attending following the A/B schedule will begin attending every school day on September 14th. The hybrid A/B plan helped us safely ease into a school year full of new procedures and protocols - from managing car traffic and breakfast procedures to practicing social distancing indoors and outdoors.

All the new procedures and protocols have also proven to be effective mitigation strategies in our schools. Health screenings, mask wearing and social distancing throughout the school day have allowed our community schools to safely provide in-person instruction. Our efforts, combined with your participation and cooperation, has kept the virus from being transmitted in our schools. Thank you for completing daily wellness checks, understanding when students and siblings are sent home due to the onset of symptoms and providing masks and water bottles to ensure safety for your child and the entire school community. While this transition is not a full return to normal, it is the next step towards reaching a normal school routine that our students need.

Please understand that we’ve discussed safety concerns and we’ve contacted several experts in the medical field to help us make decisions during this difficult and uncertain time.

In an effort to help you feel more comfortable, we’ve included the following information:

• Area pediatricians who monitor the data of young children continue to tell us that the increase in the number of positive cases are not coming from in-school transmission, especially among our youngest students.

• The district monitors data provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health which includes an added new metric that shows the increase in youth cases each week.

• The district also monitors data provided by The Madison County Health Department. Keep in mind that data can be interpreted in different ways. The district closely monitors the number of active positive cases in our district (62294, 62061 and 62281).

Knowing that school-age students are more likely to pick up the virus at a community event or within their home, the district is concerned about Madison County’s rise in cases. A continued increase in positive cases in Madison County has potential to impact whether or not students can stay in school. We need everyone’s help to keep the virus out of our communities, homes and schools. We are hopeful students will continue to follow good practices and strategies that keep them healthy - wearing masks, washing hands, and social distancing.

Leigh Lewis, Superintendent of Schools

Dear Triad Families,

The purpose of this message is to update parents on the district’s plans moving forward. At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, the principals and I shared with the Board of Education how well the start of the school year has gone. The Board has heard from many pleased parents and in some cases have first-hand knowledge of how excited students are to be back to school. The hybrid A/B schedule has allowed us to safely experiment with new routines, procedures and different ways to organize a classroom. In my last communication, I shared the most recent Madison County metrics that indicated our County would be moving from blue to orange (warning) if the spread of the virus didn’t slow down or improve. It is still likely that Madison County will remain in “orange” for two consecutive weeks as predicted based on monitoring the Madison County Health Department’s Dashboard. The Illinois Department of Public Health just this week added a new metric labeled “Metrics for School Determination of Community Spread.” I will review those metrics each week when they are posted.

Instead of relying solely on Madison County metrics to decide whether or not Triad will continue in-person learning, the Board of Education supports my recommendation to work with local physicians and to consider district cases in addition to paying close attention to our County’s metrics.

We will continue the hybrid schedule for Grades PreK-6 until at least Friday, September 4th. At that time, we will evaluate if Prek-6 can return to its original plan of students attending five days a week beginning Tuesday, September 8th or will remain in the hybrid schedule. Grades 7th -12th will remain on the hybrid A/B schedule at least through the end of the first quarter. For 7th-12th grades, the A/B schedule will include changing the Wednesday “Remote Day” to an in-person day alternating between the two alphabet groups. We’ve also changed the Remote Planning Day when no students attend from Friday, September 18th to Friday, October 9th [View Calendar Schedule - Red Denotes Changes].

Even though we are not planning at this time to move to full remote learning district-wide, it is important for parents to understand that something could cause us to shift and make an abrupt decision to change our plan. Our communities can demonstrate that they value in-person instruction by being vigilant about wearing masks and practicing social distancing. These simple steps should be practiced not just at school, but outside our school buildings as well. Our students' should only attend in-person when healthy and non-symptomatic. Please remember that exposures outside of school will ultimately impact the District’s ability to provide in-person learning.

We are anxious to get back to school as we knew it with the adaptation of a few changes. We appreciate your continued patience, as we understand that these changes can be disruptive and cause confusion for families. We will do our best to keep parents, caregivers, teachers, and students informed of all changes. Thank you for your continued patience and cooperation as we navigate our way through this pandemic.

Leigh Lewis, Superintendent of Schools

Dear Parents/Guardians,

This release is to inform you that a Triad High School staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. While this employee has been in contact with other employees and students during our first week of instruction, the employee notified the district once becoming symptomatic over the weekend. The school district has contacted the Madison County Health Department as well as the Regional Office of Education #41 to inform them of this positive test. The employee has been self-quarantined since taking the test. This message is to inform families of students who attend THS and explain that the students are at low risk of transmission due to our school mitigation strategies and procedures. It is important that you continue to monitor your child’s health and be aware of any COVID-19 symptoms that may appear in the future.

At this time, all students and staff that have had close contact as defined by CDC guidelines have been contacted separately and informed that they are restricted from all district activities for the duration of the quarantine period.

The school district encourages all community members to maintain safe social distances, wear masks in public when social distancing cannot be maintained and wash your hands so that we may all help our students return to school safely this fall.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact an administrator. Thank you and be safe!

Rodney Winslow, Triad High School Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Thank you for a very successful start to the school year. Even after changing many long-standing procedures and routines, the students and staff have shared several highlights:

• Kids are excited to be back at school.

• They are learning and making new friends even with new rules in place.

• We have embraced learning in fun and new spaces around our schools.

Unfortunately, our area is now the first region in the state to have restrictive mitigations triggered by a recent surge of COVID-19 cases. Area district administrators continue to collaborate and review the recently released Illinois Department of Public Health metrics that provide information about levels of community transmission of COVID-19 within specific counties of Illinois.

At this time, the district plans to continue with the in-person learning plan, but adjusting the A/B schedule. Starting this week ALL students Pre-K through 12th grade will continue to operate on an A/B schedule. Pre-k - 6th grade students will remain on the A/B schedule instead of transitioning to full attendance. Essentially, ALL students attending on Monday and Thursday and Tuesday and Friday will remain on that same schedule. This modified A/B schedule will include students attending in-person on Wednesdays. Refer to the updated schedule on our Return to Learn website to see what Wednesdays your student(s) will be attending.

At this time, Madison County remains “Blue,” which indicates stable levels of transmission within our county. However, over the last few weeks, the positivity rate and number of cases per 100,000 of the county’s population have continued to rise. In the event that the Madison County metrics rise to levels that result in the county being issued a “Warning” designation for two consecutive weeks, the district will transition to remote learning. If the county’s metrics do not improve, the district will transition to full remote learning as early as Monday, August 31st, which would be the result of two consecutive weeks in “Warning” status.

Full remote learning will continue until the county has moved out of “Warning” for two consecutive weeks. These metrics and other information about the “Warning” designation can be found at https://www.dph.illinois.gov/countymetrics?county=Madison.

We understand that this decision will create hardships for our students, parents, and staff, but we must continue to operate throughout this pandemic with the safety of our students and staff as our first priority. Please help to stop the spread in our county by practicing these simple health and safety practices:

1. Wear a face covering

2. Wash hands and sanitize often

3. When possible, practice social distancing

Thank you for your help in stopping the spread of COVID-19 and for your continued patience as we navigate this pandemic.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

As students get ready to report to school for the 1st day of instruction, we would like to emphasize the importance of completing a self-health screening to report students are symptom-free and unaware of a COVID-19 exposure in the past 14 days. While this is a new process for parents and students, we have a high expectation of establishing this protocol as part of our return to school safety procedures. Please take a moment to review this information.

Health Screenings

All secondary students (6-12) will be asked to complete a Covid-19 Wellness Screening found within the student's Skyward account. Students or parents can use the tile labeled “Wellness Screening” within the Skyward portal to certify every day that they do not exhibit symptoms related to Covid-19. The screening will provide a date associated with each certification. Students should be prepared to display the certification for their homeroom teacher (either through the Skyward app or as a screenshot). They may also show the certification by date on their Chromebooks. In addition, temperature checks may be performed prior to classes starting or on an as-needed basis.

Students may download the Skyward app through their mobile app store on their iPhone or Android phone. They will need to search for their account by associating with the district name: Triad CUSD#2. All account names have been set up using each students’ triadlive.org user account.

Parents of PreK through 5th-grade students can also complete the wellness screening through the Skyward Family Access Portal either through the computer or mobile app. The district will be providing ID cards with a lanyard and mask clip to all PreK-5th grade students. Parents are asked to ensure that their child is wearing the badge to school to identify that they are symptom-free and the health check has been conducted prior to leaving the home. Lanyards will be distributed to students on the 1st day of instruction.

Wellness

To emphasize the information posted on the district website concerning Health and Wellness, students and staff need to abide by these three important practices:

1. Wearing of Masks - Students and staff are expected to wear masks within our school buildings. We encourage students to view the following video about the proper way to wear a mask: Masks Tips and Topics

2. Social Distancing - An emphasis on developing a culture of practicing social distancing will be a primary focus in the building.

3. Frequently Washing Hands - Proper handwashing techniques will continue to be emphasized. Hand sanitizers have also been placed in each classroom.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Dear Parents/Guardians,

On August 12th students will be returning to the “classrooms” for either remote or in-person learning. All students, Pre-kindergarten thru 12th grade, will experience teaching and learning differently. The district office will be sending out periodic messages to parents before August 12th to emphasize this year’s new procedures, schedules and guidelines. Stay tuned to important messages and videos on the district website starting next week.

First and most importantly, students must be screened before coming to school. If students exhibit flu-like symptoms or have been in close contact with a person who has a confirmed COVID-19, the student must remain home and will not be penalized for missing school.

Before the school day begins, we are asking all parents to complete a daily home health screening for each student. The entire screening process has been outlined on our Health & Wellness web page for your review. Below is a summary of the initial symptom checklist that indicates a possible illness that may decrease the student’s ability to learn and also put them at risk for spreading illness to others.

• Temperature 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher when taken by mouth

• Sore throat

• New uncontrolled cough that causes difficulty breathing (for students with chronic allergic/asthmatic cough, a change in their cough from baseline)

• Diarrhea, vomiting, or abdominal pain

• New onset of severe headache, especially with a fever

• Loss of smell or taste

This year the district will be providing ID cards with a lanyard and mask clip to each PK-5 student. Parents will ensure that PK-5 students wear the badge to school to identify that they are symptom-free and the health check has been conducted prior to leaving the home. Secondary students, with a mobile device, will be able to use the Triad mobile app to complete a symptom-free pledge each day. School personnel will be taking students’ temperature each day.

PK-5 students will receive their lanyard and mask clips on their first day of school and 7th-12th grade students will receive instructions on how to complete the symptom-free pledge each day.

Lastly, we want to make sure you are aware of the adjustment to the schedule for student attendance at the start of our school year. All in-person students will begin the school year on an alternating day schedule split up by the alphabet. With new procedures and guidelines in place, it is important to dedicate time to learning new routines and expectations. Please refer to the calendar listed on the Return to Learn Instruction page to determine your student’s daily schedule for in-person attendance.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

The Triad Community Unit School District continues to develop its Reopening-Return to Learn Plan for the 2020-2021 school year.

We understand as parents/guardians you have questions about the district’s reopening plans. The value of in person interaction between student and teacher is key to student success and learning. Currently, Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan allows for districts to return to in-person learning if districts can put safety measures in place for students and staff that mitigate risk. The district has developed three plans for the 2020-2021 school year with the cooperation of administrative staff, teachers, support staff, union leadership and medical professionals.

We have a dedicated tab on the district’s main website (www.triadunit2.org) for you to review the most up-to-date information related to the reopening of school on August 12th. Please understand that the content on our website can be changed based upon the recommendations and guidelines set forth by the Illinois State Board of Education and Illinois Department of Public Health. We expect the data to evolve during the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore it is likely the district will update the site to reflect changes.

After reviewing the information provided on our districts return to learn website, we recognize that the conditions for some families may not allow for their children to return to school. We have prepared a form for families to indicate if they would like to opt-out of in-person learning and select remote learning for the first quarter or semester of the school year.

We are asking ALL families to complete a form in the Skyward Family Access (http://www.triadunit2.org/staff/skyward_access_login) portal labeled “Re-Opening Learning Choice”. This form will allow parents to indicate the learning option for each child to be enrolled in for the 1st quarter for K-8 and 1st semester for 9-12. Remote learners at the K-8 levels can opt into in person learning at the beginning of each quarter. 9-12 students have the option to opt into in person learning at the beginning of each semester. Each learning option has one additional question to assist with our preparations. Families will have until Monday, July 27, 2020, to complete this form. Families who do not complete the form will be enrolled as in-person learners and will not appear on a bus route.

Please help us prepare for the upcoming school year by filling out the form by Monday, July 27th.

Thank you for completing online registration and giving us feedback on our most recent re-opening survey. Your responses, in combination with guidance from local health professionals and agencies, will help us develop a comprehensive Return to School Plan. While the plan is being developed over the next several weeks, we will continue to communicate with you so that you and your students become informed and ready for the 2020-2021 school year to begin. The purpose of today’s communication is to provide families and students with a snapshot of what to expect next school year.

1. Everyday in-person learning will be offered K-12 beginning August 12th. Families will have the option to have their students receive their instruction remotely. Any family who chooses one or more of their children to enroll in the “remote” learning option must commit for the entire first quarter or semester. Students will be allowed to change to in-person learning at the end of the first quarter or first semester. Families will have until July 27th to decide between in-person or remote learning to begin the 2020-21 school year. Please note that while all schools will attempt to offer as many courses as possible via remote learning, some courses may not be able to be taught virtually.

All students who choose remote learning will still need to complete regular online registration.

2. School hours, lunch procedures and dismissal times and routines will change.

The academic day at all elementary schools will begin at 8:50 am and end at 2:30 PM.

• Beyond the Bell Services will be available from 6:30 AM until the beginning of school and after school until 6:00 PM.

• All elementary students will eat lunch at school. Lunch will be organized differently in order to keep students spread out. Classrooms, the cafeteria and the outside will be used during lunch periods.

The academic day at Triad Middle School will begin at 7:45 AM and end at 12:15 PM.

• Students will attend six academic classes every day for class periods of 40 to 45 minutes.

• Students will be able to purchase a boxed lunch to take with them at the end of the school day.

• Spaces, supervision and instruction will be available for those students who need to stay to participate in band, tutoring, athletics or other extra-curricular activities.

• Teachers will be available during designated times in the afternoon to work with small groups of students in-person or remotely.

The academic day at Triad High School will begin at 7:30 AM and end at 12:30 PM.

• Students will attend six academic classes every day for periods of 45 to 50 minutes.

• Students will be able to purchase a boxed lunch to take with them at the end of the school day.

• Spaces and instructors will be available for those students who need to stay to participate in band, tutoring, athletics or other extra-curricular activities.

• Teachers will be available during designated times in the afternoon to work with small groups of students in-person or remotely.

*Keep in mind that the district will include in its comprehensive Return to School Plan staggered arrival and dismissal schedules that include bus transportation, vehicle transport and student drivers.

3. Most importantly know that Triad’s comprehensive Return to School Plan will include the incorporation of guidelines from state and local health officials: Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Department of Public Health and Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Keep in mind that these health agencies and health professionals update the guidance documents continually as they learn more about the virus in our region.