{"id":9640,"date":"2021-08-20T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/?p=9640"},"modified":"2021-08-20T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:38:08","slug":"latest-updates-for-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/staff\/latest-updates-for-back-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Updates for Back to School"},"content":{"rendered":"

We look forward to welcoming K-12 students back to classes on Aug. 24. The first day for pre-K is Aug. 26. Learn more about our quarantine process for students and teachers, back to school forms, universal eligibility for free meals, bus transportation, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quarantine Process for Students and Teachers<\/span><\/h2>\n

In the event that one or more students must quarantine due to potential exposure to an individual with COVID-19, ACPS will use live streaming to provide instructional support for quarantined students. Live streaming allows students to view their teacher providing instruction in the physical classroom in real-time. Students will be expected to complete assignments and attend teacher office hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the event that a teacher must quarantine, students will be in class with a substitute teacher, with the regular classroom teacher instructing the class virtually.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Guidance is provided on potential scenarios for students during quarantine. For a detailed chart that provides specifics for multiple scenarios, see the<\/span> Quarantine Process for Students and Teachers<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a reminder, students and staff should not come to school or work if they are not feeling well for any reason. Please help us keep everyone in our community safe and healthy by staying home when you are sick.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lunch Process for All Students<\/span><\/h2>\n

As we return to in-person learning, ACPS students will be offered breakfast and lunch at no charge. ACPS is incorporating health and safety measures into the lunch process in all schools at all grades to ensure that all students and staff are safe during the lunch blocks of time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Air purifiers will be operational in all school cafeterias, and cafeteria spaces will be regularly and thoroughly cleaned with a sanitizing solution. During lunchtime, students will be required to sign in, wash hands, sit in assigned spaces to maintain safety pro<\/span>tocols in the cafeteria, and <\/span>use masks when not eating<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Schools will limit student capacity at lunchtime in the cafeterias. At the elementary and middle school levels, students will eat during scheduled grade level and\/or class times. Students will eat in the traditional cafeteria, though some may eat in their classrooms. At the high school level, all students will eat lunch at the same time and can decide where to eat lunch throughout the building, alleviating the crowding stress that comes from a traditional cafeteria setting in a high school. High school students will continue to utilize outdoor spaces for lunch as they have for previous years.<\/span><\/p>\n

This lunch process will allow all schools to implement health and safety protocols to minimize risk and account for contact tracing. At the same time, students will be provided with a lunchtime setting in the cafeteria or classroom with their classmates in an environment that is safe and important to socialization.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to School Forms for 2021-22<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Back to School Forms are available online via <\/span>PowerSchool Parent Access<\/span><\/a>. The goal at ACPS is to empower all families to use PowerSchool Parent Access as a tool to support their students and be a partner with the school division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Please complete your Back to School forms* by Sept. 15, 2021, to update the following:<\/span><\/p>\n