Our district has been in consultation with the County Department of Public Health {CDPH} to determine reopening our schools. With the downgrade in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in San Joaquin County, the County Department of Public Health has deemed it safe to begin a return to in-person instruction. While the direction from the county office actually allows us to return to campus without any reduced number of students, our board of trustees and district administration has decided to take a slower approach out of an abundance of caution.
Prior to the student's return to campus on January 4th, faculty and staff will return to campus before Winter Break to collaborate around the new format and schedule for in-person instruction, and to walk through safety and sanitation protocols.
For more information about health and safety protocols in relation to the return to school, we encourage our students and families to refer to the MHHS COVID-19 Guidance document. Please also pay special attention to the mask expectations for all students, faculty, and staff. Parents will also be required to self-assess their child’s health every morning before sending them to school by using the Daily Screener tool.
In addition, we encourage our families to visit our COVID-19 Guidance webpage on our website.
In preparation for students’ return to campus, we want to go through basic safety and sanitization protocols with our community so that we follow the precautionary measures needed to minimize potential exposure, and to talk about effective sanitization procedures that will be in place for all students, faculty, and staff. The administration will be holding our student safety protocol meeting for parents, students, and the community during the regularly scheduled School Site Council Meeting on November 18, 2020 at 7:00 P.M. This meeting will be held virtually, and administrators will be available for questions and answers at this time. Links to this meeting will be available at a later date.
When students return to campus, MHHS will be splitting our campus into two different cohorts based on their ID number. Our goal is to minimize the number of students on campus and in classrooms during the school day. Students with even ID numbers will be in Group A and Students with odd ID numbers will be in Group B. Students in the same family will be placed in the same cohort group regardless of their ID number.
Our bell schedule will remain the same, however, students will only come to campus 2 days each week depending on their cohort group. Students in group A will attend periods 1-4 on Monday, and periods 5-7 on Thursday. Students in group B will attend periods 1-4 on Tuesday, and periods 5-7 on Friday. Wednesday will be a distance learning day.
We are excited to welcome our students back to campus this year. We want to be open, transparent, and collaborative as we develop plans and procedures moving forward. If you have questions, concerns, or ideas, we welcome your input, and will do our best to actively solicit feedback.
Sincerely,
MHHS Administration
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County Public Health Department has moved us to “Red” and allows us to return to campus with safety and sanitization measures in place.
LUSD has decided to take a measured approach to come back with the hybrid cohort model until further notice.
Students will Return to school on 01/04/2021
MHHS COVID-19 Document has specifics about health and safety protocols.
Pay special attention to mask expectations and self screening guidelines
Student population will be split in half using ID numbers with Group A (even) and Group B (Odd)
Same bell schedule established during distance learning will be followed
Group A will come to school on Monday (Period 1-4) and Thursday (Period 5-7)
Group B will come to school on Tuesday (Period 1-4) and Friday (Period 5-7)
Student and Parent Safety meeting will be held during School Site Council on 11/18/2020 at 7:00 P.M.
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