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Sisters School District EOP

The Pandemic Plan considered: School and District Impact and Issues ● Potential for school closings ● Large numbers of staff absent, difficult to maintain school operations ● Loss of services from suppliers (e.g. food services and transportation) ● Student absenteeism elevated above normal trends ● Parents who choose to keep children at home ● Loss of ability to continue operations in support departments Community Impacts ● Large percentages of the population may be unable to work for days to weeks during the pandemic ● Significant numbers of people and expertise would be unavailable ● Emergency and essential services such as fire, police, and medical would be diminished ● School operations could be affected ● Financial and social impacts of prolonged schools’ closures ● Methods of continued instruction should schools’ close Basic Goals in Pandemic Planning ● Limit illness, the spread of illness, and emotional trauma ● Preserve continuity of essential functions ● Minimize social and educational disruption ● Minimize instructional loss Access Control ● Follow visitor and volunteer policies that enables school administrators to control access to the buildings. ● Each school should have a plan to lock out certain entrances and exits and to monitor others, if necessary. ● Identify a main entrance and an indoor screening area where students and staff will be screened prior to moving to classrooms or other areas of the building for each school.