Waxahachie ISD has posted a series of guide documents for the 2020-2021 school year to its website following a late-July board meeting and final decisions based on TEA requirements about how to handle the start of the fall semester amid a global pandemic.
A total of four documents pertain to the district’s reopening plans:
- Fall 2020 School Year Guidance Elementary School
- Fall 2020 School Year Guidance Secondary – Grades 6-12
- 2020-2021 School Year Guidance Disease Mitigation Guidelines for Parents and Students
- Fall 2020 School Year Guidance – Special Education
As anticipated, the plans depend heavily on a strategy of face mask requirements for grades 4 and up, social distancing as much as possible and frequent cleaning of school facilities.
Also mentioned in the guides are protocols for screening students and faculty for COVID-19, how visitors and teacher-parent meetings will be handled, and somewhat vague guidelines for how classrooms will be arranged to mitigate disease risks with a statement that additional guidelines can be found in campus-level documents.
The district’s guide for special education has a more detailed exposition on protocol to be followed.
The documents are available for download at https://www.wisd.org/apps/pages/Guidance20-21.
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