By Michael S. Hoey
Correspondent
The Delavan-Darien School Board has approved a draft plan to reopen its schools this fall for face-to-face learning with safety precautions in place. The plan could change as a result of developments with COVID-19 or as a result of input from several listening sessions the district has been hosting.
Administrator Jill Sorbie presented the plan July 13. It’s based on four tenants: safety, instruction, flexibility and health. Student and staff safety is a top priority and the plan is based on guidance from the Center for Disease Control and state and county health department guidelines.
The preference for instruction is traditional classroom learning in a safe environment but includes blended learning in the event traditional learning cannot take place. The plan is flexible enough to allow for a fluid response and district support will focus on the health, wellness and social and emotional wellbeing for all students, Sorbie said.
The plan outlines several reasons why students should not attend school including underlying health conditions, a rash, a temperature above 100.4 degrees, vomiting, coughs and colds, diarrhea, and contact with someone who has COVID-19.
It also advises parents to screen their children for things like a cough, the chills, muscle pain, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, headache, shortness of breath, runny nose, and fever each day before sending them to school.
Read details on the plan in the complete story, which is featured in the July 23 Delavan Enterprise.
