Reopening Plan
published July 20, 2020
2020-2021 School Calendar BACK TO SCHOOL START DATES:Aug 13, 2020 - First Day Grades K-6 & 9; Half Day Students No Back to School Registration Event this year. |
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Student Bus / Transportation Request Information & Form 2020-2021 Important School Lunch/Breakfast Information from Nutrition Services and Lunchtime Solutions 2020 Summer Mailer: "Need to Know" with IMPORTANT DISTRICT INFO [Español] |
South Sioux City Community Schools
“STRONGER TOGETHER”
Back to School 2020-2021
We feel it is important to keep our stakeholders updated about plans for future education in South Sioux City Community Schools, specifically reopening this Fall. Many of our staff, students and families continue to experience economic hardships, social isolation, and stress. The schools are a critical component of the South Sioux City and Dakota City communities. Education has a tremendous impact on the health, well-being, growth, and development of students and families. Education is a fundamental determinant of health because it cultivates life skills, knowledge and reasoning, social-emotional awareness and control, and community engagement, which serve people over the course of a lifetime. We realize our schools often function as a resource for addressing core needs such as nutrition, access to health services, social support and engagement of the community as a whole.
The spring of 2020 brought about unprecedented changes to our society and our education system. As we look forward to the 2020-21 school year, we have to anticipate and plan for the unknown. District leadership has been working diligently this summer and continues to work closely with the local health officials, the teacher association, NDE and national experts on our reopening plan. We have surveyed and gathered input from several stakeholder groups including staff, parents and community members. The present contingency plan includes different scenarios in a color coded matrix. It is also a working model and constantly changing according to new data.
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Currently we are operating in Phase III and that is the yellow color. If we were to start school today we would operate using the directives or recommendations shown in the yellow column. If/when that changes we will change it above and communicate the change accordingly.
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***Please note the Community Covid Dial may vary from the Dakota County Health Phases; for school purposes we will use the Dakota County Phases.*** |
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Implement preventative practices and additional proactive measures i.e. good handwashing.
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Criteria for Self-Provided Face Coverings:
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Want more information? Click on each plan below for more information and details:
Health and Safety Plan |
Scheduling & Instruction Plan |
Facilities Plan |
Staff Return to Work Plan |
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Click here if you would like to apply for 100% online learning. |
Information on this page and the reopening plan is subject to change.