October 22, 2020
Dear Great Falls Families,
Thank you for being our partner in keeping our students on campus. It is not an easy task of monitoring your child’s daily temperature and symptoms and notifying us before your child arrives on campus. We appreciate you very much. It is because parents have been so diligent about keeping symptomatic children at home and so wonderful about following all of the COVID-19 related protocols that we have successfully completed week 8 of being on campus. Continue being diligent about the procedures and know that our school nurse, Melissa Tringali, is willing to work with you and answer any medical questions that you may have regarding COVID-19 protocols. You can monitor the district cases here.
Although our diligence is paying off, we know that being prepared is important. There may be a time this year when your child’s educational cohort, class, or school may be required to move from our current yellow hybrid on-campus level to the red remote instruction level. The move would occur only after consulting with the CDC and the Superintendent in the event of a confirmed case of COVID-19 at school. If that were the case, you would receive a phone call from myself, Mrs. Etienne, or Ms. Tringali notifying you that your child may have to stay home for the duration of the designated quarantine period due to their close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19 at Great Falls. You would be asked to stay in contact with Ms. Tringali if symptoms develop with your child during the quarantine period, or if your child receives results from COVID testing.
If this were to occur, you could expect to hear from your child’s teacher with more specific details regarding your child’s academic programming. There could be a day designated for you to pick up some instructional materials from the school. Students would continue to follow their “A” and “B” schedules as currently defined in the yellow hybrid model while they receive instruction at home from their classroom teacher. Below is a sample schedule for the “A” and “B” cohorts of what instruction at home would look like if your child had to quarantine due to a positive COVID-19 exposure at school.
Again, being prepared is important and I will continue to work with my staff to be ready for any circumstance that may arise. As always, please reach out with any questions. I appreciate your partnership!
Sincerely,
Becky Fortier
Great Falls Principal
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