In-Person Instruction Information

Killeen High School

KISD SAFETY PROTOCOLS

• Detailed protocols can be found in the KISD COVID-19 Public Health Guide.

• The following slides are just a few bullet points of some important highlights from the plan that you will need to know if you will be participating in In-Person Instruction.

• Please read the full guide for an overview of all the things we are doing to make sure our learning environment is as safe as possible.

VISITOR RESTRICTIONS

KISD campuses will be considered closed environments to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Front office areas will be open and available for drop-offs. We encourage parents to make an appointment to speak with campus staff regarding formal meetings, parent conferences, 504, and Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meetings.

Our closed campus protocol prohibits visitors from walking students to classrooms, visiting classrooms, and eating breakfast or lunch in the cafeteria. We understand our COVID-19 mitigation efforts will change the traditional school landscape; however, all decisions have been made with the health and safety of our students, staff, and KISD community at the forefront.

Bringing Items for Students During the School Day

• If your student needs you to bring something to KHS for them during the day, please park in the front parking lot and call 336-7208. • Staff will contact your student

and send them out to retrieve the item from you.

SCREENING

Before entering any KISD facility (campus), all students, staff, and parents will be required to self-screen daily for COVID-19 symptoms.

If a student or parent recognizes COVID-19 symptoms are present, they should consult their health professional before returning to school. As soon as practical, the individual(s) will report their status/reason for absence to the relevant campus attendance officer and/or school nurse.

After reporting their absence, the individual(s) will follow the Return to Campus section of this plan.

COVID-19 SELF-SCREEN

SYMPTOMS LIST

(last updated August 4, 2020)

• Feeling feverish or a measured temperature greater than or equal to 100.0 degrees

• Loss of taste or smell• Cough• Difficulty breathing• Shortness of breath• Fatigue• Headache• Chills• Sore throat• Congestion or runny nose• Shaking or exaggerated shivering• Significant muscle pain or ache• Diarrhea• Nausea or vomiting

Face Coverings

Students and staff will be required to wear face coverings.

• All adults, staff, and students in the building will wear face coverings, especially when individuals are within six feet of one another.

• All face coverings must fully cover the nose and mouth, and unless an exception applies, be worn in a manner to cover the nose and mouth.

• Face coverings must be worn while riding the bus.

Face Coverings (cont’d)

Any artistic elements, words, logos, symbols, pictures, or other features that are not necessary for the function of the face-covering must conform and comply, as relevant, with the dress code requirements found in the Student Code of Conduct.

Campus leadership is permitted to apply the dress code standard to face coverings and retain all the options relating to enforcing the dress code to include the application of the rules, response to violations, mitigating violations, consequences/discipline.

Students who refuse to comply with the face cover requirement (to include KISD buses), and after being asked to comply, will be subject to a disciplinary referral. The referral will be made, processed, and decided upon using the same process used for any other student conduct violation.

In addition to any other disciplinary measures which may be imposed, any student found to have violated the face-covering requirement while on a KISD bus may have their bus riding privileges suspended or revoked.

SWITCHING BETWEEN VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION

If a student arrives in-person on Monday, August 31st, they will be marked as In-Person learners.

Parents will need to communicate with the campus if they would like to change platforms after August 31st.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES• We will still be using devices for

our learning!

• If you were issued a device from the school, you must bring it to school for instruction every day.

• If you have been using your own device for instruction, you may bring that device to school for your instruction here as well.

• The KHS Electronic Device Policy still applies to any device not being used for classroom instruction.

KHS ELECTRONIC DEVICE POLICY 20-21

• Electronic devices may be used in classrooms only for educational purposes as defined by the teacher.• To maximize learning and avoid distraction, electronic devices

must be silent and not visible in the classroom unless the teacher gives permission for use. This includes ear buds, headphones, and air pods.• To help teach students appropriate digital citizenship, phone

calls or texts from family should be made during passing periods or lunch. Any emergency requiring immediate contact with a student can be made by contacting the front office at 254-336-7208.• Audio or video recordings anywhere on campus without staff

approval disrupts learning and campus operations and is prohibited.

KHS ELECTRONIC DEVICE POLICY (cont’d)Electronic Device Violation• If a teacher sees an electronic device out in the classroom without permission, a verbal

warning will be given. Repeated verbal warnings can result in a referral.• If the device is visible again the student will be required to place the device in a secure

location for the remainder of the period.• Noncompliance will result in a discipline referral for insubordination.

Referrals for Insubordination may follow the progressive discipline matrix below:• Saturday Detention• 1 day of In School Suspension• 2 days of In School Suspension• 3 days of In School Suspension and Campus Probation

These behavior expectations remain consistent during supervision by all KHS staff and substitute teachers. Noncompliance will be communicated to assigned teachers for redirection according to the discipline matrix.

FIRST DAY PROCEDURES

All students whose first period is in the building must enter through the gym entrance. If your first period is in the portables, you will go there and should not enter the building.

• Bus riders will walk from the bus loop to the gym entrance or their portable.

• Parents will need to enter the student parking lot to drop students off near the gym entrance. Students will enter at the gym or head to their portable.

• Drivers will park in designated area and enter through the gym entrance or head to their portable.

• Walkers will need to enter through the gym entrance or go to their portable.

For the first two days:

• Students will need to head directly to their 1st period class upon arrival to KHS.

• If they are eating breakfast, they can pick up their food in the mobile kitchen (located in front of the gym) and then go to the small gym cafeteria and then go to 1st period.

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How does my child

know where

their 1st

period is?

• Students should have received a message from their 1st period teacher on Friday with the room number and a map.

• Parents and students can see the schedules on Home Access Center.• Under Courses, click Schedule to see

the room numbers

• If you do not know the room number for any reason, please send us a message using the QR code below and we will contact you this weekend.

FIRST DAY PROCEDURES (continued)Students will receive their schedules and a map during 1st period and will receive their IDs during 2nd period.

Attendance will be taken each period of the day. Teachers will use day to get to know students and to do the following each period:1st: Issue Schedules, review map, explain safety expectations

2nd: Issue IDs, review map, explain safety expectations

3rd: Review lunch information (locations, etc.) 4th: Review SCOC reminders

5th: Review KHS expectations, make sure that bus riders know the procedure for the afternoon

6th: Review expectations, make sure that bus riders know the procedure for the afternoon7th: Prepare students for release at the end of the day

CAFETERIA PROCEDURES

STUDENTS WHO ARE EATING SCHOOL LUNCH

WILL PICK UP THEIR FOOD IN THE MOBILE

KITCHEN LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE GYM NEAR THE STUDENT

PARKING LOT.

STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO EAT IN THE SMALL GYM CAFETERIA, THE CAFETERIA PORTABLE

(LOCATED BY ROTC BUILDING) AND OUTSIDE

BETWEEN THE SMALL GYM AND THE 200

HALLWAY.

STUDENTS NEED TO WEAR THEIR FACE

COVERING UNTIL THEY SIT DOWN TO EAT.

STUDENTS SHOULD REMAIN SEATED WHILE

IN EITHER OF THE CAFETERIAS.

FIRST DAY EXIT PROCEDURES

We will begin reminding students about bus and exit procedures during 5th and 6th periods.

During 7th period, teachers will make sure that bus riders know which bus to get on.

We will release students through announcements on the intercom.

Bus riders will exit at the end of the 200 hallway.

Walkers, drivers, and students being picked up by parents will exit through the gym lobby.

ID CARDS & SCHOOL SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION

ID cards will be given to students during their 2nd period class on August 31st. • If the student needs to take a

photo, they will receive a temporary ID and Student Activities will call them down to take their photo later in the week.

School supplies will be distributed through 2nd period classes by September 1st. • Lockers will be issued upon

request.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• KISD Student Code of Conduct• KISD Student Handbook• KISD COVID-19 Public Health Guide• KISD Return to Learn Plan: In-Person Learning

We can’t wait to see you!