Level 1
(Low Risk)
-1st Pandemic case
reported in the country
-No reported cases
in VA
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-Use of periodic
email with community health providers
-Use of website to
provide information
-primary sources
of information from CDC and local Health Department
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Normal school
access
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Normal
instructional delivery
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All regularly
scheduled activities
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Field trips
allowed, as per normal school policy
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Normal working
conditions
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Level 2
(Moderate Risk)
-First pandemic
case reported in the state of VA
-Increasing number
of cases reported in the country
-School and
community (employees, students and parents) are requested to take their
temperature twice per day if they feel ill. If temperature is 100
degrees or higher, they should stay home.
-School community
asked to report travel of students, staff and family members
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-updates to
community on status of pandemic flu in state (posted on website)
-Communicate
school’s pandemic response plan to families
-Classroom
instruction to students on pandemic disease and proper hygiene
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Normal school
access
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Normal
instructional delivery
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All scheduled
programs allowed except to affected areas
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All events will be
reviewed. Events in areas where cases have been confirmed will be
cancelled or denied
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Normal working
conditions but substitutes to be provided for employees with an elevated
temperature of 100 degrees or higher
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Level 3
(Medium Risk)
-First pandemic
case reported in the community
-Increased spread
of pandemic flu in the state of VA
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-Daily updates to
staff and community by website
-Daily classroom
updates to explain current situation in the area
-Daily instruction
on hand washing and hygiene
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-No non-school
visitors (no
exception)
-Parents must
remain in the office when picking up their children
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-Schools open for
classroom instruction only
-Daily homework
provided by teacher for any student at home
-When at Level 3,
teachers should make assignments for students to complete at home in the
event a Level 4 is reached
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-Extra-curricular
activities cancelled
-No large
gatherings allowed at school
-No school wide
assemblies
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-All special
events, field trips, travel, etc. cancelled
-No large faculty
or staff gatherings
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-All faculty and
staff report to work after assessing temps at home. (Any person with a
temp 100 or greater must stay home)
-Division
Leadership Team meets to determine how best to continue school operation
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Level 4
(High Risk)
-Spread of pandemic
flu within the school
-Schools experience
elevated absentee rates and cases are reported to Health Department
-The “outbreak
threshold” for pandemic flu is reached when 10% or greater of the
student body is absent with a medically confirmed diagnosis of flu
-Government directs
closure of schools
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Daily updates via
website and local media outlets
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-No classes held
-School facilities
available for public health usage following Red Cross Shelter protocols
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Students are to work
on previously assigned school work for completion at home
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All school facilities
closed
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-Not applicable for
students and staff
-School facilities are
used by community as needed
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Division Leadership
Team reviews process of school closure and activation of alternative
instruction program, maintenance of core operations, and process for
reopening of schools
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