2021 COVID-19 School Specific Guidance Checklist - Bessie Carmichael

• Will students be kept in small cohorts throughout the day?
  • Yes
• What is the maximum size of cohorts at the school (including staff)?
  • 16
• What is the maximum number of cohorts at the school?
  • 27
• Will other staff interact with these cohorts throughout the day? If so, please detail.
  • Yes
  • There may be staff from community based organizations that will provide lunch and recess enrichment activities. Students with specialized services may receive those services from subcontracted staff. This staff will include site administrator, school nurse, social worker or other support staff, and CBO staff who are supporting recess or lunch.
• Does the school maintain a roster of the cohorts that all students and staff are assigned to, or will this be ready by the time SFDPH conducts its site visit?
  • Yes
• How will cohorts be separated during recess?
  • Designated paths to and from recess areas have been identified for all cohorts. All cohorts will use areas designated by grade in the play yard. Each cohort area will be marked with paint to identify designated cohort areas. (See Bessie Carmichael Flow Diagram).
• How will cohorts be separated during meals?
  • Students will either eat in their cohort's classroom or outdoors. For outdoor eating, lunch times will be staggered to prevent mixing of cohorts and to maximize use of outdoor space. Areas will be designated for each class with places marked 6 feet apart for students to sit. For indoor eating, students will eat in their cohort classrooms and will eat at their desks. Desks will have at least 6 ft of space facing the same direction. Some desks may be shared, but will have dividers.
• Please detail any efforts to minimize cohort intermingling during after-school programming.
  • N/A
• Please add any other detail on your cohorting practices.
  • N/A

• Classrooms—How will rooms be set up to encourage physical distancing?

• Classrooms—Will staff remain at least 6 ft away from others at all times and are desks set up accordingly?
  • Yes
• What steps are being taken to distance students from each other during meals?
  • Bessie Carmichael will have two lunch periods where students will eat outside in their assigned outdoor cohort areas. If there is rain/wet weather, students will eat in their classroom. For outdoor eating, students will be situated in order to maintain social distancing. To maintain distancing indoors while eating, students will be in their cohort classroom and will eat at their desks. District-provided meals will be delivered to the students (whether to the classrooms or outdoors), bagged or individually plated. No shared tables or self-service buffets will be used. Hands will be washed before and after eating, and eating areas will be cleaned and disinfected between different classes. Students will be instructed to not talk while eating until they are done and masks are back on.
• What steps are being taken to distance students from each other during recess?
  • Student cohorts will have designated areas painted in the school yards and recess times will be staggered by cohort. Within each designated play yard area, 6 feet markers will be painted to encourage distancing. Staff will be present to help enforce distancing
• What steps are being taken to distance staff from one another, such as in staff lounges?
  • Bessie Carmichael will have one shared space, a Staff Lounge (216) on the 2nd floor. Steps taken to distance staff will include occupancy limits, marked areas, signage, and education. Each space will have maximum occupancy limits based on 6 feet of distancing. The floor will be marked to identify spaces to sit and stand that are 6 feet apart. Signaged will be included to remind staff to stay 6 feet apart, to keep face masks on unless eating, to wash hands before and after eating, and to disinfect any area after they use it. Staff will be discouraged from eating together. Every adult will have a designated eating area in the building.
• Please add any other detail on your physical distancing practices.
  • N/A

• Are you planning to utilize outdoor spaces for instruction?
  • Not at this time
• Detail any outdoor spaces located within your school grounds that you plan to use for outdoor instruction.
  • N/A
• Detail any outdoor spaces located nearby your school grounds that you plan to use for outdoor instruction (i.e. parks).
  • N/A
• Please add any other detail on how you plan to conduct outdoor instruction.
  • N/A

What steps will you take to control the flow of individuals at school entrances?

What steps will you take to control the flow of individuals in hallways?

What steps will you take to control the mixing of cohorts in outdoor school grounds?

Teachers and students will be go through safety protocols and expectations on the first day of school. Students will always be supervised by an adult. Adults will monitor students to control the non-mixing of students.

Will you stagger school start times by cohort?

No. The school drop-off plan and staggering in-person learning days for cohorts will allow the school to sufficiently meet SFDPH guidelines around physical distancing, while allowing a uniform start time for all cohorts.

Will you stagger cohort drop-off times by cohort?

Bessie Carmichael will stagger drop-off and pick-up times to decrease density at entrances and exits of the school and to minimize contact. PK and TK parent drop-off along Sherman St, K-5 parent drop-off will be dropped off on a different part of Sherman St. Staff and bus drop-off will be along 7th, staff will have an alternative entry along Harrison St.

Please detail any other efforts to control the flow of individuals within the school to prevent spread of COVID-19.

In addition, Bessie Carmichael will use markings, signage, and education to control flows and prevent spread of COVID-19. As noted in the questions above, entrances, hallways, and outdoor school grounds will have markers 6 feet apart, entrances/exits will be restricted to one-way traffic, markers will be placed to direct flow of students, and staff will be assigned to monitor student spacing. Signage will be posted at each entrance including two-page Social Distancing Protocol checklist, and personnel will be educated on this protocol.

• What type of hand hygiene stations will be located at all school entrances?

  • Handwashing stations with running water and soap
    Hand sanitizer stations	x
    None

• What type of hand hygiene stations will be in close proximity to all dining areas?

  • Handwashing stations with running water and soap
    Hand sanitizer stations	x
    None

• What type of hand hygiene stations will be in all classrooms?

  • Handwashing stations with running water and soap	Some classrooms have sinks with soap and running water, and when we are eating inside, it will be in the classrooms.
    Hand sanitizer stations	x
    None

• What type of hand hygiene stations will be in all staff lounges?

  • Handwashing stations with
    Hand sanitizer stations	x
    None

• Will all individuals entering a facility be asked to either wash or sanitize their hands?
  • Yes
• During the school day, how often will students and staff be asked to perform hand hygiene?
  • Hand sanitizer will be conveniently located throughout the school, and every health screening station, common area and classroom/instructional space will have hand sanitizer available. Students and staff will be asked to sanitize their hands frequently, based on activities being performed. They will be asked to sanitize their hands before entering the building, before and after eating, entering/renetering a classroom, and before and after touching shared equipment, and before and after touching their face covering. In addition, there will be signage throughout the school encouraging hand hygiene.
• Please detail any other healthy hand hygiene efforts your school will conduct.
  • N/A

• Where will your I&Q room be located?
  • Bessie Carmichael will have 2 isolation rooms both on the 1st level. A Non-Covid isolation room (104J) and a Covid isolation room (108)
• Does the space have operable windows?
  • Yes
• Is the space equipped with an air filter?
  • No

Purpose

• Contact tracing is a critical component in mitigating the transmission of COVID-19 in schools. Upon learning that a staff, student, or any person who has been on-site has tested positive, the administrator must take immediate and appropriate steps to do the following:
• Identify close contacts who also were on-site during the contagious period
• Communicate messages tailored to close contacts, other affected individuals, and stakeholders
• Complete the necessary documentation in accordance with district, local, and state COVID-19 reporting requirements
• Close affected areas for cleaning and disinfection

Taking the above actions helps to avoid further transmission, and affected individuals can quickly get the care they need.

Key Resources:

• 03.COVID-19 Protocol for Symptoms, Testing Positive, or Close Contacts
• 04.Quick Guide: COVID-19 Protocol for Symptoms, Testing Positive, or Close Contact
• COVID Incident Flowchart
• EED Unusual Incident/Injury Protocol

How does it work?

Covid Contacts

Site Administrator

• Name:  Rasheena Bell
• Job title: Principal
• Email address: sch449@sfusd.edu; bellr3@sfusd.edu
• Phone number:  415-615-8441

COVID- 19 Central Liaison

• Name - Greg Markwith
• Title - Director, Emergency Planning, Preparedness & Prevention
• Office Phone 
• Cell Phone (415) 589-8458
• Email Address - markwithg@sfusd.edu

Correction of COVID-19 Hazards

The Site Administrator/Designee* must perform periodic inspections to ensure District protocols for the control of COVID-19 hazards are being followed, and to identify unhealthy conditions, work practices, and work procedures.
*See definition of Site Administrator/Designee in the Definitions section of this document.

The Site Administrator/Designee will utilize Appendix A: COVID-19 Inspections and Corrections to document the results of periodic inspections. In conducting periodic inspections, the Site Administrator/Designee shall:

• Note areas that are in compliance in the applicable Status box.
• Identify unsafe or unhealthy work conditions, practices or procedures by describing what needs to be corrected in the Status box.
• Note areas that are unable to be immediately corrected and indicate that the Site Administrator/Designee will correct the condition
• For a hazard(s) that cannot be immediately corrected, make arrangements for the hazard to be corrected in a timely manner based on the severity of the hazard(s). In making arrangement for the correction of the hazard(s), the Site Administrator/Designee should describe the following:
• The timeframe for correction based on the severity of the hazard Individuals who are responsible for timely correction.
• Follow-up measures taken to ensure timely correction.

Site Administrator

• Name:  Rasheena Bell
• Job title: Principal
• Email address: sch449@sfusd.edu; bellr3@sfusd.edu
• Phone number:  415-615-8441

Risk Management - Site Administrator

• Name - Ken Neu
• Title - Interim Executive Director
• Office Phone - 
• Cell Phone - 
• Email Address - NeuK@sfusd.edu