The decisions around the return to school must reflect a global view of risk. This graphic from the Parabola Project shows that schools must balance the risks of COVID-19 infection with in-school learning, with other significant risks to the overall health and well-being of our kids when they are out of school.
The CDC provides guidance on how to clean and disinfect surfaces to help reduce the spread of germs.
The CDC provides guidance on when and how to wash hands to help prevent the spread of germs like COVID-19.
This printable poster that can be posted in bathrooms reminds students to wash their hands to help stop the spread of COVID-19
Healthy Buildings, an initiative of the Harvard T.H. Chan Public School of Health, has put together a comprehensive guide on keeping classrooms and school buildings clean and safe for students and staff (pages 39-40 focus on sanitization).
This tool builds off of principles included in the Parabola Project’s School Reopening Readiness Guide. It is intended to help superintendents, principals, and other staff understand the response steps once a positive case has been identified (i.e., student or staff receive a positive test result).
Education Week provides guidance on procedures to keep students who ride the bus safe during the pandemic.
This comprehensive resource from the Tennessee Department of Education covers strategies and protocols for student transportation, including best practices, recommended schedules, checklists, and more.
The article interviews practitioners and medical experts to explain how they are implementing safe arrival and dismissal procedures during COVID-19
Gillen Brewer School shared this video with families and students to familiarize them with arrival and dismissal procedures that would keep students and staff safe during the pandemic.
