Covid-19

Safe, in-person learning for the 2021-2022 school year and an online option for all grade levels

Spring Lake Park Schools is open for in-person learning at all grade levels for the 2021-2022 school year. For families interested in online options, SLP Schools Online is a state-approved online school for grades K-12. A trimester commitment is required. Families must make request for the third and final trimester by Monday, February 14, 2022 by emailing enrollment@district16.org.

Our health and safety practices align to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Minnesota Department of Health and are summarized below.

Public comment: Input, feedback and questions throughout the pandemic have helped shape our plans and maximize safe, in person learning at school. To share questions or comments about this latest update to our return to learning plan for 2021-2022 school year, please email communications@district16.org.

Health And Safety Plan

Our health and safety practices are aligned to current guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We continue to monitor the situation and evolving public health guidance and will remain responsive to any adjustments that may be needed.

These are the health and safety practices in our school buildings.

Face Masks and Personal Protective Equipment

Face masks are strongly recommended for all students and staff inside during the school day, regardless of vaccination status. This is our base model for face masks during the school year at time of high COVID-19 transmission.

Beginning Tuesday, February 22, 2022, the district is using this revised COVID-19 Face Mask Decision-Making Guide that will be in place through the end of the school year on June 9, 2022.

Face masks continue to be strongly recommended during times of high COVID-19 transmission.
School-based data will guide masking protocols school-by-school for preschool through grade 12. School-based experiences and data will be the only metric to guide school-by-school masking protocols.
Face masks will be required when a school exceeds 5 percent absences due to COVID-19.If/when any school reaches a critical threshold of 5 percent of staff and students absent due to COVID-19 or COVID-like symptoms, masks will be required at that school for at least a week.
Data will be reviewed each Friday. If the weekly data indicate a need, masks would be required for the following week. Data review and changes would be made on a week-by-week basis. We also will continue to update numbers on this website each week.

Medically required exemptions to wearing face masks are considered on an individual basis.

Procedures for Illness, Quarantine and Notification

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Parents must notify the school health office when a child is symptomatic or tests positive for COVID-19. Staff must notify their supervisor.

Quarantine is required for:

Anyone who tests positive for COVID-19
Unvaccinated family members of those who test positive for COVID-19

We will work with families to minimize the length of any quarantine and return healthy students to school as quickly as possible.

Quarantine is not required for close contacts who:

Are vaccinated and do not have symptoms
Have had COVID-19 in the last 90 days and do not have symptoms

When the school or district learns of a positive case of COVID-19, we will notify the impacted classroom with a general notification and communicate with them about potential next steps.

Testing

Testing is recommended for individuals experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. In addition, we encourage weekly testing for unvaccinated students and staff as another strategy to keep COVID-19 out of schools.

Free rapid testing is available during the school day at each school health office for students experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or for students when they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Testing is also available after school during limited hours at Spring Lake Park High School and can be coordinated through each school’s health office. The Cue Test provides reliable results in about 30 minutes.

School nurses will communicate directly with families to determine eligibility and secure consent before any testing is completed. To inquire about the rapid testing for your student due to symptoms or potential exposures, contact your school’s health office.

In-district rapid testing is one way we can limit school absences for those who are symptomatic or have had close contacts with a positive case in school or outside of school.

In addition to rapid testing at school and home testing kits, the Minnesota Department of Health has information on a variety of COVID-19 testing locations.

If you are in the process of being tested for COVID-19 due to potential exposure or symptoms, please stay home until all related test results are received. If you are away from school for testing, communicate with your school's nurse and consult with them before returning.

Health Screening

It is strongly recommended that all students and staff self-screen before coming to school each day.

Stay home if there are one or more of the more common symptoms (fever greater than 100^o, new cough, difficulty breathing, new loss of taste/smell) or two or more of the less common symptoms (sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, muscle pain, extreme fatigue, new severe headache, new nasal congestion or runny nose).
Report symptoms to the school.
Students will use designated isolation areas to wait for a ride home if symptoms develop during the day.
Students/Families and staff are to notify the school if they have been directed to self-isolate or quarantine.

View and download a Daily Health Self-Screen for COVID-19 Symptoms document

Vea y descargue un documento de Cheque Diario de Salud para los síntomas de COVID-19

Vaccination

Hand Hygiene

Physical Distancing

School Spaces

School spaces continue to be managed to support best practices in physical distancing and other mitigation strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Entrances and exits are modified to promote traffic flow and access.
Classroom and school schedules at grades K-6 at designed to limit physical interactions beyond a student’s classroom and team.
Floor markings reinforce physical distancing requirements in waiting areas.
Student seating is arranged to ensure there is at least 3 feet between students.
Safety signage throughout the building reinforces protocols (hand washing, physical distancing).

Cleaning and Ventilation

Visitor Guidance

Meal Services

Free Summer Meals

This summer, Spring Lake Park Schools is serving free grab-and-go meals to all children ages 0-18. Meals can be picked up at Spring Lake Park High School starting Monday, June 14.

Where: Pick up meals at Spring Lake Park High School (Door #32)
When: Monday-Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
What: Grab and go breakfasts and lunches. On Mondays-Wednesdays, families will receive that day's lunch and the next day's breakfast. On Thursdays, families will receive that day's lunch, Friday's breakfast and lunch and Monday's breakfast.

Summer meal menus are available to view online. Find them on the Nutrislice app under Spring Lake Park High School.

Summer School Meals

Free meals will also be available for pick-up while summer school is in session at Centerview Elementary, Northpoint Elementary, Park Terrace Elementary, Woodcrest Spanish Immersion and Westwood Intermediate and Middle School.

Families can pick up meals on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-10:30 a.m. at the front entrance of each school. Students will receive two breakfast and two lunch meals on both of those days.

Questions? Please reach out to the Nutrition Services Department at 763-600-5041.

Transportation

COVID-19 Vaccine Information

COVID-19 vaccination are available for people age 5+. Find the latest information and vaccination locations on the state of Minnesota's COVID-19 Vaccinations site.

Frequently Asked Questions

These frequently asked questions are updated as we continue to hear questions and feedback from our community. In all of our work, we will prioritize the safety and wellbeing of students and staff and work to personalize learning for each student.

Will there be a distance learning option for the 2021-2022 school year?

SLP Schools Online is Spring Lake Park Schools’ fully online learning option for students in grades K-12. At SLP Schools Online, students experience learning specific to their individual strengths, interests and needs covering the same concepts as their in-school peers but tailored to an online environment.

While the fully online option has been available for grades 9-12 for many years, the expansion to grades K-8 is new for the 2021-2022 school year. Learn more at SpringLakeParkSchools.org/Online

Is childcare available through Learning Ventures?

Are visitors allowed in school buildings?

What are the symptoms that require someone to stay home?

Stay home if there are one or more of the more common symptoms (fever greater than 100^o, new cough, difficulty breathing, new loss of taste/smell) or two or more of the less common symptoms (sore throat, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, muscle pain, extreme fatigue, new severe headache, new nasal congestion or runny nose).

Report symptoms to the school.
Students will use designated isolation areas to wait for a ride home if symptoms develop during the day.
Students/Families and staff are to notify the school if they have been directed to self-isolate or quarantine.

View and download a Daily Health Self-Screen for COVID-19 Symptoms document

Vea y descargue un documento de Cheque Diario de Salud para los síntomas de COVID-19

How is health screening being conducted?

We are asking that students/families and staff self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms before coming to school. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, headache, muscle pain, sore throat, fatigue, congestion or loss of taste of smell. Other less common symptoms include gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. If COVID-19 symptoms are present, the student/staff member should not come to school and will inform the school.

What if someone in my household shows symptoms or tests positive for COVID-19?

Will families be notified if someone in their program/class has tested positive?

Government COVID-19 relief funding

The federal government has passed three major relief packages in response to COVID-19. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSA), and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARP). All included funding for K-12 education. The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is administering multiple grant opportunities from these three relief packages. Spring Lake Park Schools plan for these relief funds can be found on the state's website.

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COVID-19 Cases

May 13, 2022
(updated Fridays)

There are 46 active COVID-19 cases across the district.

Here are the percentages of students and staff out with COVID-19 or COVID-like symptoms:

Spring Lake Park High School (including Lighthouse): 1.5 percent absent with COVID-19 or symptoms
Westwood Middle (7/8): 2 percent absent with COVID-19 or symptoms
Westwood Intermediate (5/6): 1.5 percent absent with COVID-19 or symptoms
Northpoint: 2 percent absent with COVID-19 or symptoms
Centerview: 2 percent absent with COVID-19 or symptoms
Park Terrace: 2 percent absent with COVID-19 or symptoms
Woodcrest: 1.5 percent absent with COVID-19 or symptoms

See the COVID-19 Face Mask Decision-Making Guide

School Newsletters

Each school will post a newsletter on their website under News > Newsletters as well as email it home on most Wednesdays throughout the school year. To ensure you receive these emails, please update student and family contact information in the Campus Parent Portal system. You can make updates at SpringLakeParkSchools.org/ParentPortal.

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