{"id":300,"date":"2020-08-19T18:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T23:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooper-for-all.local\/?p=300"},"modified":"2020-11-15T09:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T15:34:52","slug":"lubbock-school-districts-remain-confident-in-safety-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooper-for-all.local\/news\/lubbock-school-districts-remain-confident-in-safety-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Lubbock school districts remain confident in safety measures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From: lubbockonline.com<\/a>
By: Matt Dotray<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lubbock ISD Superintendent Dr. Kathy Rollo said she doesn\u2019t foresee campuses closing this semester. Dr. Michelle McCord, superintendent of Frenship ISD, agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Wednesday was just the third day of in-person classes to begin the 2020-21 school year at the two districts, the superintendents said they remain confident in their safety measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rollo and McCord said they\u2019ve made small changes in the first three days of school, and they expect more as they keep taking suggestions from teachers. Most of the changes have to do with traffic flow, whether it\u2019s students entering and exiting, or passing periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as district and health officials have predicted for weeks, the first week of school has also seen confirmed coronavirus cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lubbock ISD reported several positive COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The confirmed exposures to COVID-19 at Guadalupe and Honey Elementary Schools. A possible exposure is being monitored at McCool Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDistrict administrators and health specialists are confident the exposure risk due to close contact is minimal because of Lubbock ISD protocols requiring the wearing of appropriate face coverings for students, teachers, staff, and administrators; and\/or social distancing,\u201d the school district wrote in a news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a precautionary measure and in the spirit of transparency, we are asking families at these schools to closely monitor for these COVID-19 symptoms,\u201d the news release continued. It then listed COVID-19 symptoms, which includes a fever, loss of taste or smell, cough and difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCord said during a news conference Wednesday that there have been no confirmed cases at Frenship. Lubbock-Cooper ISD\u2019s first day of class was Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rollo and McCord joined city health leaders during the weekly news conference on Wednesday. The two superintendents discussed how exciting it is to have students back, and said they believe their safety protocols are working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur protocols for student drop-off and pick-up have worked very well, as well as our lunch protocols and our bus transportation protocols,\u201d Rollo said. \u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of our students, and adults in our buildings, because we\u2019ve been wearing masks and social distancing, and everyone has done their part.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCord said no student has refused to wear a mask, and she\u2019s proud of her students for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rollo and McCord also acknowledged there have been a few hiccups in the virtual classes. They said teachers and students are still learning about the technology, and how best to learn online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe understand that virtual learning is not at all like it was last spring,\u201d McCord said. \u201cI can promise you that, of course, we\u2019re going to work with every parent and every child to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are stricter attendance guidelines for students this year, as well as grading procedures, as compared to the latter half of last spring during the early stages of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katherine Wells, director of Lubbock\u2019s health department, says they\u2019re working with school districts to help with contact tracing and compiling information. When there is a positive case, Rollo said, parents and staff members will all be notified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a student or teacher has been identified through contact tracing about coming into close contact with the individual, Rollo said individual phone calls will be made and they\u2019ll be asked to self-quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are not planning on closing down entire schools at any point,\u201d Rollo reiterated Wednesday. \u201cWe really believe when we have positive cases, if we follow our protocols, and if we\u2019re doing things we know, wearing masks and social distancing, we know we can reduce the spread and mitigate the spread of the virus. We don\u2019t have any intention of full-scale closures.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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