August 27, 2020

Mr. Moore,
I wanted to say “Thank You” to you and your staff for taking time out of your busy schedules to meet with the health department regarding the re-opening plans for John Mall High School and Peakview School. We were very pleased to see how much dedication and thought went into these reopening plans.
After reviewing each schools plan, the health department feels that John Mall High School and Peakview School meet the requirements of CDE, CDPHE and the local public health order.
We wish you all the best of luck for a healthy and safe re-opening. Please reach out to Cathy Montera, RN., Robin Sykes, or myself if you have any questions.
Respectfully,

Kimberly Gonzales,
Executive Director

Ltr Huerfano School Dist

Parents/Guardians: Please fill out our survey for school reopening

https://forms.gle/X9mdJxpuWuLgBr829

HUERFANO RE-1 BOND ISSUE FACTS TO REPLACE JOHN MALL HIGH SCHOOL

– FLYER – John Mall replacement fact sheet

NOTE: Our School Board meetings are open for the public to observe and comment where appropriate, however to discourage ‘hacking’ or ‘zoombombing’ we are only sharing the live stream via Facebook live.

If you are needing to address the board for any specific agenda item or if you’d like to participate in the commentary portion of the agenda under “Citizens to address the board”, please contact our Administration office (Lorna) at 719-738-1520 for the zoom information.

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Huerfano School District Re-1
Regular School Board Meeting
August 10, 2020 5:30 pm District Office

1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Approval of August 10, 2020 Agenda
5. Welcome, Focus, and Recognition
   5.1. Board Teamwork
   5.2. Staff/Student Recognition
   5.3. Citizens to Address the Board
6. Administrative Report
   Will be given at the August 24, 2020 Board Meeting
7. Routine Business
   7.1. Consideration/Board Minutes
   7.1.1. July 27, 2020 /Regular Board Meeting Minutes
8. Discussion Items
   8.1. Superintendent updates: CHSAA approved calendar for athletics and activities.
   Campaign Committee Meeting (Bond Issue), Gardner Valley School, Huerfano County and School Meeting to pursue El Pomar Grant, PPE equipment, Employee Quarantine due to Covid 19 exposure.
   8.2. Peakview 1st week overview meetings/training
   8.3. JMHS 1st week overview meetings/training
   8.4. 2nd reading Policy JLCDA Students with Food Allergies
   8.5. 2nd Reading Policy IC/ICA School Year/School Calendar/Instruction Time
   8.6. Lunch Program Drive through and pickup specifics
9. Action Items
   9.1. Approve Peakview Long Term Sub Briana Crump.
   9.2. Approve letter of resignation Carolyn Brown.
   9.3. Approve new fire alarm system for Peakview School not to exceed $10,908.43.
   9.4. Approve 2nd reading Policy JLCDA Students with Food Allergies
   9.5. Approve 2nd Reading Policy IC/ICA School Year/School Calendar/Instruction Time
   9.6. Approve the Staff and Student Handbooks for John Mall High School and Peakview School
10. Information Item
11. Adjournment

PDF Version of the Agenda is located on our website:
http://huerfano.k12.co.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/August-10-2020Regular-Board-Meeting-Agenda-With-Memo.pdf

Huerfano RE-1 Reopening of Schools Plan for 2020-2021

Huerfano RE-1 Schools (Peakview pk-8 and John Mall HS) will begin school with online/remote instruction. Huerfano RE-1 will hope for a normal return to school on September 8, 2020 after further review and analysis of the Covid 19 virus levels in the state, county and in schools that returned to normal to start their school year. New student Chromebooks will be distributed when students return in small groups for online training on 8/17 or 8/18.

Huerfano RE-1 does not expect nor anticipate that students will spend 8 hours in front of their Chromebook. We will make every effort to provide exceptional lessons in a reduced amount of time. The starting and ending times of student classes will be determined by building level Principals. Lessons shall also be recorded for viewing at an alternate time.

Sack breakfast and lunches will be served in a similar drive-through manner as this past spring. Only Peakview and John Mall HS enrolled students are eligible for these sack breakfasts and lunches. Students will receive 2 days’ worth of meals during each pick-up. Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30am-12:30pm

Schedule of events

8/3-8/6-Monday-Thursday School Registration/Enrollment (Peakview and John Mall HS)

9:00am-12:00pm and 2:00pm-4:00pm

8/10/20- Monday-Teachers return to school

8/17/20-Monday- Students will return to school in small groups (schedule TBD ASAP) to receive training in online learning instructional delivery platform, online learning etiquette and expectations.

8/18/20-Tuessday- Students return to school in small groups (schedule TBD ASAP) to receive training in online learning instructional delivery platform, online learning etiquette and expectations

8/19/20- Wednesday- 1^st day of online instruction for students. Online instruction class schedules and sack food pick-up information will be provided to parents at registration and passed out to students during their online learning training session on the 17^th/18th

Reopening Plans for 2020-2021

July 29, 2020

Dear Parents,
Huerfano School District RE-1 will hand out sack lunches while we are resuming school online. Students registered at Peakview or John Mall High School in grades PK-12 qualify for meals. Parents will need to sign a permission slip to obtain a meal card. Once you receive this meal card, please have it with you each time you arrive to pick up meals. If you are unable to pick up meals, a parent or guardian may give their meal card to a designated person to pick up meals on their behalf. If you wish to pre-register for meals, please fill out the attached permission slip. permission slip for meals . You may also obtain a permission slip at the Huerfano RE-1 District office located at 201 East 5th Street.
The start date for sack meal distribution is Tuesday August 18, 2020. We will hand out sacks on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Each sack will contain two breakfast and two lunch meals. We will continue to hand out sacks in this manner until we resume in-person instruction. Please check our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/HuerfanoRe1/ and our district web page http://huerfano.k12.co.us/ for updates.
Please feel free to email Tara Burke at or call 719-695-0095 for more information.

Sincerely,

HUERFANO SCHOOL DISTRICT FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT
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Huerfano RE-1 School District Re-opening of Schools Plan

This plan is susceptible to change at a moment’s notice. These plans will also need to be approved by the Las Animas/Huerfano Health Department. We are currently waiting for a response by Friday afternoon. When I receive said response then we will either make recommended changes or go to another choice> remote learning until Labor Day or alternate a/b days. These are our intentions:

1. School will open for full time in person instruction, meaning all students are expected to attend schools on August 13, 2020. If this option is not possible it is likely we would go to an all “remote learning” situation until Labor Day and reevaluate prior to that date.
2. Parents/students will have the option to stay home and engage in remote learning provided by the school district. Students will engage in live lessons provided in the classroom via live video. Our intent is to provide as close to a classroom experience as possible with the live instruction. We have also purchased Schoology, a new, trusted, platform to deliver this and other lessons/work associated with the classroom experience.
3. Schools will abide by the safety protocols as put forth by the local health department to include:
4. Temperature scans for all personnel and students. These may be conducted prior to entry on a school method of transportation (bus or school vehicle
5. Intermittent health checks during the school day
6. Facemasks, preferably of the cloth type, or other material will be required for students and teachers to wear. The school district will provide masks to any student needing a mask. We understand that it will be difficult for many children to keep these on yet we need to make the effort to ask that they do, to the best of their ability and we need your help in doing so.
7. Follow protocols to wash hands often and use hand sanitizer
8. Attempt to follow social distancing protocols as best as possible
9. Cleaning and wiping of surfaces by custodial personnel
10. If allowed to go full time, busing will be normal and not limited to 10-12 students. If the full time plan is not allowed then expect busing changes to occur which could include some bus runs not being available.

This has been a very trying time to determine our best course of action and I understand and appreciate the fact that people will have differing opinions and may exercise the right to choose the “remote learning” option. We ask that you please inform school personnel of your choice during early registration which will occur soon of which you will be notified. Thank you. Let us all do the best that we can to provide a meaningful learning experience for all.

Michael J Moore
Superintendent of Huerfano RE-1 Schools

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Huerfano RE-1 is hosting a food distribution tomorrow July 16 at Peakview and Gardner School from 11 am to 12 noon. I box per household. Please bring ID. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN EMPTY BOXES OR EGG CARTONS.