Things may not be completely back to normal for the 2021-22 academic year at Trigg County School — but it’s going to be close. At least at the start.
A recently-released “Back to School” plan from Superintendent Bill Thorpe and his staff has several significant details important for families, with current guidelines fitting in with federal and state rules and recommendations.
The intrusive Delta variant of COVID-19 — which is nationally escalating — could make changes, but as of now, Thorpe says strong policies are already in place.
According to the “Back to School” plan, parents are being asked to check their children for COVID-19 symptoms before heading off to school. These symptoms include fever over 100 degrees or chills, a discernible cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, muscle/body aches, strong headaches, a new loss of taste and/or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose not linked to allergies, nausea and/or vomiting, diarrhea, exposure to a COVID-19 positive individual within 48 hours, and a positive COVID-19 test.
Students will be required to wear masks while on the bus, whether it’s for morning/afternoon rides, or for field trips and sports activities. Drivers and monitors will also wear masks or shields while students are being transported.
And while in-person instruction is the plan for the 2021-22 academic year, strong recommendations are being handed down for those unvaccinated — students and staff — to don face masks, especially while indoors.
Three feet of social distancing will be implemented where possible, with assigned seats and daily attendance recorded for contact tracing efficiency.
Furthermore, all high-usage surfaces — including buses, door knobs and desks — will be sanitized daily.
No visitors will be inside school buildings unless they’re deemed essential, and by appointment only. There will be no deliveries to buildings, and any visitors will have temperature checks upon building entry.
As of August 2, Thorpe said a “small amount” of students and their families have elected for a virtual route this year — with extraneous medical reasoning as the main concern.
But it’s not quite what happened last year, in what new Trigg County High School principal Tim Bush remembers being sparse classrooms at times.
For more information, visit trigg.kyschools.us.
