Dear Putnam Valley Community:<\/p>\n
As everyone begins to settle back into school during these first two interrupted weeks of instruction, I would like to take this opportunity to restate and clarify some information:<\/p>\n
Remote vs Quarantined Instruction:\u00a0 These two terms have been used within a variety of communications and warrant clarification.<\/p>\n
Remote instruction is typically used to describe what was offered last school year, when families could opt into virtual vs in-person instruction.\u00a0 As previously communicated, remote instruction is no longer an option this year (links to previous emails).\u00a0 This should not be confused with quarantined instruction which is our continued commitment to educate those students who are subject to mandatory quarantine.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Quarantined students should expect a blend of live virtual interactions supplemented with written assignments. Current NYS guidance on identifying close contacts and the issuance of the subsequent quarantine orders should drastically reduce the number of students quarantined this year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Vaccinations:\u00a0 The Department of Health does not require vaccinated students to quarantine.\u00a0 Only students ages 12 and older are eligible to receive the vaccine.\u00a0 Students who are vaccinated can avoid quarantine by completing the brief questionnaire for our school nurses. All information will remain strictly confidential. Click Here for Form<\/a><\/p>\n Attendance: The district must continue to track and report the number of students physically in school each day. This will require us to mark quarantined students with an \u201cexcused absence\u201d.\u00a0 This absence does not exclude your child from instruction and will not have any negative impact on the student.<\/p>\n Quarantine Orders:\u00a0 The current guidelines provided by the NYS Department of Health (NYSDOH) identify a close contact in school buildings as an individual within 3 feet while masked or within 6 feet while unmasked.\u00a0 These measures pertain to both indoor and outdoor exposures.\u00a0 Students are seated at least 3 feet apart in most classrooms, so quarantines should be minimized. Vaccination status remains a determining factor if individuals need to quarantine following an exposure.<\/p>\n I will continue to share guidance as it is received from state and local officials and will ask for your understanding as we continue to send reminders about exercising great caution and keeping sick children home from school. We understand that this can be difficult and thank you for your partnership in keeping our community healthy and our school buildings open.<\/p>\n Please don\u2019t hesitate to contact me, your building administrators, or your school nurse if we can answer any questions.<\/p>\n Dear Putnam Valley Community: As everyone begins to settle back into school during these first two interrupted weeks of instruction, I would like to take this opportunity to restate and clarify some information: Remote vs Quarantined Instruction:\u00a0 These two terms have been used within a variety of communications and warrant clarification. Remote instruction is typically… Continue Reading Remote and Quarantined instruction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-9491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-superintendent","tag-covid19","clearfix"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9492,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491\/revisions\/9492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvcsd.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}