Update for July 30

We would like to thank our community for their questions and feedback following our message on Tuesday. Today, we would like to address a few of the most frequently asked questions we have received ahead of a more in-depth protocols and procedures update scheduled for Friday, July 31.

Many in our community have asked that we reconsider the duration of our remote learning option. Based on your feedback, we have revised our decision and families electing remote learning will do so one quarter at a time. Leading up to the second quarter, we will contact all students and families to ask them to make their education selection for the second quarter. If this changes your original decision, you will be able to edit your survey response until our deadline of July 31, at 11:59 pm CST.

When students are engaged in remote learning, whether they are an in-person student away from on-campus instruction for a period of time or a full-time remote learner, they will not have the ability to participate in in-person extracurriculars on days in which they were at home. This is meant to support the decision to stay at home and limit contact with others. We will be working very hard to maintain the sense of community at Frassati Catholic regardless of the education option a family chooses. Students engaged in remote learning will have the opportunity to remotely participate in our Student Ambassador program, club meetings and other remote participation events at Frassati Catholic.

We have also received questions about arrival procedures, transitions between classes, and lunch. Please find additional information about those topics below. We would like to thank our senior Student Ambassadors who assisted us in this process.

ARRIVAL

• We will have a staggered arrival on campus with two primary entry points from which students can check-in. 

• As in the past, students may arrive as early as 7:00 a.m.

• Student drivers will enter through the door leading from the student parking lot to the athletics hallway where they will have their temperature taken and will be asked to use hand sanitizer.

  • If a temperature reading is at or above 100.0 degrees, the student will be moved to a holding area and will be rechecked. If the student’s temperature remains at 100.0 degrees or higher, that student will proceed to their vehicle and go home or must go to the fine arts patio and await pickup.

  • We ask that parents dropping off students stay in the parking lot for a few moments in the event their student has a temperature of 100.0 degrees or higher.

• Students who do not drive themselves should be dropped off at the main front doors of the Student Life Building. Upon arrival, they follow the same screening procedures outlined above.

• Students will gather in the gym after being dropped off and chairs will be arranged so that 6-foot social distancing will be observed.

• Late arrivals will enter through the main doors of the academic building.

• Arrival procedures for students in Advanced Chorus will be communicated directly to those participants and their families.

TRANSITIONS

• We will allow students to use their backpacks or totes throughout the day to carry books, materials, and supplies. This will help reduce trips to lockers.

• Students will have the ability to access their lockers four times: before school, before and after lunch, and after school.

• The passing period between 1st/2nd period and 3rd/4th period is 15 minutes. This will allow for a staggered dismissal from class, time to sanitize desks, time for teacher prep, and a staggered return to the next class.

• The lunch period is a total of 55 minutes, which includes a staggered dismissal to lockers, lunch, and a staggered return to lockers before 3rd period begins.

• Dismissal at the end of the day will also be staggered to reduce the number of students in the hallways.

LUNCH

• We will utilize the full gym, assembly hall, and outdoors to help us provide at least six feet spacing between students, and assist in our contact tracing efforts. We will have designated spaces for students to eat during the lunch period, and classroom spaces will also become available in the event of inclement weather.

Thanks so much again for your feedback and for staying in communication with us. These are challenging times and our situation is unprecedented which is why your feedback is so helpful and necessary.