Kentfield School District News
Dear Kentfield School Community,
In collaboration with our Kentfield Teachers Association (KTA), I am pleased to announce we have an agreeable date to begin phasing in Hybrid instruction once final walkthroughs of both school sites occur this week.
At this time, we are planning for all staff medically able to report to their respective school sites on Monday, November 9, 2020 to provide Distance Learning and get acclimated with all COVID-19 safety protocols and procedures. On Thursday, November 12, 2020 KSD will phase in Hybrid Instruction at both school sites for Kindergarten through 8th grades. Each in-person cohort will participate in school based instruction for up to four days prior to the Thanksgiving break. During this period of time, students will get oriented with the COVID-19 protocols, which includes but is not limited to daily health checks, physical distancing expectations, hygiene practices and classroom procedures. School principals will be in touch via Parent Square regarding cohort assignments for Hybrid implementation. Once all information is received finalized cohort information will be shared with families.
As we venture into this next phase of instructional programming, we recognize the short turnaround and families may need more time to adjust to this new schedule. Please know we will be as flexible as possible as we begin to provide school based instruction. As COVID-19 continues to shift and our teaching and learning evolves, we are committed to using state and local public health guidance to inform and guide our planning in the best interest of staff and students.
Please join me on Thursday, November 5 at 5:30 p.m. for Community Office hours related to public health guidance and KSD’s transition to Hybrid Instruction.
Take good care,
Raquel Rose
Superintendent
rrose@kentfieldschools.org
Hybrid Instruction Transition Timeline
November 4, 2020
- KSD-KTA Final Site Walk-Through (Bacich)
November 5, 2020
- KSD-KTA Final Site Walk-Through (Kent)
- KSD Community Office Hours, 5:30 p.m.
- Community Update via Parent Square
November 6, 2020
- KSD and KTA Negotiators Meet and Confer
November 10, 2020
- KSD Board of Trustee Meeting, 6 p.m.
November 11, 2020
- Veteran’s Holiday – No School
November 12-17, 2020
- Cohort A - School Based Instruction
November 18, 2020
- All Distance Learning
November 19-24, 2020
- Cohort B - School Based Instruction
Upcoming Events
*For security, Zoom links and passwords for events are not posted on the District website, and are sent through ParentSquare.
Daily: Virtual Crossing Guard with Ms. Stephens, 7:55-8:30 a.m., Zoom
Monday, November 2-11, 2020: KSPTA Book Fair
Monday, November 2, 2020
- KSPTA meeting, 7 p.m., Zoom
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
- Kent Site Council meeting, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Zoom
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
- ELAC meeting, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Zoom
Thursday, November 5, 2020
- Community Office Hours, 5:30 p.m.
- Topic: public health guidance and KSD’s transition to Hybrid Instruction
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
- School Board meeting, 5 p.m., District Office
November 11, 2020
- Veteran’s Holiday – No School
Thursday, November 12, 2020
- School-based Instruction begins
- KIK Board meeting, 7:30-9 p.m., Zoom
Monday, November 16, 2020
- Bacich Site Council meeting, 3-4 p.m., Zoom
- Safety Committee meeting, 10-11 a.m., Zoom
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
- Trimester 1 ends
November 25-27, 2020: Thanksgiving Holiday
District Announcements
Distance Learning and Transition to In-Person Instruction Planning
As we prepare for a transition to Hybrid Instruction please submit questions you may have related to Safety Protocols and Procedures KSD has put in place to keep our children and staff as safe as possible in a COVID-19 environment! Questions may be submitted HERE for review.
- Community Update, October 29, 2020
- Bacich Principal Chat Recording, October 27, 2020
- Kent Principal Chat Recording, October 27, 2020
- Community Update, October 22, 2020
- Community Conversation with Local Physicians & Administrators, Video Recording and Presentation, A Perspective of In-Person Instruction in a COVID-19 Environment, October 15, 2020
- Site Specific Safety Protection Plan Training Module Orientation, October 12, 2020
- Site Specific Safety Protection Plan Training Module Orientation, October 8, 2020
- Site-Specific Safety Protection Plan Training Module Presentation
- Student/Family In-Person Safety Pledge
- Bacich School Site-Specific Protection Plan
- Kent School Site-Specific Protection Plan
Marin Health and Human Services website – Marin Recovers provides access to a breadth of resources to help the community stay up to date with the status of COVID-19 in our county. The website offers access to local case rate through the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Surveillance Update website that provides summary data, daily trends, demographics, other measures of COVID-19 Impacts and the State Blueprint Tiered system.
Book Donation to support Virtual Author’s Visit
Would you like to help spread the message of acceptance? Bacich students will have the opportunity to attend a school wide webinar on Dec. 3, 2020 with the author Michael Tyler. Students will create bookmarks to be delivered along with the donated books to underfunded schools in our community and the bay area.
Please consider donating a copy of Michael Tyler’s picture book: The Skin You Live In
- Drop off your book donation at the Bacich office by Dec. 2, 2020.
- Learn more about the project.
Thank you for your help and support!
The Bacich Social Justice Team
School Board & District Committees
- Board Meeting Highlights: October 13, 2020
- Board Meeting Video Archive
- Next Monthly School Board meeting: November 10, 2020, 5 p.m., District Office
- All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
- Addressing the Board
- October 19, 2020 Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Next Meeting: Monday, November 16, 2020, 10-11 a.m