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Page A-16 - Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, July 30, 2020 To the Mason County §heriff’s Office _ ’ To the Shelton Police Department Thank You for your Service We Appreciate You Sponsored by the Mason County Republican Women AAA SEPTIC ‘8‘ portable restroom rentals 360.427.6110 360.275.6460 , 1.877.978.6700 uaoseptictunkpumping.com visit us at www.uausepliciankpumping.com SHELTON SCHOOL DISTRICT SURPLUS SALE Notice is hereby given that a public sale of surplus school district property for items declared surplus will be held at 8:30 am. 2:00 pm. August 11, 2020 at 550 E.--K Street in the old Mt. View gymnasium. Items will be sold as is. Shelton v school District 33727 a. .masw a 2am luvs m “iHEAreR Online reservations at $5.00 per car highly recommended to ensure your space. Visit skylinedrive-in.com and click on Nmihsming for reservation. Gates Open 7:00 pm. Gates Open 6:00 pm. on 8/7 for Stephenie Meyer Event ii‘EIu. Friday Saturday 7/31 8/1 The Karate Kid (PG) followed by Men in Black (PG-13) Sunday 8/2 Men in Black (PG-13) followed by The Karate Kid (PG) Monday -Thursday 8/3-6 _The Fast 81 The Furious (PG-13) followed by Men in Black (PG-13) Friday 8/ 7 Twilight (PG-13) Stephenie Meyer Q&A 1 8/8-12 Sixteen Candles (PG) followed by Uncle Buck (PG-13) Thu 13 www.SkyLineDrive—ln.c0m A crew on Monday works on the new football field at Highclimber Stadium at Shelton High School. All students in the Shelton School District willstart the school year learning online due to the surging coronavirus, and the beginning of the football season has been moved from September to March. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks ' Schools: District has contingencies continued from page A-1 “We believe this is the best way to start school,” he said. If the coronavirus is “subdued,” the district can move to Plan B, a hybrid model mixing online and face-to-face teaching, and then Plan C, with all stu- dents back in the classrooms, Apostle said. All three plans are flexible, and a committee will review it .ev- ery two weeks, he said. As'it did in the spring, the district will provide Chromebooks for students to use at home. The district will also continue to provide “grab-and-go” breakfasts and lunches, something it has been doing since the abrupt closing of the schools in mid-March. “Bottom line, this is the best possible thing we can do at this time,” said school board member Sally Brownfield. F School board member Lynn Eaton said she has had trouble sleeping worrying about. the safety of the district’s students. With students staying home, “We know it has real impacts on families,” she said. More than 200 people watched Tuesday’s school board meeting via Zoom. The district’s plans for the 2020-2021 school year will be presented at an open community forum streamed live via YouTube at 6 pm. tonight. Everyone is welcome to make comments and ask questions during the forum by sending an email to communityforum@sheltonschools.org or by calling 1-253-215-8782 and entering meeting ID #949 3747 9648 during the scheduled meeting time. If you call in, mute your microphone until you are admitted into the meeting and prompted to speak. ' The reopening plans can be viewed on the district’s website. At Tuesday’s board meeting, the superintendent outlined the reasons the district will begin the year 100% online. The health and safety of students, staff and families is the “paramount” reason, he said. Apostle said other reasons for the decision include the district having only a month to prepare for the Sept. reopening, uncertainties about state and levy ‘ funding, and the difficult logistics of safely screening staff and students, and providing food service and transportation. Hanging over all the decisions is “the uncertainty of the virus — it’s dynamic,” Apostle said. “It knows no boundaries.” It would be “irresponsible” to start the school year in any otherway and endanger the lives of students and staff, the superintendent said. Apostle stressed that the plan is flexible. , “Nothing is black and white here,” he said. “There will be challenges.” ' Apostle stressed that the district will work with families and students on a caseebyscase basis to ad~ dress any challenges or special circumstances. The plan states, “We will continue to offer support through school district programs including, but not limited to, English learners, Native American education pro- grams, McKinney—Vento, our family support services and all other state and federal programs.” As for social-emotibnal support, “District—level resources will be available for students through our website. Distant/virtual social and emotional support for students will be provided by staff and Counselors.” The plan states that the decision to move to Stage B or C will be based on guidance data from the 10- cal health jurisdictions and the approval of the school board. Under the Stage B blended model of online and iii-person learning, students would attend school in classrooms Mondays and Tuesdays, or Thursdays and Fridays; on the other days, they would be learning on- line. Wednesdays would be devoted to online learning for all students with staff having office hours, plan- ning and online class meetings. Students from the same family would be placed on the same schedule, said Kelly Neely, the district’s director of curriculum, instruction and state and fed— eral programs. Coronavirus: Safety remain a concern continued from page A-1 the role of the public health de- partment and the role of the case in-co'ntact investigation.” Mason County Public Health has been working with school districts to develop plans on re- opening. “There are a million and one details we’re looking to help the schools get started in the fall, ev— erything from the position of the desks to how you get the students in the door,” said David Windom, the county’s community services director. The Shelton School Board on Tuesday evening voted unani- mously to start the school year with all students learning on- line, with plans in place to go to a hybrid model and then all students back in the classroom when safety allows. The North Mason School District also an- nounced Tuesday it also will start the school year with all stu- dents learning from home. Windom told board members he that spoke Monday with of- ficials at the Washington Cor- rections Center in Shelton and is impressed by the coronavirus screening system for inmates. “They have a very tight, tight program That really relieved a lot of my concerns,” he said. When new inmates arrive, they are tested for the corona- virus and placed in a separate wing or housing unit, Windom said. A week later, they are test- ed again, he said. After 10 days, if they haven’t ; tested positive for COVID-19, they join the general prison population, Windom said. If they test positive, they are placed in a separate housing unit, he said. Stein is leaving his position at the end of the year and the search has begun for his replace- ment. “I want to ensure we come up with a contingency plan before I leave this position,” he said.