Good
evening.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
you
with
an
update
on
health
metrics
and
our
Return
to
School
Buildings
Plan.
Since
school
began,
PWCS
has
reported
more
than
130
positive
cases
of
the
COVID-19
virus.
Some
of
those
cases
have
affected
individuals
currently
working
or
attending
school
in-person
resulting
in
a
number
of
quarantines,
and
many
of
those
cases
have
been
for
individuals
working
or
learning
virtually.
It
is
important
to
note
that
as
we
prepare
to
bring
students
back
for
in-person
learning
next
week,
had
all
of
these
cases
been
in-person
cases,
we
would
have
had
people
in
quarantine
at
various
times
at
71
schools
or
offices
in
our
Division,
which
is
more
than
half
of
our
total
schools.
We
continue
to
monitor
local
health
metrics,
and
the
trends
are
not
positive,
as
COVID
cases
grow
locally,
regionally,
and
nationally.
Last
week,
Prince
William
County
entered
the
red
on
one
of
the
three
primary
core
indicators.
PWCS
total
number
of
new
cases
per
100,000
persons
within
the
past
14
days
was
above
223
as
of
Monday;
anything
above
200
is
considered
the
highest
risk
for
that
primary
indicator.
It
is
my
pleasure
to
introduce
Teresa
Polk,
supervisor
of
student
health,
who
will
share
more
information
on
the
health
metrics.
Thank
you,
Ms.
Polk.
It
is
important
to
note
that
should
multiple
primary
indicators
or
secondary
indicators
enter
into
the
highest
risk
category,
we
may
enter
Phase
I
guidance,
which
is
the
most
restrictive
for
allowing
in-person
teaching
and
learning.
We
will
continue
to
review
and
share
local
health
metrics
on
our
COVID
dashboard
at
www.pwcs.edu
and
make
any
adjustments
to
our
plans
to
return
students
to
the
school
buildings
if
needed.
At
this
time,
I
am
not
making
any
changes
to
our
current
plan
to
implement
the
50
percent
hybrid
model
as
scheduled.
PWCS
will
be
conducting
surveys
beginning
November
16
to
gather
feedback
from
parents,
students,
and
teachers
about
their
experiences
with
virtual
learning
in
the
first
quarter.
These
surveys
will
provide
PWCS
with
information
to
further
refine
virtual
and
hybrid
learning
as
needed
moving
forward.
Many
parents
and
guardians
have
asked
to
have
an
opportunity
to
update
their
selection
for
their
student's
preferred
attendance
method
in
the
third
quarter.
As
such,
we
will
provide
another
opportunity
from
January
4
through
8
to
update
their
ParentVUE
selection
if
they
want
to
make
a
change
for
their
student
to
attend
in-person
or
virtually
in
the
third
quarter,
should
health
conditions
permit
us
to
open
per
the
dates
the
school
board
approved
at
the
last
meeting.
Only
those
who
plan
to
make
a
change
would
need
to
do
so.
We
continue
to
prepare
for
the
return
of
our
students
to
our
school
buildings.
Thanks
to
the
IT
staff
working
hard
every
Sunday
this
month,
the
network
upgrade
is
now
complete,
and
the
100
Gigabit
network
is
available
to
all
schools.
Headsets
and
webcams
are
being
delivered
this
week
to
schools,
with
priority
to
PreK-3,
and
all
other
grades
by
November
12.
Additionally,
the
Division
is
expected
to
be
fully
1-to-1
with
computers
a
month
earlier
than
planned,
and
will
be
fully
implemented
by
winter
break.
Also,
some
of
our
students
are
currently
participating
in
out
of
season
conditioning
for
sports,
following
several
safety
guidelines
including
social
distancing.
Winter
sports,
including
basketball,
gymnastics,
indoor
track,
swim,
dive,
and
wrestling,
are
scheduled
to
begin
as
early
as
December
7
and
some
student
clubs
have
begun
to
meet
as
well.
As
with
in
person
learning,
athletics
and
in-person
activities
may
be
adjusted
based
on
changing
health
guidance
and/or
pandemic
health
metrics.