How to Prepare For A Safe Return to Your Mayfield Heights School In Fall 2020

11/1/2020 (Permalink)

With schools in the Shaker Heights area starting to open up and students begin to return to in-person classes, it is important that administrators and families take all necessary precautions. According to the CDC guidelines, it is critical that all administrators:

• Engage and encourage everyone in the school and the Lyndhurst community to practice preventive behaviors (e.g., social distancing, masks, hand hygiene, and use of cohourting).
• Communicate, educate, and reinforce appropriate hygiene and social distancing practices in ways that are developmentally appropriate for students, teachers, and staff.
• Maintain healthy environments (e.g., cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces).
• Repurpose unused or underutilized school spaces to increase classroom space and facilitate social distancing, including outside spaces, where feasible.
• Develop a proactive plan for when a student or staff member tests positive for COVID-19.
• Educate parents and caregivers on the importance of monitoring for and responding to the symptoms of COVID-19 at home.
• Develop ongoing channels of communication with state and local health departments to stay updated on COVID-19 transmission and response in your local area.

In-person schooling is important, not only for academic purposes, but also for students’ social and emotional health, mental health, and continuity of other special services. It is our hope, here at SERVPRO of Beachwood and Cleveland Northeast, that you all remain safe and healthy as our Cleveland communities begin to open back up again.

For more information: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/prepare-safe-return.html.

SERVPRO of Beachwood and Cleveland Northeast can be reached at 216-464-4498.