Covid-19 Policies and Protocols Effective 9/1/21
(excerpted, condensed, and amended from original document, Parent Handbook)
Hours of Operation
Arrival Front Porch/Patio Drop off -
Upon Arrival into the Classroom - Each child will have their temperature taken to assess wellness to attend class. All children must have a temperature under 100.0°F (per CDC, CDPH, and CCLD requirements) and no cold or flu symptoms. Children will wash and sanitize their hands before playing in the classroom.
Daily Departure 11:45AM & 3:45PM -
Calling In Sick/Vacation - If you are NOT going to be bringing your child to school, please call, message or email before 8:00am on the day of the absence to let us know. Due to Covid-19 we are required to know why your child will not be attending. We worry about you and your child when you do not call. If you are going on a Vacation and plan to be gone for several days please let us know as well.
Children Wearing Masks - CA State Licensing has issued a bulletin that all children over 2 years of age attending a licensed childcare facility (in-home or center based) are highly recommended to wear a mask. Therefore, all students should bring a mask in their backpack (unless they can furnish a written medical or religious exemption) to school daily to reduce their chance of potential exposure Covid-19 virus. Students wearing face masks are highly supervised to ensure their safety and they are only worn during indoor classroom activities, not during napping, or eating meals. Adult teachers wear a face mask at all times around the students.
Covid-19 School Closure
In the event of a positive Covid-19 documented person:
Health and Sick Policy
All students and parents must have their health assessed at home daily to ensure all persons are well to be in group settings (whether that be work for parents or preschool for children).
Sick Persons:
Students with these symptoms may have COVID-19 and will need to stay home from preschool:
At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since fever stopped without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in additional symptoms of any kind. We have a zero tolerance for any symptoms that may mimic cold and flu. Students with cold symptoms cannot attend.
Allergies - If a student has acute seasonal allergies (runny nose, or sneezing with or without nasal discharge) the parents must medicate the student on a daily allergy medication to alleviate the student's symptoms and the student MUST wear a mask to school whenever they are having any allergy symptoms (non-fever). If a parent does not bring a mask, a disposable one will be provided for daily use during indoor class time. Masks are not worn by students when they are napping, and eating meals. Indoor play is up to 2 hours in the morning and up to 1 hour in the afternoon.
Closure due to Covid - Due to the widespread pandemic outbreak that will continue through the fall/winter holiday gatherings, we cannot credit tuition during any future exposures and/or quarantines. Our goal is to remain open, and provide the cleanest, most sanitary place for your child to attend. However we cannot predict a student will become sick in the future when they are not exhibiting symptoms at the time of attendance. Our tuition is highly competitive, so much so that we are priced 15-30% lower that other preschools in the area. To maintain our price point and not have to raise prices up to the level of other programs in the greater area, we must expect that timely tuition payments will be made regardless of unprecedented pandemic virus outbreaks that are completely out of our control. Please know we are doing everything within our power to keep all students healthy and safe from illness. We appreciate you understanding and will do anything we can to keep your child engaged during closures with enrichment packets if your child must quarantine in the future.
Wendy D. H. Spencer, Owner/Director.
Phone & Messaging: (916) 300 - 4515
School Hours: 8:30am - 3:45pm
https://www.facebook.com/woodcreek.montessori.preschool
E-Mail: woodcreek.montessori@me.com
Lic #313609930 .
Copyright (c) 1997 Woodcreek Montessori School
(excerpted, condensed, and amended from original document, Parent Handbook)
Hours of Operation
- Our official hours of school are Monday thru Friday, 8:30am - 3:45pm.
- Morning Day hours are: 8:30am - 11:45am - School Day hours are: 8:30am - 3:45pm
Arrival Front Porch/Patio Drop off -
- The large whiteboard sign will serve as up-to-date communication. Required licensing documentation and any Covid-19 Policies/Protocols will be clipped to the back of the whiteboard.
- All parents must wear a mask to walk past the whiteboard sign into the front porch area. If parents have been fully vaccinated, they do not have to wear a face covering to drop off.
- If you see another family dropping off between the front pillars and front porch area, please give them physical distance (6 ft or more) so they may drop off their child(ren). We are limiting the front porch access for parent/family contact to 15 minutes to limit our school’s potential exposure to Covid-19.
- Children must wear socks in our environment at all times to safeguard from illness. Bare feet in the classroom are not allowed.
Upon Arrival into the Classroom - Each child will have their temperature taken to assess wellness to attend class. All children must have a temperature under 100.0°F (per CDC, CDPH, and CCLD requirements) and no cold or flu symptoms. Children will wash and sanitize their hands before playing in the classroom.
Daily Departure 11:45AM & 3:45PM -
- We will utilize the camera on the ring doorbell to announce your arrival, please do not ring the doorbell unless we are visibly outside. Please be mindful of other families and allow physical distancing.
- Shoes will remain outside on front porch to reduce the contaminant level in the classroom (unless children are outside playing at pick up).
- I ask that you remain at the pillar to allow safe distancing to communicate with me about your child’s day. I will then close the door so you can place their shoes on.
- If your child is not picked up by 3:45pm we will begin to prepare for closure of the day by setting up all sterilization and disinfecting of the classroom area and placing shoes and backpacks on children so they are ready to leave.
- Picking up after 3:45pm is in the event of an unexpected work or traffic delay and should be avoided if possible. My university classes begin at 4pm daily and I cannot be habitually late due to a late departure.
Calling In Sick/Vacation - If you are NOT going to be bringing your child to school, please call, message or email before 8:00am on the day of the absence to let us know. Due to Covid-19 we are required to know why your child will not be attending. We worry about you and your child when you do not call. If you are going on a Vacation and plan to be gone for several days please let us know as well.
Children Wearing Masks - CA State Licensing has issued a bulletin that all children over 2 years of age attending a licensed childcare facility (in-home or center based) are highly recommended to wear a mask. Therefore, all students should bring a mask in their backpack (unless they can furnish a written medical or religious exemption) to school daily to reduce their chance of potential exposure Covid-19 virus. Students wearing face masks are highly supervised to ensure their safety and they are only worn during indoor classroom activities, not during napping, or eating meals. Adult teachers wear a face mask at all times around the students.
Covid-19 School Closure
In the event of a positive Covid-19 documented person:
- When a student tests positive for Covid-19, all students who have had a close contact (exposure within 48 hours of the student that tested positive) will need to quarantine for 10 days. The school will need to be closed on days the infected student attended as well as all students attending on those days (if it’s a TTH child or MWF student we would close only on those days, a M-F student, then all 5 days closed).
- If a parent or older sibling of a student is quarantined due to a Covid-19 exposure, all children living in their home will need to stay home from school for 10 days until all members of household do not have any Covid symptoms (10 day quarantine starts/restarts from onset of positive test result for each member until the household is cleared of C-19).
Health and Sick Policy
All students and parents must have their health assessed at home daily to ensure all persons are well to be in group settings (whether that be work for parents or preschool for children).
Sick Persons:
Students with these symptoms may have COVID-19 and will need to stay home from preschool:
- Fever (over 99F)
- Chills and/or Headache
- Cough and/or Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue and/or Muscle or body aches
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat, Congestion, and/or Runny Nose
- Nausea, Vomiting, and/or Diarrhea
At least 3 days (72 hours) have passed since fever stopped without the use of fever-reducing medications and improvement in additional symptoms of any kind. We have a zero tolerance for any symptoms that may mimic cold and flu. Students with cold symptoms cannot attend.
Allergies - If a student has acute seasonal allergies (runny nose, or sneezing with or without nasal discharge) the parents must medicate the student on a daily allergy medication to alleviate the student's symptoms and the student MUST wear a mask to school whenever they are having any allergy symptoms (non-fever). If a parent does not bring a mask, a disposable one will be provided for daily use during indoor class time. Masks are not worn by students when they are napping, and eating meals. Indoor play is up to 2 hours in the morning and up to 1 hour in the afternoon.
Closure due to Covid - Due to the widespread pandemic outbreak that will continue through the fall/winter holiday gatherings, we cannot credit tuition during any future exposures and/or quarantines. Our goal is to remain open, and provide the cleanest, most sanitary place for your child to attend. However we cannot predict a student will become sick in the future when they are not exhibiting symptoms at the time of attendance. Our tuition is highly competitive, so much so that we are priced 15-30% lower that other preschools in the area. To maintain our price point and not have to raise prices up to the level of other programs in the greater area, we must expect that timely tuition payments will be made regardless of unprecedented pandemic virus outbreaks that are completely out of our control. Please know we are doing everything within our power to keep all students healthy and safe from illness. We appreciate you understanding and will do anything we can to keep your child engaged during closures with enrichment packets if your child must quarantine in the future.
Wendy D. H. Spencer, Owner/Director.
Phone & Messaging: (916) 300 - 4515
School Hours: 8:30am - 3:45pm
https://www.facebook.com/woodcreek.montessori.preschool
E-Mail: woodcreek.montessori@me.com
Lic #313609930 .
Copyright (c) 1997 Woodcreek Montessori School