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Valley City\u00a0 (VCPS)\u2013 The Valley City Public School District has announced updates to the District COVID-19 Plans.<\/p>\nValley City\u00a0 (VCPS)\u2013 The Valley City Public School District has announced updates to the District COVID-19 Plans.<\/p>\n
Valley City Public Schools Superintendent Josh Johnson, in his statment on Monday said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThis past week our District Emergency Response Team (DERT) met to discuss COVID-19 and the district plan. The following recommendations were agreed upon by the DERT Team and subsequently presented and supported by the school board on Wednesday (01-20-2021):<\/p>\n
1) Mask mandate will continue at VCPS as currently implemented for schools, activities, transportation, etc.
\n2) Continue with current attendance plan for activities and large-group gatherings (see attached).
\n3) Beginning on February 1, provide limited out-of-season activities\/community use of our facilities (more information forthcoming).
\n4) Continue Planning Forward to provide the continuation of in-person learning for all students in grades K-12.<\/p>\n
In addition to these recommendations, the DERT Team also addressed a few other specific items related to COVID-19.<\/p>\n
1) Vaccination- City-County Health has not determined a date when school employees will be vaccinated in Phase 1B.<\/p>\n
2) Rapid-Testing- Valley City Public Schools has made the decision to not participate in the Binax \u2018Rapid\u2019 surveillance testing program for school employees.<\/p>\n
3) COVID-19 Grants- Valley City Public Schools will be receiving additional funds from the state of North Dakota for COVID-19. These funds, referred to as ESSER II, have not been distributed and we are waiting to receive more information, including specific dollar amounts, from the Department of Public Instruction.<\/p>\n
4) Positive Case and Close Contacts- Our COVID-19 statistics as a school district remain very promising right now with low positive cases and close contacts with our students and employees.<\/p>\n
The DERT Team will review the district COVID-19 plan on Tuesday, February 23rd at their next scheduled meeting. As necessary, they will meet prior to this date to review anything related to COVID-19. If you have any questions regarding this information or our district COVID-19 plan, please let me know.\u201d<\/p>\n
Josh Johnson<\/p>\n
Superintendent<\/p>\n
Valley City Public Schools<\/p>\n
(701) 845-0483<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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