JHU creates reopening policy tracker

JHU creates reopening policy tracker

MORNING, JULY THE 27TH..

GOODMORNING, MARYLAND..

I'MCHRISTIAN SCHAFFER..

AND I'MASHLEY JAMES.

ONE OF THE BIGCONCERNS FOR PARENTS RIGHT NOW━ GETTING THEIR KIDS READY TOGO BACK TO SCHOOL.

BUT A LOTOF PARENTS HAVE A LOT MORE ONTHEIR MINDS THIS YEAR THANSHOPPING FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIESOR NEW CLOTHES FOR THEIR KIDS.WMAR 2 NEWS' MARK ROPER ISLIVE OUTSIDE JOHNS HOPKINSHOMEWOOD CAMPUS IN NORTHBALTIMORE WHERE RESEARCHERSCREATED A BAC━ T━SCHOOLCHECKLIST FOR ADMINISTRATORS.MARK━ WHAT'S ON THE LIST?IT'S AN OUTLINE FOR EDUCATORSTO CONSIDER THE BEST ANSWERSTO THE QUESTION OF━ HOW TOWELCOME STUDENTS BACK TO THECLASSROOM OR REOPEN SCHOOVIRTUAACROSS JOHNS HOPKINSUNIVERSITY━ EXPERTS INEDUCATION━ PUBLIC HEALTH ANDMEDICINE TEAMED UP TO CREATEWHAT'S BEING CALLED THE ━SCHOOL PLUS INITIATIVE.

THISEFFORT ADDRESSING THEEDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES OFOPENING SCHOOLS DURING APANDEMIC━ FEATURES A SEVE━POINT REOPENING CHECKLIST.PART ONE ADDRESSES STUDENTSWHO ARE AT RISK WHO MIGHT HAVEFALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS WITHTHEIR STUDIES DURING THEEMERGENCY SHUTDOWN LASTSPRING.

PART TWO FOCUSES ONTHE CHALLENGES OF DISTANCELEARNING PART THREE FOCUSES ON━ HOW PREPARED ARE SCHOOLS TOWELCOME BACK STUDENTS INSIDETHE CLASSROOM━ FORINSTRUCTION I━PERSON.

PARTFOUR ADDRESSES━ HOW WILLSTUDENTS WHO RELY ON SCHOOLSTO EAT━ GET THEIR MEALS PARTFIVE LOOKS AT━ HOW SCHOOLSWILL ASSESS A STUDENT'S HEALTH━ THAT IMMUNIZATIONS ANDHEALTH SCREENINGS FOR HEARINGAND VISION ARE UP TO DATE━IF KIDS ARE STAYING HOME.

PARTSIX ASKS ADMINISTRATORS━ TOCONSIDER HOW TO HANDLESTUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS HAVE TOWORK AND THEREFORE WON'T HAVEANY SUPERVISION DURING THE DAYAND PART SEVEN LOOKS AT━ HOWA SCHOOL CAN HELP STUDENTS INUNSTABLE LIVING SITUATIONS WHOWOULD BE BETTER OFF IN SCHOOLTHAN AT HOME━ OR HOW WILLSTUDENTS GET TO SCHOOL AND BEABLE TO MAINTAIN SOCIALDISTANCING━ IF CLASSES AREHELD I━PERSON..

RESEARCHERSAT JOHNS HOPKINS DESIGNED THISCHECKLIST AS A TOOL FORADMINISTRATORS BUT IT ALSOCOULD HELP PARENTS DETERMINEHOW PREPARED THEIR CHILD'SSCHOOL IS TO REOPEN THIS FALL━ EITHER ONLINE OR I━ PERSON━ BY ASKING THESE SAMEQUESTIONS.

I think before weopen the schools, in a hybridfashion or in a sociallydistanced fashion, we need tohave all of those plans givenout to parents and have themsit in the schools and walkthrough the experiences asthough they were studentsthemselves so that they cansee and be comfortable withhow schools have decided toutilize this planningFOR A LINK TO THE JOHNSHOPKINS INITIATIVE AND THSEVEN POINT CHECKLIST━ JUSTLOOK FOR THIS STORY ON OURWEBSITE━ WMAR 2 NEWS DOT COMLIVE IN NORTH BALTIMORE━MARK ROPER━ WMAR 2 N