Weekly Family Update 9/27/21

     

Quick Updates for our FABULOUS Families! 😀

*THANK YOU for your continued flexibility with bus times. We are still short one driver for another week, so we continue to adjust times. We are meeting to see what options we have moving forward---if there are changes, you can trust that we will keep you informed.  If you are able to drive your child(ren) to school, we sure appreciate it. We are very lucky to have our amazing team of bus and van drivers and aides. We are still also looking for more drivers and are committed to having our bus routes NOT impact student on time arrival as much as we possibly can. 

Daily COVID Data

COVID Data Hub

Daily D114 COVID Data

Surveillance Testing--UPDATES!!! 

The first week of testing went very, very smoothly! THANK YOU for this! Please note that our current testing can only be done with nasal/mouth swabs---we are not able to provide saliva tests at this time. 

If you are opting in for testing but your child has tested COVID+ in the last 90 days, you may want to consider NOT testing at this time, as results may still indicate the presence of COVID-19.

Please contact Heather Friziellie at heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org if you want to change your child's status.

Students

Students are given their pre-labeled kit each Monday (PreK) or Tuesday. 
Students return the samples on Wednesday upon arrival. 

Samples that are not returned by 9AM Wednesday can not be included in the shipment to the lab for review.

Samples are taken by FedEx to lab and you get the results emailed to you in 24-48 hours. 

If you have opted your child in for testing, PLEASE tell them so that they are not surprised when we hand them a test (Lotus) or do an announcement for all those picking up kits to come to the office (Stanton).

Remote Learning Access

To access short term remote learning, students must:
1. Have positive COVID diagnosis, or
2. Be identified as close contact by D114

Situations that do not qualify for remote access:

1. Symptoms in the absence of a COVID diagnosis.
*Students should stay home until symptoms resolve.
*Student will be encouraged to take a COVID test and share results
*COVID testing can be done onsite using SHIELD PCR (once program launches) or Binex Now Rapid with parent/guardian permission.

2. Student identified as close contact with a family member
*Student should stay home and monitor symptoms
*Student will be encouraged to take a COVID test and share results
*COVID testing can be done onsite using SHIELD PCR (once program launches) or Binex Now Rapid with parent/guardian permission.

3. Family vacations.

4. General illnesses.

5. Any other non-COVID related reasons.

Remote Learning Parameters:
Student get “eyes and ears” into the classroom using Google Classroom and Google Meet.
Student is provided at least 5 hours of instruction, of which 2.5 must be synchronous.
Remote access is given 24 hours after notification that a student qualifies.

Current Local COVID Data

D114 Internal Data

Date	COVID + Staff	Staff in Quarantine	COVID + Students	Students in Quarantine
9/26/21	1	0	1	10
9/24/21	0	0	2	10
9/23/21	0	0	1	8
9/22/21	0	0	0	10
9/21/21	1	0	0	10
9/20/21	1	0	1	11
9/19/21	1	0	1	11
9/16/21	1	0	2	24
9/15/21	1	0	2	24
9/14/21	1	0	2	24
9/13/21	2	0	2	24
9/12/21	2	0	3	25
9/9/21	2	0	2	20
9/8/21	2	0	2	17
9/7/21	2	0	1	7
9/3/21	1	0	3	11
9/2/21	1	0	3	7

9/24/21--Click here for Daily D114 COVID data.

CDC thresholds and local data for Lake County

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	142.13
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	2.69

D114 Local Zip Codes Data from Northwestern University COVID Dashboard--ALL DATA INCLUDES ACTUAL AND PROBABLE CASES!

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	191.0
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	3.95%

October 8--Staff Institute Day--no school for students

October 11--No School--Columbus Day

October 12--Board of Education Meeting

D114 Text-A-Tip

United Way

 

Ways to access:

*Call 211 from any phone.

*Text your zip code to 898211

*Access the database via web at https://211lakecounty.org/

 

You can reach us at District Office at 847-973-4028. Feel free to email me with questions, ideas, or concerns at heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org. We are here to help, so don't hesitate to reach out for assistance!

With commitment to our students and families, 

Heather Friziellie, Superintendent