Saturday, October 3, 2020
Hello OHS Students and Families-
I’m sending another email today, and I apologize for all of the emails, but I want to share more information to help clear up the confusion about the quarantine messages from yesterday and today.
We did have a large number of student quarantines identified yesterday and our team has been working hard to complete the contact tracing and notification process, which has been lengthy and challenging.
As you know, a quarantine email was accidentally sent to all OHS families early this morning. This email was intended for a specific list of students who need to quarantine because they were exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19 while at OHS or while participating in OHS activities. We attempted to recall the email but were unable to do so. A second email was then sent in an attempt to notify parents of the mistake, but that message wasn’t clear and caused more confusion.
I know this was frustrating for families and I’m sorry the mistake happened. I share in your frustration and our team will meet on Monday to ensure this doesn’t happen again.
Our team spent this morning updating attendance information for all students in Skyward. We’re asking all OHS families to log in to Skyward Family Access and check their child’s attendance record. Please review the steps below to confirm whether your child should attend school on Monday, October 5, or whether they need to begin the quarantine process:
- Once you log into Skyward Family Access, click on the Attendance tab on the left side of the screen.
- If your child needs to quarantine, you will see
attendance entered for each date of your student’s quarantine along with a
quarantine code next to each date (i.e., “Quarantine Close Contact/School
Contact").
- If this code does not exist in your student’s
attendance record, they should report to school on Monday, October
5.
- If your student is required to quarantine beginning
10/5/2020, please note the final date of quarantine entered for your
student. There are multiple quarantines currently in place, and it is
important that your student is aware of their quarantine end date.
- Students placed in quarantine will receive additional
information from an Associate Principal on their learning plans while
they’re away from school.
I apologize again for the confusion and mistaken emails today. I understand that the quarantine process is challenging for families and students and the mistakes today only make that harder. This is a new experience for all of us and we’ll learn from these errors and improve the notification process so this doesn’t happen again.
Have a great weekend!
Jason
