Please keep referring to these documents regarding COVID symptoms and related quarantine procedures as we navigate illnesses.
PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF ONLINE STUDENTS: We have a large number of students who are not completing and turning in assignments. Please check your student work and progress. We want them to turn things in and be successful. We need your help to make this happen!
Sept. 25, 2020 COVID Update: Montezuma=0 staff/student cases, 0 quarantines; Rosedale=0 staff/student cases, 1 student quarantined due to exposure; RPHS=1 staff case, 0 student cases, 1 staff precautionary quarantine, 2 students quarantined due to exposure or pending test results
September 18, 2020 Illness Update: Montezuma=0 staff/student cases, 0 quarantines; Rosedale=0 staff/student cases, 7 students quarantined due to exposure; RPHS=0 staff/student cases, 1 staff quarantined due exposure, 6 students quarantined due to exposure or tests pending.
If you should receive a call from the local or state health department regarding close contacts, quarantine, or daily health, please answer the call and respond to the questions asked. This information is really useful in helping fight community spread of COVID.
Please continue to check your student for symptoms every day. If your student is symptomatic, please keep your student at home. Call the school and report the illness and absence. Call your healthcare provider and follow their directives.
Friday, September 11, 2020 COVID Update: Montezuma - 0 student/staff cases, 0 students/ staff quarantined; Rosedale - 0 student/staff cases, 0 staff quarantined, 12 students quarantined; RPHS - 0 student/staff cases, 1 staff quarantined, 5 students quarantined.
The Southwest Parke Board of Trustees meeting is tonight at 7 PM in the Riverton Parke Cafeteria. Public is invited. Masks and distancing are required.
September 4, 2020 - Dr. Harrison has posted a video update regarding COVID cases in our corporation. He also provides information about the Labor Day holiday. You may see the video here: https://www.facebook.com/swparke/videos/354039288964748/
All Southwest Parke Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay schedule today - Thursday, September 3, 2020 - due to dense fog and the dense fog advisory in effect. Be safe!
SWP required hearings (budget, bus replacement, capital projects, collective bargaining) and board meeting will be Wednesday, September 9 at 7 PM at RPHS Cafeteria. Public is invited to attend. Masks required. Distancing required.
August 28, 2020 - Dr. Harrison released a video update today about COVID and masks and such. You may see it at this link: https://www.facebook.com/swparke/videos/1242106046141149/
Parents/Guardians: You are our first line of defense agains COVID. Check your child for symptoms every day. If your child has symptoms, do not send her or him to school. Here's a handy guide to help you check your child for symptoms.
Please see the attached document for information regarding our return to school on Monday, August 24.
We are on track to start face-to-face instruction on Monday, August 24. We look forward to seeing you again!
The Southwest Parke Board meeting is tonight at 7 PM in the RPHS Cafeteria. It is open to the public. Masks are required. Social distancing will be in effect. See the agenda here. Meeting will also be live streamed.
Statement of Southwest Parke Community School Corporation Regarding COVID and the Move to E-Learning until August 24, 2020
On Thursday, August 6, 2020, all staff members reported to work at Southwest Parke. Masks were required and social distancing was encouraged.
On Sunday, August 9, 2020, two staff members at Riverton Parke presented with symptoms (fever, chills, aches, etc.) and sought testing for COVID. The same day, they notified the corporation and were placed on quarantine.
On Sunday, August 9, 2020, a student at Riverton Parke presented with symptoms. The same day, the parent notified the school corporation and indicated testing would occur on Monday, August 10, 2020. The student and the student’s family were placed on quarantine.
As of this morning, the school was notified of positive test results on those under quarantine. The school corporation contacted the local health department. The local health department identified other individuals within the school who should be quarantined due to potential close contact. Those individuals were immediately notified and themselves quarantined.
In each of these cases, symptoms presented on Sunday, August 9, 2020, and those involved contacted the school immediately.
The move to e-learning until Monday, August 24, 2020 allows additional time for contact tracing and notification. It also allows time for deep cleaning of all facilities and buses to help reduce the risk of COVID transmission.
We appreciate the staff of the Parke County Health Department and their assistance in this matter.
**Urgent Information** - Tuesday, August 11, 2020
All students will be dismissed from school today at 1 PM. There will be no after school care provided.
All Southwest Parke schools will operate on an e-learning schedule for the rest of this week and all of next week. Students will return to face-to-face instruction on Monday, August 24th.
We are moving to this e-learning schedule due to COVID cases and suspected COVID cases that are presenting at this time within our students and staff. We are working with our local health department and neighboring health departments to ensure that contract tracing can be accomplished. During this schedule change, I encourage you to keep practicing social distancing, keep washing your hands, and keep wearing masks in order to reduce possible spread of the virus.
Please know our number one priority is the health and safety of our students. We will continue to monitor this situation and provide you with updates on a regular basis.
Welcome back to school! There have been many questions about masks in schools. Here's a link to the Governor's Executive Order: https://www.in.gov/gov/files/Executive%20Order%2020-37%20Face%20Covering%20Requirement.pdf
Here's a visual guid to help us navigate illness and return to school for 2020-2021. I hope you find this useful.
