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12 | March 19, 2020 | The lake forest leader NEWS LakeForestLeaderDaily.com Lake Bluff D65 Board of Education Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 9 dayS ago Coronavirus concerns addressed by board, administrators Katie Copenhaver Freelance Reporter Coronavirus (COV- ID-19) preparedness was the major focus of the regularly scheduled District 65 Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, March 10. Principals Nate Blackmer and Margaret St. Claire presented the precautions they are taking in Lake Bluff Middle School and Lake Bluff Elementary School, respectively. St. Claire said they are carefully tracking student absences in terms of types and clusters of illnesses. So far, the worst they have seen are influenza and stomach flu. Blackmer said they are requesting parents to provide specifics about illnesses when they call in for their children’s absences. In addition, Blackmer assured everyone that regular sanitizing is happening at the facilities. “How are students handling this?” Board Secretary Julie Gottshall asked. According to St. Claire, they are seeing a range of responses from the elementary school students. In fact, one young kid erroneously claimed he had the coronavirus. School officials confirmed with his parents that he was confused. Teachers were assuring students that nobody in the school had contracted the virus. While it was entirely unplanned, Blackmer said, “This aligns precisely with [the sixth grade] science unit on bacteria and viruses.” “Has there been any difficulty getting supplies?” Board Member John Marozsan asked. Jay Kahn, director of finance and operations, said their reserve is running low, but more supplies are coming next week. Superintendent Dr. Jean Sophie said the guidelines they are following, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois State Board of Education, are posted on the district website. “My Lake County superintendent group is where I get the most information,” she said, noting that online communications with them have provided a helpful forum for talking through the issues and practices on how to prepare for an outbreak. “The guidance we’ve been getting from day one is to prepare for schools to be closed,” Sophie said. She explained that they currently have five boardapproved e-learning days. School administration and staff have begun making plans for how to use those five days and possibly more. Sophie went on to say that if there is any concern of exposure in the school system, they will notify the Lake County Department of Health. “We’re on top of it,” she said. “We would certainly notify parents if there is any alert of an exposure.” As of Thursday, March 12, Sophie announced on the district website that “Our May 1 Teacher Institute is now being moved to Monday, March 16. This will be a non-attendance day for students and will allow our staff to better prepare for remote learning.” She also stated, “I am pretty certain that we will be starting our e-learning days or remote learning Tuesday, March 17 through Friday, March 20. I will update our community by the end of day tomorrow on this decision. Spring Break then follows March 23-27.”] Roehrick named director of student services The board unanimously approved the promotion of Tracy Roehrick to succeed Dr. Kevin Rubenstein as the district’s director of student services. It was a 6 - 0 vote, with only Board Member Andy Duran absent. Roehrick, who is currently serving as the assistant principal at LBES, will take over on July 1. Rubenstein is leaving for a new position with the Elmhurst school district. Since coming to District 65 in 2009, Roehrick has served as a behavior intervention specialist as well as assistant principal at the elementary school. Prior to that, she was a teacher in Schaumburg. For the full story, visit LakeForestLeaderDaily. com. Posted to LakeForestLeaderDaily.com 1 day ago Lake Forest High School D115 Board of Education Linder provides security update for community Peter Kaspari, Editor A comprehensive security and safety update was provided to members of the Lake Forest High School District 115 Board of Education at its regular meeting on Monday, March 9. Lane Linder, the district’s director of safety and security, provided board members and community members with information on changes he has implemented in the year and a half he’s been with the district. Linder said he had “very robust goals for trying to bring in best practices for security and safety” when he started and has implemented a number of changes. One of them was a new entry system at the school, which Linder and administrators have said have made it more secure and to help make sure nobody gets into the school that isn’t supposed to be there. Linder added that another change was a reporting tool that allows students to anonymously contact school officials if they see something wrong going on in the building. “We put together an in-house tool that allows students to quickly report something of concern that sends an automatic notification to key administrators in the building and allows us to quickly investigate and take action on areas of concern reported by students,” he said. While drills such as fire, severe weather and lockdown are common in schools, Linder said he added a new element to them that he called student accountability. This means faculty members now keep track of which of their students are actually participating in the drill. In the event of a real emergency, this would mean a student may not have gotten out of the building or is not in a safe place. “It was quite an undertaking but we’ve gotten better every time we’ve done it,” Linder said. The high school also adopted a new severe weather plan, where the priority is getting all students to the high school’s basement level, and providing red clipboards to staff that has a checklist of what to do in case of an emergency. Linder also came up with maps that show proper evacuation routes. Another new implementation are “micro drills,” which are essentially smaller drills, but with a focus on specific classrooms. “I conducted training with those staff members on how to conduct a micro drill with theri students,” he said. “...It’s important for these students to know in every space that they’re in the building where the safe location is.” Other changes include improvements to the school’s panic buttons, which make it easier for staff to tell which panic button was pressed, as well as an improved public address system. Currently, Linder said he’s working on developing a new security plan for the high school’s West Campus, located on Waukegan Road, and which houses the district’s Little Scouts preschool program. In response to a board member question, Linder stated that it is very important to him to make sure that students remain calm during drills. He’s actually spoken to students who may experience high anxiety during drills to go stepby-step through what they mean. Linder said he also has an option for advanced notice, where students who get stressed about drills will be notified beforehand that a drill will be happening so they can prepare themselves. In other board news, Superintendent Michael Simeck gave a recap of the high school’s open house that had been held on March 4, which provided parents and community members a chance to tour the high school and learn more about the school’s master plan that is currently being worked on. Simeck showed the page on the high school’s website where community members can see links to presentations, get information on what the school would like to see happen, and links for offering feedback. The district is in the beginning stages of the planning, and no final plans have been developed or approved.
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