• Employees will be expected to screen for symptoms each day before reporting to work
• Requiring masks for all students and staff.
• Built-in mask breaks at all levels.
• Implementing physical distancing where feasible. 
• Requiring personal protective equipment (PPE) like face coverings and plexiglass barriers.
• Cleaning desks between student use.
• Cleaning high touch areas frequently throughout the day.
• Extensive cleaning and disinfecting every night.
• All supplies & equipment cleaned between uses - limit sharing of supplies.
• Restricting visitors to schools during the school day.

 Learn more on the Health & Safety website

Yes, Cambridge-Isanti Schools has prepared in-depth cleaning practices to prevent the exposure of COVID-19. View the list of cleaning procedures on the Health & Safety webpage.

A statewide face coverings order is now in effect for Minnesota. Minnesota Schools are required to adopt a masking policy that mandates mask wearing in all school facilities. Each student and staff member will be provide at least one cloth face covering. You can learn more about face coverings on the Health & Safety webpage.

The District is partnering with Isanti Public Health Department and MDE to provide all staff personal protective equipment, including:

• OSHA approved N95 and KN95 Respirator Masks
• Face Shields (2 variations)
• Cloth and Disposable Face Coverings
• Gloves and gowns as needed for staff who are in prolonged close contact with students
• A free at-home COVID-19 saliva test (provided by MDE) to be used if you believe you have had close-contact or may have been exposed to the virus.

Please visit the Health & Safety webpage to learn how suspected and confirmed COVID cases will be handled.

Yes. The district is using some of the federal funding under the CARES Act to pay the additional custodial staff.

There will be stations throughout the building and product in the classrooms.

Students will then wash their hands at a sink. Frequent hand washing is one of the three key prevention strategies and is preferred over the use of hand sanitizers. As with any allergy, students and families will work individually with the school nurses to plan accordingly.

All schools, including classrooms and other learning spaces, will be arranged to allow for physical distancing in accordance with the model that the school is currently in. Distancing procedures and protocols have been the focus of our health and safety teams and administration for the past several weeks and will continue to evolve.

With any illness, we will ask that families work with the school nurses to determine the best course of action depending on symptoms.

Our focus is always the health and safety of our students, we will work closely with each family as we navigate through various medical concerns.

The school will not test students for COVID, but will work with families, local medical institutions, and public health officials to respond accordingly and support students.

This information can be found at www.health.state.mn.us.

Yes, Isanti County Health and MDH will guide families through situations like these.

The Centers for Disease Control has provided a thorough back-to-school checklist for families. It includes talking with children about physical distancing, wearing a face-covering and who to contact if you have concerns about your child.

Families and staff are asked to self-screen for symptoms of COVID daily. Please do not come to school if you have any of the following symptoms. Call your school Attendance Office and report symptoms.

People with COVID-19 have had a wide range of symptoms reported – ranging from mild symptoms to severe illness. See MN COVID-19 Response for more information. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:

• Fever (100.4) or chills
• Cough
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Muscle or body aches
• Headache
• New loss of taste or smell
• Sore throat
• Congestion or runny nose
• Nausea or vomiting
• Diarrhea

If you have symptoms, use this online interactive screening tool.

Learn more about what to do if you or your child are sick?

If you have recently been in close contact with someone known to have COVID-19, have been told by a healthcare provider you have been exposed, or have tested positive, call your school Attendance Office.

C-I Schools Online Program is a separate learning option that students can enroll in. Distance Learning is a model that our teachers will prepare to be in based on our COVID numbers by our county transmission. C-I Schools Online will be a learning platfrom no matter the COVID numbers.

Students will be able to join the C-I Online program at the start of each trimester.

There will be a combination of teaching styles during distance learning.

Yes

They will be in the B Group.

Yes

No. In our school district 6th graders are part of our middle school, therefore will follow the secondary school guidelines. 

Yes, the district is working to purchase additional Chromebooks which are required for distance learning models. These Chromebooks will be purchased with federal COVID funding from the CARES Act.

Information about Chromebook distribution will be sent to families by each school. Families can expect to receive communication prior to the first day of school. Updated 8/31/20

No, there will be no in-person open houses. Instead, schools will use other means to communicate the start of the year plans.

Grading will remain consistent throughout the learning models. Students will receive progress reports for each trimester.

Teachers will continue to take attendance in a traditional format for in-person and hybrids days where students are present in class. Attendance will be based on engagement with the teacher(s) in distance and hybrid models when students are not in the building.

This is a legislative decision. The guidance states that we need to adhere to current requirements. It is likely that this could change based on circumstances throughout the year, especially if we are required to move in and out of the three models.

They could be exempt from wearing a mask, but alternative face coverings will be determined based on individual education plan considerations.

Yes, they will be provided.

This will be evaluated case by case in various models. We are obligated to meet special education requirements and work with MDE guidance.

No. We have rerouted all of our bus routes and successfully eliminated our Hub transfer system. We surveyed families and about 50% have indicated they will transport their own children, so we expect to achieve physical distancing on our buses. We had to adjust start times slightly. The start times will be sent to families within the next week.

The free meals program is for students enrolled in the district or who are receiving care in C-I's Tier 1 Childcare services or Adventure Center.

Yes. There will be hub sites set up for those students on distance learning days or students who are in our C-I Schools Online program to pick up free grab and go meals.

Although we always encourage families to fill out the free and reduced applications, they do not need to to qualify for this program. This is a summer waiver that allows ALL students to get a free meal. We have been told that the waiver is only through December and that the money could run out ahead of time with little warning. This would propel us back to the pay meal program and if families were qualified under free and reduced, it would allow them at that time to continue to receive free meals. 

A robust food service plan (including specific MDH guidelines) are being developed for all of our schools. An MDH representative will be working closely with us to ensure proper social distancing and sanitization protocols are followed. Building-level scheduling will also be used to limit student numbers in our cafeteria to proper levels.

Yes! Hot lunches will be available for students, but they will no longer be served buffet style.

The Minnesota State High School League’s Board of Directors, at its meeting on Aug. 4, approved moving forward as scheduled with four Fall activities. Girls Tennis, Boys and Girls Cross Country, Boys and Girls Soccer and Girls Swimming and Diving beginning on Aug. 17 with limitations. The Board of Directors also approved moving Football and Volleyball to a modified spring season. See the MSHSL Press Release here.

The MSHSL approved plan includes several modifications, safety recommendations for practice and game play, crowd limitations and guidelines for transportation as well as games and length of season reductions.

The MSHSL 2020-21 school year athletics plan consists of four seasons:

1. Fall season begins August 17: Boys’ and girls’ cross country, boys’ and girls’ soccer, girls' swimming and diving, and girls’ tennis.  
2. Winter season begins on regularly scheduled dates: Boys’ and girls’ basketball, gymnastics, boys’ and girls’ hockey, boys/ swimming and diving, and wrestling.
3. Spring season runs mid-March until mid-May: Football and volleyball.
4. Summer season runs May through early July: Baseball, boys’ and girls’ golf, softball, boys’ tennis, and boys’ and girls’ track and field.

Activities & Athletics Director, Mark Solberg, will be working with our district administration and the Mississippi 8 activities directors regarding allowing spectators at events. The total number of spectators allowed at an event will not exceed the recommendations of the Minnesota Department of Health (25% capacity up to 250 people). Spectators will not be allowed indoors at girls’ swimming and diving. If we are allowed a limited number of fans at outdoor events, parents/guardians of participants will have priority in terms of attending the event. We may need to set aside seating for visiting team parents/guardians as well.  We plan to video stream as many of our home/away events as possible.

Cambridge-Isanti will provide team transportation for away events. Per our coaches’ and advisors’ handbook, students and coaches/advisors will travel to and from the away event by school transportation. No students shall drive themselves to an away event. The only exception is when a student’s parent/guardian provides a written note to the coach at the contest stating they are taking their student home. We will follow the Minnesota Department of Health recommendations regarding how many students are allowed on a bus each time. Masks will be required when traveling to events on a district bus.

If a case of COVID-19 is reported, MDH guidelines will be followed. MDH will interview the student or parent/guardian, determine the dates when the case was infectious, identify anyone who may have been exposed, and collect contact information for those individuals. People identified as exposed (close contacts) are those who spent at least 15 minutes within six feet of the infectious student. Coaches/advisors will keep accurate practice/contest rosters so contact tracing can be done quickly. 

A decision about fine arts, activities, student clubs & other non-MSHSL programs will be made shortly by Cambridge-Isanti administrators.

Yes, students enrolled in the C-I Online Program are eligible for all co-curricular activities.

To comply with current public health orders, Cambridge-Isanti Schools will only allow essential visitors into our school buildings. While in our buildings, a mask must be worn at all times. Large group gatherings will occur virtually while under these public health orders. 

Parents and Guardians may enter the main office to drop off or pick up a student. A mask must be worn while in the office. To facilitate the process, please call ahead to inform the office of your arrival time.

Essential Visitors (district staff, contractors) are required to wear a mask in our buildings at all times. You will be asked to verify your identity by showing office staff a form of photo identification such as a driver’s license or state ID card. Your ID will be scanned into our visitor management database and a photo visitor badge will be printed and used as your visitor credential for the day. You will be issued a colored lanyard with a plastic sleeve that will hold your credential. The lanyard must be placed around your neck with your visitor badge visible at all times during your visit. At the completion of your visit, you will be required to check back into the main office to return your visitor badge and to sign out as a visitor. Office staff will retain your photo ID for the duration of your visit. Your photo ID will be returned to you when you sign out as a visitor.

Please be aware that our staff has been trained to follow protocol and question visitors who are in the building and not wearing a mask and/or ID badge. Please be advised of school district POLICY #903 which outlines that an individual or group may be denied permission to visit a school if visitor(s) do not comply with the school district procedures or if the visit is not in the best interest of students, employees or the school district

Yes! Donations can be dropped off at the Education Services Center (625A Main St N, Cambridge, MN 55008). Masks will be laundered before being distributed. We are taking donations for both child-size and adult-size masks. 

Yes. Community Education Adventure Center Child Care Program will be offering before and after school care on a fee basis, Monday through Friday.

When in a hybrid model, Cambridge-Isanti Schools will follow the direction of the Governor and provide child care during regular school hours for children of critical workers on the Tier 1 State critical workers list. This care will be for school children ages 12 and under and will be at no cost to Tier 1 families.

There will be limited community education programs based on health and safety standards and guidance.

Preschool will be offering half day, 2 or 3 days per week classes for 3-5 year olds. Classes will be held Monday-Friday at both Cambridge Intermediate School and Isanti Primary School and closely follows the K-12 calendar. You can learn more information on the Early Childhood page.

Classes will begin the first week of October. View the Early Childhood page to learn more.