A Safe Return Plan - 2023-24
Meridian Public School
Guidelines for 2023-2024
A student or staff who has been verified by a doctor is asked to stay home for 5 days from the start of symptoms and to mask for 5 days after that.
A Safe Return Plan – Public Input
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021, Public Law. The ARP Act requires each school district that receives ARP ESSER funds to develop and make publicly available on the school district’s website, no later than 30 days after receiving ARP ESSER funds, a plan for the safe return to in-person instruction, and continuity of services for all schools (Safe Return Plan). The ARP Act further requires that the district seek public comment on the Safe Return Plan and take those comments into account in finalization of the Safe Return Plan. A school district must periodically, but no less frequently than every six months through September 30, 2023, review and, as appropriate, revise its Safe Return Plan.
Please Note: The district plans to operate in a traditional learning environment during the 2022-2023 school year unless there is a state or federal mandate that requires school districts to implement the safety protocols or if there is a COVID-19 outbreak (10% or more of the student/staff population testing positive for COVID-19 or 50 individuals total). If a COVID-19 outbreak were to occur, the district would look to implement some or all of the safety protocols listed in A Safe Return Plan for a short timeframe (1 to 10 consecutive days that school is in session).
The district is asking the public for feedback on a draft of our A Safe Return Plan. If you have any ideas on how to promote health and safety for all who use our facilities, please feel free to contact your building principal or the superintendent at the email addresses listed below.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Randy Kort (Superintendent): rkort@meridianmustangs.org
Harold Scott (Principal): hscott@meridianmustangs.org
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III Funds – Public Input
Over the past year, the federal government passed a number of flexible stimulus aids for school districts to utilize to get students back in the classroom and learning in-person again. Since Nebraska was one of the only states that held in-person learning for the entire 2020-2021 school year, students in Nebraska did not experience learning loss to the extent of students in other states where they spent the entire school year learning remotely. With this premise in mind, the district plans to use the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III Funds in the following allowable areas:
- Address deferred maintenance boiler and HVAC projects in both buildings;
- Address increased Mental Health needs with extra support through ESU 5
- Purchase high quality instructional materials to address any forms of learning loss or the aftereffects of it (Science, Math, Reading, & Social and Emotional curriculums);
- Purchase new Chromebook, iPads and laptops to support our one-to-one iPad/laptop program in grades PK-12.
The district is asking the public for feedback on a draft of the use of the ESSER III funds. If you have any ideas in accordance with the established parameters to address student learning needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic or to promote the health and safety for everyone that uses our facilities, please feel free to contact your building principal or the superintendent at the email addresses listed below.
Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
Randy Kort (Superintendent): rkort@meridianmustangs.org
Harold Scott (Principal): hscott@meridianmustangs.org
A Safe Return Plan 21-22 - Click to read
ARP ESSER III Plan 21-22 - Click to read
