Tuscan School COVID-19 Outdoor Lunch Plan

8/31/2021 1:37 pm

Tuscan School

COVID-19 Outdoor Lunch/Inclement Weather Plan

EFFECTIVE | AUGUST 28, 2021

The Tuscan School Outdoor Lunch Plan is designed to maintain student health and safety by avoiding large and unmasked gatherings in the cafeteria during the COVID-19 pandemic. To provide all Tuscan students with a safe outdoor lunch space, when weather permits, the Tuscan School Outdoor Lunch Plan maximizes the use of all available outdoor space to the greatest extent possible. The Tuscan Café and designated classrooms will only be used when absolutely necessary.

Student enrollment at Tuscan School is approximately 600. The daily recess/lunch program at Tuscan takes place from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, in six 55 minute overlapping time periods. One 25 minute lunch period is dedicated to each grade level of approximately 100 students.

We acknowledge parent concerns as maximal physical distancing, at Tuscan School is difficult with large groups of students. At all times, and especially during Recess/Lunch periods, our priority will be to maintain physical distancing to the greatest extent practicable to keep students safe, cohorted (by classroom) and supervised.

Weather permitting, outdoor lunch space will include Tuscan’s front lawn and any other available lawn space. To maintain physical distancing, to the greatest extent practicable, a towel or mat to sit on during lunch is a recommended school supply for all Tuscan students.

Tuscan’s staff parking lot will also be repurposed to serve as an outdoor lunch space. Currently available indoor Café tables along with desks and chairs will be moved to and from the Tuscan parking lot daily for outdoor lunch, weather permitting.

To ensure a safe, cohorted (by classroom) and supervised Recess/Lunch experience for Tuscan’s children, a minimum of 15 Lunch Monitors in addition to Recess/Lunch Parent Volunteers are required and will be assigned to keep watchful eyes on students, in multiple outdoor locations around Tuscan School.

Tuscan Recess/Lunch Student Supervision Protocols

• Tuscan School Outdoor Lunch Seating/Location Chart will be developed and utilized daily to facilitate the
  assignment and management of Lunch Monitors and Recess/Lunch Parent Volunteers.
• Should parents wish to pick up their child(ren) for recess/lunch the full 55 minute Recess/Lunch period,
  designated for the grade level, will be allotted. To ensure that learning time is not loss, parents are
  expected to maintain an on-time schedule for their child’s recess/lunch time pick up and return to Tuscan
  School. To closely supervise student pick up and their return, a digital Recess/Lunch Sign-out/Sign-in Sheet
  will be established for timely communication between parents/teachers and administration. On days when Parents/Guardians plan to pick up their child(ren) for recess/lunch, the digital Recess/Lunch Sign-out/Sign-
  in Sheet must be used for teacher notification by 10:00 am.

Inclement Weather Plan – Indoor Lunch (only used when absolutely necessary) 

• Tuscan Café – (3-4 classes)
  • Lunch tables (21) currently available in the Tuscan Café can comfortably seat 12 students
    per table. To maintain physical distancing to the greatest extent practicable, 4 students
    will eat at each table with dividers.
    Individual desks with dividers and chairs arranged to maintain physical distancing to the
    greatest extent practicable.
• Classrooms - (1-2 classes)  
  
  • Individual desks with dividers and chairs arranged to maintain physical distancing to the
    greatest extent practicable.