- Baldwin County Public Schools
- COVID FAQ's
FAQ's
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Cafeteria: If breakfast is provided, what changes will take place?
When students eat lunch or breakfast, we will be changing our protocols to provide for additional social distancing. Breakfast will be restructured to provide for better social distancing as well as more grab-and-go options.
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Cafeteria: Middle and High school students
Middle and high school students will not be limited to eating in the cafeteria. These older students will be given flexibility to eat in other locations designated on campus including outdoors. This will allow the opportunity for students to spread out.
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Cafeteria: What steps will be taken to protect elementary students?
Our elementary students in kindergarten through sixth grade will have their eating schedules and locations changed. Elementary grades will eat in a rotating A/B schedule, using both the cafeteria and other designated eating locations.
This will allow us to provide adequate social distancing and sanitization for our students. Food will be available for purchase as has been in the past. Principals will provide additional details upon return to school.
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Cafeteria: Will there be changes to cafeteria service for students
Our cafeterias will continue to provide food service as we have in the past. Our cafeteria workers, under the direction of our administration and the Department of Health, will implement safety protocols to ensure safe food preparation and service much like in restaurants today.
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Contact Us: I have really important information I need to share with the school system, how do I reach out?
If you have an urgent need, or information that you think is imperative to get to Baldwin County Public Schools System leaders, please email News@bcbe.org, or you may contact the system through Facebook by visiting www.Facebook.com/BCBEAlabama.
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Contact Us: I need to contact my child’s teacher/principal, how should I do that?
If you need to reach your student’s teacher or administrators, please visit your local school website and find their contact information through the directory listed. You can find your school’s website by visiting www.Bcbe.org and select the school from the upper right corner.
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General Information: If my student is absent with COVID-19 will they be excused?
The student’s absences will be excused and they will be able to continue to their academic work from home, digitally, under our distance learning plan as outlined.
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General Information: Is my child learning at the same pace as traditional school?
All of our classes in traditional school are being tracked digitally with your child. Our teachers and administrators are being required to complete significant professional development before starting school. This ensures they are up to speed on all of our new digital requirements for distance learning. We are prepared to switch our traditional students immediately to distance learning as a whole system, as an individual school or on a student by student basis as a result of sickness. All of their work, assignments, lessons and studies are posted and will be available digitally on Google Classroom each day. As of the first day of school, we are prepared make this move at any moment and without further preparation.
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General Information: New Mask Requirements
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Health & Safety: Symptoms of COVID-19
Per the CDC:
COVID-19 affects different people in different ways. Infected people have had a wide range of symptoms reported – from mild symptoms to severe illness.Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure to the virus. People with these symptoms may have COVID-19:Fever or chillsCoughShortness of breath or difficulty breathingFatigueMuscle or body achesHeadacheNew loss of taste or smellSore throatCongestion or runny noseNausea or vomitingDiarrheaLook for emergency warning signs for COVID-19. If someone is showing any of these signs, seek emergency medical care immediately:Trouble breathingPersistent pain or pressure in the chestNew confusionInability to wake or stay awakeBluish lips or faceCall your medical provider for any other symptoms that are severe or concerning to you. -
Health & Wellness: If my student is absent with COVID-19 will they be excused?
Yes but you will need to notify us. The student’s absences will be excused and they will be able to continue to their academic work from home, digitally, under our distance learning plan.
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Health & Wellness: Are students required to have a COVID-19 tests prior to returning to school?
The CDC does not currently recommend universal testing to admit students or staff into school. Viral testing only determines infection at the point in time the test occurs and may miss cases in the early stages of infection.
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Health & Wellness: Can students wear any kind of mask or face covering?
To comply with the Governor's order, we will be making a slight revision to our previously released mask requirements. Kindergartners and first-graders have the option to voluntarily wear masks at school but will not be required. All other students will be required to wear masks in line with the Governor's order. Masks worn by students will be subject to our uniform policy. Printed words or graphics on masks will not be allowed if they violate our uniform policy, if they are offensive to others or create a distraction. Parents, please use common sense when sending a child to school with their mask. -
Health & Wellness: How do I know if students or staff have COVID-19 at my school?
We will notify you daily as we get this information on positive COVID-19 tests in our schools. We will not be able to give out the name, personal or identifiable information about the person(s) who have been diagnosed.
For Elementary: The teacher in your student’s classroom will notify parents if the classroom has a suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. The principal of each school will notify parents if there is a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 at your students school. Daily the media will be notified of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the school district. If parents do not receive a call from either the teacher or the principal there were not confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases at your school on that day.
For Secondary: The principal of each school will notify parents if there is a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 at your students school. Daily the media will be notified of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases in the school district. If parents do not receive a call from the principal there were not confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases at your school on that day.
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Health & Wellness: If a student is sick at school what will take place?
Once we start school, if a child is sick, we will send the child to the nurse. From there, we will process the child quickly to identify if they are exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 which include: new onset cough or shortness of breath by themselves OR at least 2 of the following: fever (100.4ºF or higher), chills, muscle pain, sore throat, loss of sense of smell or taste, and gastrointestinal symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting or nausea. If they are, then the child will be sent to a wellness area isolated from others while we notify their parents for immediate dismissal as being suspected of having COVID-19.
