COVID-19 In-Person Learning Matrix
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133 cases or more: Stage 5, purple, substantial risk: All schools are closed. Students are not physically attending school and are completing coursework through Non-Traditional Instruction/ Differentiated Distance Learning (NTI/2DL).
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83 to 132 cases: Stage 4, red, significant risk: FCPS will consider moving to remote learning with targeted services provided for students who need extra support. Based on FCPS transition factors and the COVID-19 In-Person Learning MATRIX, a graduated in-person learning model will be considered.
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34 to 82 cases: Stage 3, orange, moderate, but increasing risk: Schools are open for graduated in-person learning. Short-term closures may occur for virus-affected classrooms or buildings because of transition factors. These closures will be communicated by the school and district.
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3.3 to 33 cases: Stage 2, yellow, minimal risk: Schools are open for in-person learning. However, short-term closures may occur for virus-affected classrooms or buildings. These short-term closures may be affected by one or more transition factors and will be communicated to families by the school and the district.
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3.3 cases or less: Stage 1, green, low risk: All schools are open. Curriculum delivered on campus via face-to-face instruction, with blended learning strategies that integrate digital resources. FCPS will monitor and be prepared to respond to identification of COVID-19 positive tests that affect staff members or students. We might enact additional health and safety guidelines in consultation with the county’s health department.
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About the matrix
When conditions warrant, Fayette County Public Schools will offer traditional, on-campus, in-person instruction for all students whose families choose that option. We will implement significant health and safety procedures to meet guidelines set by federal, state, and local health officials to minimize the risk of COVID-19 spread. Since the number of students in the building is determined by family preference, social distancing will be implemented as much as possible, but will not be possible in all situations. To determine the appropriate mode of instruction, district leaders have developed a COVID-19 In-Person Learning Matrix. This tool, which builds on the state’s color-coded incidence rate map, includes five stages based on the seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Fayette County.
In addition, district leaders will consider orders from the governor, student and staff absences, isolations and quarantines, operations and support considerations, community vs. institutional spread, community trends, and vaccine uptake when determining the appropriate mode of instruction. Data will be tracked daily, and decisions for the next two-week period will be announced each Tuesday. Regardless of the in-person learning stage, we will provide remote learning five days a week for students whose families prefer that option.
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Marlene Helm
Read the acting superintendent's May 11 message to families (click photo); translations are archived below
May 11, 2021
Dear FCPS families:
In just a week, we will close the door on the 2020-21 school year, with all of its challenges and triumphs, heartaches and joys. We began the year apart, learning remotely and striving to return to campus. We will end in a vastly different place, in which most of our students have returned to in-person learning, our seniors will graduate in Rupp Arena, and we are taking other incremental steps back to normal.
After today’s meeting with the Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, I am pleased to report that the current 7-day average of new cases in Fayette County is 27, placing our community in yellow on the FCPS In-Person Learning Matrix. Positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff are down to 37 in the past week and the number of individuals placed into quarantine due to possible exposure was 298 during that same time.
The increasing number of fully vaccinated students, employees, and family members has played a critical role in reducing transmission rates and quarantine numbers. With yesterday’s exciting news that children between the ages of 12 and 15 are now eligible to receive the Pfizer vaccine, we are expanding our partnership with Wild Health to make this potentially life-saving shot available to even more members of our FCPS community.
All students age 12 and older, their families, employees, and their families are invited to visit kyvax.wildhealth.com and sign up to receive their first or second vaccinations at any of the following clinics:
- Thursday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at STEAM Academy, located at 1555 Georgetown Road.
- Tuesday May 18, from 8 to 11 a.m. at Bryan Station (301 Eastin Road), Henry Clay (2100 Fontaine Road), and Lafayette (401 Reed Lane) high schools.
- Tuesday, May 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Frederick Douglass (2000 Winchester Road), Paul Laurence Dunbar (1600 Man o’ War Boulevard), and Tates Creek (1111 Centre Parkway) high schools.
We are working with Wild Health to offer additional dates, times and locations, and will communicate those opportunities once details are available.
Let’s make the most of the remaining days of our 2020-21 school year!
Sincerely,
Marlene Helm,
acting superintendent
Fayette County Public Schools
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Contact us
For questions about the matrix or content on this webpage, please email district spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall.
