HAVEN, Kan. — Haven USD 312 released a video statement Friday morning on how the district will proceed with the school year.
Superintendent Clark Wedel says they will fulfill the needs of their students for the rest of the year.
“USD 312 is committed to the guidelines that have been enacted whether it’s the governor’s office, the department of health and environment, the department of education or the local Reno County Health Department,” Wedel said. “Social distancing guidelines will be very real and we will do our best to follow them.”
With schools closed, Wedel says there will be some strict guidelines starting with access to buildings.
“No students will be allowed in our buildings next week,” Wedel stressed. “Our teachers will be allowed in our buildings next week as long as they follow our social distancing guidelines. But absolutely no students should be reporting to our buildings.”
Wedel says they are working on a date and time that students will be able to retrieve their belongings from school buildings. They hope to have that plan in place next week.
Wedel says this will be a difficult situation, but they will see to it that the students get the education they need to finish out the year.
“I would be amiss if I didn’t acknowledge the loss that we’re all feeling,” Wedel said. “We’re going to try to do the best we can to create a plan where students can continue to learn and complete the school year.”
The district will also begin serving lunches starting Monday. This will be a drive-up service at four locations. Pickup will be at Haven Elementary School, Yoder Grade School, the Kids Depot in Mount Hope and the old Partridge Elementary School. Lunch and breakfast will be served and children must be present in the vehicle.
A survey is also being sent out for patrons to let the district know their needs whether it be technology or other help. Plans are to be working on curriculum for the rest of the school year next week with patrons getting notification of those plans by Friday.
Preliminary plans are to have students learn by a combination of online and learning packets that teachers will make available. Tentatively, students in grades K-1 will have 30 minutes of instruction, grades 2 and 3, 60 minutes, grades 4 and 5, 90 minutes and grades 6-12, 30 minutes of class per teacher with no more than three hours of instruction per day.