{"id":6358,"date":"2020-03-27T21:18:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T05:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=6358"},"modified":"2020-03-27T21:18:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T05:18:29","slug":"kpbsd-update-3-27-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/03\/27\/kpbsd-update-3-27-20\/","title":{"rendered":"KPBSD Update: 3.27.20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 27, 2020 KPBSD Update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\"><strong>Weekend\nmessage from KPBSD: get outside and play before school starts on Monday, March\n30, 2020, but practice responsible social distancing of 6\u2019 or more, wash your\nhands for 20 seconds or more, and wipe surfaces like cell phones, water\nbottles, door knobs, counters, faucets and, don\u2019t touch your face!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>This evening two new State Health Mandates were issued. What is important to understand? KPBSD is an (vi) essential business, and a (9) \u201ceducational institution facilitating distance learning.\u201d Meals will continue and school will begin on Monday via distance delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gov.alaska.gov\/home\/covid19-healthmandates\/\">Health Mandate 011: Social\nDistancing<\/a> goes into effect March 28, 2020, at 5:00 PM <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/gov.alaska.gov\/home\/covid19-healthmandates\/\">Health Mandate 012: Intrastate\nTravel \u2013 Limiting travel between communities to critical infrastructure or\ncritical personal<\/a> needs goes into effect March 28, 2020, at 8:00 AM <\/li><li>HELPFUL: a <a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/News\/Documents\/press\/2020\/FAQs_03272020-SOA-COVID-19-Health-Mandate-011-012.pdf\">FAQ\nanswering questions about the two mandates<\/a> is posted on the State DHSS\nCOVID-19 webpage. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/files\/2020\/03\/2020-03-27-KPBSD-UPDATE-s.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6359\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p> <strong>All Staff Message<\/strong><br \/> Acting Superintendent of Schools Dave Jones emailed KPBSD staff today with this message. Please celebrate the historic effort that KPBSD employees made in the past two weeks! <\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>Dear Staff,<\/em><\/p><p><em>On Monday, March 30, 2020, KPBSD will enter into a new and unknown arena of delivering instruction to all of our students through distance delivery. We have been able to reach a readiness level to do so, thanks to the diligent and productive work of all of our employees. I want to take this time to recognize and thank each of you for your efforts and contributions!<br \/> <br \/> Governor Dunleavy issued COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.alaska.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/03232020-SOA-COVID-19-Health-Mandate-010.pdf\">Health Mandate 010<\/a> on March 23, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.alaska.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/03232020-COVID-19-Health-Mandate-010-Attachment-A.pdf\">Attachment A &#8211; Alaska Critical Workforce Infrastructure<\/a>, states that: <br \/> <br \/> Certain critical infrastructure industries have a special responsibility in these times to continue operations.<\/em><\/p><p><em>At this time, critical industries and entities in Alaska include:<\/em><\/p><p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; n. Educational institutions facilitating distance learning;<\/em><\/p><p><em>As one of the designated critical industries, we will strive to provide quality instruction through distance learning to all of our students. Through your efforts, we have created a platform of instruction that will enable us to move forward in these uncertain times. <\/em><\/p><p><em>In the last two weeks, we have encountered a constantly changing situation, and together we have adapted. I am sure we will see more changes ahead. It is our intention to continually work to find solutions to these changes that will allow KPBSD to move forward with our critical mission of providing distance learning to our students. <\/em><\/p><p><em>Please make time this weekend to take a deep breath or two and relax. I am confident that come Monday, our students will return to their virtual classrooms and be met with quality instruction. Thank you again for your efforts and contributions that have brought us to this point.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Sincerely,<\/em><br \/><em>Dave Jones<\/em><br \/><em>Assistant Superintendent<\/em><br \/><em>KPBSD<\/em><\/p><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p> Helpful Resources: <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>\u201cGet-It\nand Go\u201d Free Meals for KPBSD Students <\/strong>To sign-up, or stop delivery,\nplease call Student Nutrition Services at 714-8890<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/content.aspx?id=41596\"><strong>KPBSD\nRemote Learning Resources For Parents<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><strong>KPBSD Guidelines\nfor Offline Learning Materials <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/2020\/03\/25\/kpbsd-guidelines-for-offline-learning-materials\/\">Read\nthe details<\/a><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/communications.aspx?id=41738\">Internet Access Resources<\/a><\/strong><strong> for students and educators<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p><strong><br \/>\nLinks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/students_parents.aspx?id=41540\">COVID-19 and KPBSD<\/a>&nbsp;webpage<\/li><li>Check your risk for coronavirus: <a href=\"https:\/\/c19check.com\/start\">https:\/\/c19check.com\/start<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/kpboem.blogspot.com\/\">Kenai\nPeninsula Borough Joint Information Center (JIC) website<\/a><\/li><li>KPBalerts Facebook page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KPBAlerts\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KPBAlerts\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/dhss.alaska.gov\/dph\/Epi\/id\/Pages\/COVID-19\/default.aspx\">Department of Health\nand Social Services (DHSS) Covid-19 webpage<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alaska.dhss\/\">DHSS Facebook<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Learn\nmore about how to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/coronavirus.alaska.gov\/?fbclid=IwAR0qOn0S1lKJRaU3gFNwdfnu6rM8YVFZ-TAkGhmRfxgpSY01KOJUI7bjXxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">coronavirus.alaska.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>For\nnon-clinical related questions please call 2-1-1 or 1-800-478-2221, or contact\nyour health provider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 27, 2020 KPBSD Update Weekend message from KPBSD: get outside and play before school starts on Monday, March 30, 2020, but practice responsible social distancing of 6\u2019 or more, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/03\/27\/kpbsd-update-3-27-20\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;KPBSD Update: 3.27.20&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6358\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}