Marin Schools: a Prescription for Covid Recovery

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By August 1, 2022 the Marin County Superintendent of Schools and all Marin public school districts should convene a countywide Lost Learning Task Force to rapidly develop lost learning recovery models that are available for implementation by all of Marin's public school districts. Response: Select one: • This recommendation has been implemented. • This recommendation has not yet been imP-lemented, but will be Implemented In the future. • This recommendation requires further analysis. • This recommendation will not be implemented because they are not warranted or are not reasonable. The SMCSD Superintendent is a regular member and attendee of the Monthly Superintendent meeting convened by MCOE. As leaders of school reopening and learning loss mitigation strategies our Superintendent will participate in this taskforce when it is formed. This recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. There are currently multiple existing groups and structures in place that have been in place before the pandemic and have developed and implemented plans for learning loss mitigation to some degree throughout the pandemic, with the clear understanding that remote learning is not effective or accessible for many students. The Marin County Superintendent of Schools convenes a monthly meeting of Marin County School District Superintendents to coordinate efforts and share best practices for supporting student learning and success. The frequency of these meetings was increased to weekly through a majority of the pandemic, including regular participation of the Marin County Public Health Office and/or Deputy Public Health Officer. A central priority of the Superintendents group through the past two years is to share best practices to address learning loss, and to implement robust student and staff mental health and wellness supports. All Marin County school districts applied for and were recipients of Learning Loss Mitigation Funding (LLMF) to support pupil academic achievement and mitigate learning loss related to COVID-19 school closures. As such all school districts were required to create learning continuity and attendance plans, which have been adopted and submitted to the California Department of Education. In addition to monthly Superintendents meetings, other countywide groups that meet on a regular basis with representatives from all school districts who have been addressing learning loss mitigation through the pandemic include the Innovative Leaming Team (ILT), District Business Officials (DBOs), Elementary and Middle School Principals Networks, and the Marin County Schools Wellness Collaborative. For the purposes of this recommendation the ILT, under the leadership of the Marin County Office of Education, will serve as the Lost Leaming Task Force, and will agendize learning loss mitigation to rapidly develop lost learning recovery models that are available for implementation by all of Marin's public school districts, and provide updates on best practices to the Superintendents. Recommendation:

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By August 1, 2022 the Marin County Superintendent of Schools and all Marin public school districts should also call on the Lost Learning Task Force, as a second but vital priority, to develop and recommend protocols and policies for minimizing the length of emergency school closures during future disruptions. Response: Select one: • This recommendation has been Implemented. • This recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. • This recommendation requires further analysis. • This recommendation will not be implemented because they are not warranted or are not reasonable. The Sausalito Marin City School District was the only school to remain open during PSPS events in the county beginning in the 19-20 school year, we only lost one day of instruction due to power outages. We were the first district get students back in person with our Distance Learning MTSS model, and the first school district to open for safe in person learning in the 20-21 school year. We operated 176 days of in person instruction in the 20-21 school year and were recognized with a Pivotal Practice Award from the California Department of Education for our work in this area and providing social emotional learning supports. We have many protocols in place to continue to offer in person instruction for minimizing emergency school closures. As a small school district with only two campuses we have experienced personnel policies procedures and protocols in this area. We have had 3 additional days added to our school calendar for the past two years to account for school closures. In the 21-22 school year we needed to use one of these additional days. This recommendation has been implemented. This recommendation has been implemented, although not in the name of a Lost Leaming Task Force. There is recognition that this work is ongoing. Prior to COVID there was strong consensus among all Marin County Public School leaders that continuity of school operations and in person learning is a critical priority. Tools to support this priority through recent experiences with wildfire, air quality and winter storms have been developed in collaboration with Marin County Public Health and the Office of Emergency Services. Tools include an air quality chart that identifies appropriate indoor and outdoor activities at school to support health and safety depending on changing air quality indicators, systems of communication and planning for potential closures, and many districts taking the step of adding additional potential instructional days (similar to snow days in the mountainous areas) in the event of a closure. When the first shelter in place and suspension of classroom activity was ordered in the Spring of 2020, immediate steps were taken in conjunction with Public Health to develop protocols and procedures for a safe return to site based classroom instruction, resulting in the development of the Marin County School Guidelines (30 Point Plan) first issued June 18, 2020. With the fundamental goal of keeping students in site based classroom instruction these guidelines have been revised and updated eleven times through May 3, 2022, including an update to a 32 Point Plan on August 18, 2021, and more recently an update to the Marin County SMARTER Schools Plan on March 24, 2022. Public Health is currently working with all Marin County public, private, independent and parochial schools in planing for the 2022-23 school year including the development of a COVID mitigation strategies chart, similar to the air quality chart, to help schools continue implement best practices and procedures aligned with changing COVI D-19 transmission levels and risks due to future variants and uncertainties, with the central and agreed upon priority of keeping students in site based classroom instructions. This work is ongoing. Sausalito Marin City School District Responses to the 2021-2022 Marin County Civil Grand Jury Report Marin Schools: A Prescription for COVID Recovery