Operations Update 9.17.21

 Lewis County Metrics

Cases are predicted to decrease, but still the highest ever seen in Lewis County. Vaccination continues to be the strongest weapon against hospitalization and death. There will be a vaccination clinic at TMS on Saturday October 2 at 10 a.m. The Pfizer vaccine will be available to all who wish to be vaccinated.

School Operations

School remains in session with 100% in-person learning. While we receive daily reports of isolated COVID+ cases, there is no in-school spread indicated. In other words, students and staff are becoming infected outside of school. Staff and students who are identified as close  contacts are quarantining for 10 days. Siblings and family members are quarantining for 10 days after the end of the COVID+ patient's infectious period. This means that a close contact family member must quarantine for an additional 10 days after the infected person recovers and is asymptomatic. This means that the close contact is quarantining for a minimum of 20 days.

Close contacts who are vaccinated do not need to quarantine at all unless they become symptomatic.

Staffing is an issue for our schools both for substitutes and for supervision. If you are available to assist and have been vaccinated, we are hiring for paraeducators, custodians, emergency substitute teachers and bus drivers. Check with your child's principal for more information or call the district office at 360.864.6325.

Toledo High School

When you come to the high school during school hours, please park in the new parent and visitor parking area. Please do not park or drive in the bus loop. Any vehicles in this area block the entire loop to our busses. Thank you. 

We know that parking is at a premium right now as we work to increase the number of spaces available on the  north and west sides of the building. We ask for your patience during construction. When the project is completed, there will be more parking places than we had prior to construction!