JCSD1 Reopens Schools for Visitation, Volunteering

Johnson County School District #1 is reopening schools for greater visitation on a daily basis.

Parents, guardians, and family members can now have lunch with students, visit classrooms for parent-teacher conferences, and attend special events and school-wide meetings.

According to a release from JCSD1 Superintendent Charles Auzqui, new policies concerning visitation include proper safety and security measures, as well as advanced notice of visitation.

COVID testing will not be required, but visitors who have had symptoms or tested positive within five days of their visit will be required to delay their visitation.

Those wishing to visit for lunch with their student must give advance notice to ensure that food service teams are prepared to serrve all guests, with students remaining the first priority.

The daily limit for lunch visitors will be 10 per grade level at each elementary school to ensure that facilities are not overwhelmed and that each regular lunch period remains on schedule.

Questions about visitation can be directed to each school.

The district is in the process of developing new parent/guardian volunteerism policies, which will launch in August of 2022.

More information on visitation and volunteering is listed below.

More information on visitation:

Meadowlark Elementary School & Cloud Peak Elementary School

• Schedule lunch visitation two days in advance by contacting your school’s front office
• Maximum of ten (10) parents/guardians per grade level per day

Kaycee K-12 School, Clear Creek Middle School, Buffalo High School

• Schedule lunch visitation two days in advance by contacting your school’s front office

If you have questions or to learn more about parental visitation, please call your child’s school.

More information on volunteering:

We are also in the process of developing new parent/guardian volunteerism policies, which will launch August 2022. The District’s objective is to enhance family engagement while ensuring our program is purpose-driven and protective of critical instructional time for all students. Everything that happens in our classroom must increase student learning and enhance educational outcomes.

Administrators will design the program with community input, keeping the following parameters in mind:

• What is our educational focus for parent/guardian volunteers?
• What do our educators need from parent/guardian volunteers to be supported in each classroom? Ultimately it is the teachers’ prerogative as to whether they have volunteers in their classroom.
• How will we ensure we protect critical student information (confidentiality)?
• What is our safety and security approach, including launching our new digital visitor management system?
• How will we implement the program in an organized, safe and secure fashion?
  • Application process
  • Parent/guardian training
  • Deploying each parent/guardian volunteer to our greatest benefit
  • Ongoing training and use of staff to ensure program is increasing student learning and outcomes