December 7, 2020

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Please read through the following updates in the district.

Technology

We are still awaiting the report from the investigative team on our cyber incident. We do not know when this report will be made available to us, but we will share with you as soon as we receive. Please continue to monitor your personal accounts and take any precautions you feel necessary. We are collecting all school-issued technology so that we can update with our current software. We will need all Option 2 learners to return their school issued technology to their respective buildings by December 18th. We will communicate to all students when the laptops will be ready for pickup.

School Calendar

We will be using December 21 and 22 as remote learning days. Staff will be in our buildings and working but students will be remote. Lessons/Assignments will still be provided for these two days and will be communicated by each teacher. Due to the cyber incident, we will need these two days to allow for technology updates, teacher preparation, and additional trainings.

Ohio Alerts

Late last week, we were notified by our A-site (NW Ohio Technology Cooperative) that AT&T customers would no longer receive Ohio Alerts. The A-site contracts Ohio Alerts with a third party. This third party and AT&T have had issues and have dropped AT&T. The A-site is working on a resolution and hoping to get resolved soon. Until then, if you are an AT&T user, please change your Ohio Alert account to receive an email instead of a text. We have been told that this will work during this time. Also, we will look to put our alerts on our respective Twitter accounts. Please see the list below.

Bath Elementary- @ElementaryBath

Bath Middle- @BathMidSchool

Bath High- @BathHS_PawPrint

Bath Athletics- @Bath_Athletics

Bath Local Schools- @BathWildcatSupt

Quarantine Guidelines Change

The CDC recently revised their quarantine protocols which received approval by the Ohio Department of Health and the Allen County Health Department. The quarantine period has been reduced from 14 days to a 10-day or even a 7-day period providing the following items are met:

10 days

	Individuals with no symptoms can be released after 10 days from last exposure;

	Individuals must still monitor for symptoms through the 14 day period from last exposure; 	Individuals developing symptoms or tests positive, must begin their isolation period.

7 days

	A COVID-19 test is taken on day 5 or later after the exposure and is negative AND

	7 days have passed since the last exposure to COVID-19 (even if negative test result is returned before the 7th day) Proof of the negative test will need to be turned into Mrs. Schulte or Mrs. Garver depending on your building
	Individuals must still self-monitor for symptoms through the 14th day from last exposure 	Individuals developing symptoms, or tests positive, must begin their isolation period.

Our school nurses will communicate the change to procedures with those that fall into quarantines.

Thank you for your patience, flexibility and understanding. We will continue to pass along information as we receive it to keep you informed.

Sincerely,

Rich Dackin