Kim Crews

This document serves as an appendix and update to the Obion County's Plan for Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services. The plan, initially developed in Fall 2021, is subject to semi-annual revisions until September 30, 2023, integrating public feedback and health department consultation. It outlines key health and safety strategies, including accommodations for students with disabilities, physical distancing, hand hygiene, facility maintenance, ventilation, contact tracing, diagnostic testing, vaccination efforts, and mask usage. Furthermore, it details commitments to ensuring the continuity of essential services, such as academic support, social-emotional well-being, mental health resources for students and staff, and student health and food services.

This document outlines Obion County's strategic allocations for the remaining ESSER 3.0 funds for the 2023-2024 period. The plan focuses on four main pillars: academics, student readiness, educators, and strengthening foundational elements. Key initiatives include accelerating academic achievement through instructional support and technology, fostering student well-being, recruiting and retaining qualified educators, and maintaining robust infrastructure. The plan emphasizes continuous stakeholder engagement, monitoring, auditing, and transparent reporting to address learning loss and support safe school operations.

This document outlines Obion County Schools' Foundational Literacy Skills Plan, designed to meet the requirements of the Tennessee Literacy Success Act. The plan details a comprehensive approach to literacy instruction across grades K-5, including daily foundational skills instruction utilizing programs like EL, Heggerty, and Learn Zillion Guidebooks. Key components encompass the use of universal reading screeners, structured intervention programs for at-risk students (Tier II and Tier III), robust parent notification and home literacy reports, and a professional development plan focused on the Reading 360 Early Literacy Training series for K-5 teachers. The plan aims to foster strong literacy development grounded in the Science of Reading.

This document is an appendix to Obion County's Safe Return to In-Person Instruction and Continuity of Services Plan, detailing updates and implementation strategies for the 2022-2023 academic year. It outlines significant stakeholder and health department consultation, along with revised health and safety policies covering accommodations for disabled students, physical distancing, hand hygiene, facility cleaning, contact tracing, diagnostic testing, vaccination efforts, and mask usage. The plan ensures the continuity of academic, social-emotional, mental health, and other essential services like food and student health.

This Public Plan presents a Needs Assessment for the Obion County School System, identifying areas impacted by the pandemic that ESSER 3.0 funds can address. Key priorities include mitigating student learning loss through additional K-3 teachers, instructional coaches, and tutoring, and enhancing student preparedness via summer learning and increased mental health and English language learner support. The plan also focuses on supporting educators through a 'Grow Your Own' program, retention incentives, and recruitment incentives for hard-to-fill positions. Foundational improvements involve providing student devices, upgrading HVAC systems for air quality, and expanding community wireless access.