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Superintendent's Newsletter - Feb. 4, 2021

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Dear Salt Lake City School District community,

This coming Monday brings big changes to our district, with the beginning of our in-person learning option for 4th-6th grade students, as well as middle and high school students. Our administrators, teachers, and staff have been working hard to make sure our schools are safe and ready for students.

I’d like to share some key information with you as we prepare for next week.

COVID-19 TESTING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

To ensure we start our in-person learning option for our largest high schools as safely as possible, the district is implementing a Test to Start and Test to Stay protocol at East, Highland, and West High Schools. Frequent COVID-19 testing of students and school staff, such as the testing offered by our Test to Start/Test to Stay protocol, is supported by the Salt Lake County Health Department. Testing is FREE for all students and staff.

All students and staff attending East, Highland, or West High Schools will participate in Test to Start prior to returning to in-person learning. Testing is not mandatory, but those who do not participate will need to remain in remote learning for a 10-day period before returning for in-person learning, including students taking classes at the Career and Technical Center or those taking classes at other locations besides their home school.

Students who will be attending in-person learning and students who participate in athletics or other in-person extracurricular activities are required to be tested for COVID-19 before they return to campus. Remote learners who do not participate in in-person extracurriculars are also encouraged to participate in this free testing opportunity.

Testing will take place at the student’s home school. Please contact your school principal directly for information on testing dates for your student’s school.

If your student has previously been instructed to quarantine, please continue to adhere to the quarantine standards provided by the county health department. If they are on or past their seventh day of quarantine, they can get tested to be able to return to school in person.

Students who have tested positive in the past 90 days and are not currently in isolation will not have to test, if the student can provide documentation showing the date they had COVID. This information should have been sent to the student or the student’s family by the county health department.

MEALS FOR STUDENTS

The new in-person learning option that begins on Monday requires a few changes to our meals for students. Specifically, distribution times for our Grab and Go combo meals at our middle schools and high schools will be changing.

Free meals (breakfast and lunch) will be offered to all students who attend in-person learning in our schools. Meals will remain FREE for everyone through the end of this school year.

Beginning the week of February 8, on Wednesdays (and non-student days) – each participating school will provide free Grab and go combo meal service for remote learning students and the community, from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm. 

On Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays – each participating school will designate a half-hour meal service for remote learning students and the community to receive free combo meals. Signs will be posted to direct the public to a designated pick-up area, normally an outside door to the school cafeteria. Please check below for specific times and locations.

Please see the list below for a list of the locations and distribution times for participating schools.

  • For students in remote learning: If your school is not participating in our Grab and Go meals (see list below), you may pick up meals at any other participating school during its designated serving time.

* Backman Elementary (11:00 am – 12:00 pm)
601 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, Utah

Beacon Heights Elementary (10:15 am – 10:45 am)
1850 South 2500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

Bonneville Elementary (10:15 am – 10:45 am)
1145 South 1900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

Clayton Middle (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
1470 South 1900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 

Dilworth Elementary (10:40 am – 11:10 am)
1145 South 1900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

* East High School (10:00 am – 10:30 am)
840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 

Edison Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
430 South Cheyenne Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Emerson Elementary (10:00 am – 10:30 am)
1017 East Harrison Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah

Ensign Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
775 12th Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah

Escalante Elementary (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
1810 West 900 North, Salt Lake City, Utah

Franklin Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
1115 West 300 North, Salt Lake City, Utah

* Glendale Middle School (11:50 am – 12:20 pm)
1430 West Andrew Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah

Hawthorne Elementary (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
1675 South 600 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

* Highland High School (10:00 am – 10:30 am)
2166 South 1700 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 

Highland Park Elementary (10:00 am – 10:30 am)
1738 East 2700 South, Salt Lake City, Utah

* Hillside Middle School (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
1825 Nevada Street, Salt Lake City, Utah  

Indian Hills Elementary (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
2496 Saint Mary’s Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah

Liberty Elementary (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
1085 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

M. Lynn Bennion Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
429 South 800 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

Mary W. Jackson Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
750 West 200 North, Salt Lake City, Utah

Meadowlark Elementary (12:15 pm – 12:45 pm)
497 North Morton Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah

Newman Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
1269 Colorado Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Nibley Park School (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
2785 South 800 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

North Star Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
1545 North Morton Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah

* Northwest Middle (10:45 am – 11:15 am)
1730 West 1700 North, Salt Lake City, Utah

Parkview Elementary (12:00 pm – 12:30 pm)
970 South Emery Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Riley Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
1410 South 800 West, Salt Lake City, Utah

Rose Park Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
1105 West 1000 North, Salt Lake City, Utah

* SLCSE - Bryant Middle (10:45 am – 11:15 am)
1470 South 1900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 

Uintah Elementary (10:05 am – 10:35 am)
1571 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah

Wasatch Elementary (10:30 am – 11:00 am)
30 R Street, Salt Lake City, Utah

Washington Elementary (12:30 pm – 1:00 pm)
420 North 200 West, Salt Lake City, Utah

* West High School (11:30 am – 12:00 pm)
241 North 300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah

Whittier Elementary (10:40 am – 11:10 am)
1600 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, Utah

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* New serving times starting February 8

CALENDAR ITEMS

HELPFUL LINKS

  • Free COVID-19 testing at the Maverik Center

We’ve loved having some of our youngest learners back in the classroom over the last two weeks. We look forward to welcoming even more students in person next week and to continuing to engage our remote learners online.

Sincerely,

Larry Madden
Interim Superintendent
Salt Lake City School District

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