Libertyville District 70

District 70 is monitoring the Illinois Department of Public Health's IDPH regional data and the Lake County Health Department’s Lake County School Decision Dashboard and has made the decision to open schools in a hybrid learning model using mitigations listed below.   

Additional data by D70 school/building about students and staff with a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, who are in isolation, and who are in quarantine can be found here. Families and staff will be informed of a positive COVID-19 diagnosis at their school or assigned building in accordance with guidance from LCHD (See Appendix A. Confirmed Case in School Letter Template). 
*Risk transmission also is based on the importance of schools having solid mitigation strategies in place (e.g., daily certifications, social distancing, proper mask utilization, enhanced cleaning, hand hygiene, and contact tracing) as a part of each school district’s continued ability to make local decisions about what instruction looks like during the pandemic. LCHD recently aligned with CDC indicators & thresholds for transmission ranges as less than 7 per 100,000 = low risk of transmission; between 7 and 14 per 100,000 = moderate risk of transmission; and higher than 14 per 100,000 = high risk of transmission.    
            

Parent and teacher tips on Talking to Children About Violence from the National Association of School Psychologists. 

Please self-certify your child(ren) before 7:30 a.m. before school.

For the first several weeks of hybrid, in-person school families will receive an email with a link to self-certify. You may bookmark that link after submitting the health form to return to self-certify again for the next day. A text also will be sent to families of students attending school in-person to remind them to self-certify.

By law, District 70 may only send text messages to families who opt-in to the service. Information on how to opt-in to text messages can be found on the announcement page of each school website, as well as the district website. 

District 70 has created an e-Learning Plan to replace Emergency Days through the next three school years, 2020-2023.  

The plan would allow District 70 to use e-Learning days, instead of Emergency Days (such as Snow Days), so that students can continue to learn remotely.

The state mandates that five emergency days are built into the school calendar to accommodate emergency school closures due to inclement weather or other events beyond our control (flooding, school power outages, etc.).  The emergency days are built into the school calendar at the end of every school year.

The e-Learning Plan, approved by the school board and the Regional Office of education, will allow students to learn remotely when school has to be closed and also will allow the school year to end on a set date without being extended to accommodate the built-in emergency days. 
e-Learning Letter to Families, e-Learning Proposed Plan, eLearning Verification Form for ROE, Oct. 26 School Board PowerPoint Presentation 

• On the d70schools.org website, go to HOME, then NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION and follow the directions.
• You may also register on your home school website, under PARENTS. 
• Please register as early as possible so we can make sure we have staff in place for all students.
• We encourage you to pay online. 
• You may pay by check by mailing the check to Libertyville School District 70, Educational Resource Office, 1381 W. Lake St., Libertyville, Il. 60048.  
• Questions? Email District 70 registrar, Cristina, directly at cdistefano@d70schools.org. 

• Go to your parent PowerSchool account at powerschool.d70schools.org.
• Sign in with username and password.
• If you forgot your password, select "Forgot Password" and create a new password.
• Fill out the section called School Forms. You must fill out School Forms separately for each of your children you are enrolling.
• We encourage you to pay online. 
• You may pay by check by mailing the check to the Libertyville School District 70, Educational Resource Office, 1381 W. Lake St., Libertyville, Il. 60048.   
• Questions? Email District 70 registrar, Cristina, directly at cdistefano@d70schools.org.