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.    
            

It is once again time for the 5Essentials survey.  The 5Essentials is an online survey designed to seek input from students, parents, and staff to drive continuous improvement in our schools.  Each public school district in the state of Illinois is required to participate in the 5Essentials.  The survey provides useful information that is reviewed at the school and district levels in the following areas:

• Effective Leaders: The principal works with teachers to implement a clear and strategic vision for school success.
• Collaborative Teachers: Teachers collaborate to promote professional growth.
• Involved Families: The entire school staff builds strong relationships with families and communities to support learning.
• Supportive Environment: The school is safe and orderly. Teachers have high expectations for students and support students to realize their goals. Classmates also support one another.
• Ambitious Instruction: Classes are academically demanding and engage students by emphasizing the application of knowledge.

The parent survey is optional and only one survey per household may be submitted and it should take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Additional information about the 5Essentials survey can be found on the Illinois State Board of Education website or the FAQ. 

Thank you, in advance, for taking the time to complete this survey as your voice matters.

The Libertyville Police Department is looking to hire crossing guards for Libertyville District 70 schools.  
Hours of work will range from 7:45-8:30 a.m. and from 10:30-11 a.m., and from noon to 12:40 p.m. and from 2:45-3:30 p.m. The starting pay is $14 an hour. The LPD will provide the employee with training and a hand-held stop sign.  
For more information, contact Police Lt. Chad Roszkowiak at (847) 362-8310. 

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's eLearning Plan can be used to replace Emergency Days off through the next three school years, 2020-2023.  

The plan allows District 70 to use eLearning 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 eLearning Plan, approved by the school board and the Regional Office of education, will allow students to learn remotely when schools have 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 Plan, eLearning Verification Form for ROE, Oct. 26 School Board PowerPoint Presentation