Chickasaw City Schools (CCS) will ARP ESSER funds to implement the prevention and mitigation strategies in order to continuously and safely operate schools for in-person learning. The plan for implementation will include:

1) improving air quality and ventilation in buildings and on school buses 

2) personnel for including enhanced cleaning and disinfection, and hand sanitation

3) improvements to areas of larger congregations to allow for proper social distancing and safety

4) expand facility for students to ensure social distancing

5) provide additional nursing staff 

6) fund a portion of the cafeteria staff due to COVID related increases of duties

CCS will use its ARP ESSER funds to ensure that the evidence-based interventions will be implemented to address the academic impact of lost instructional time and ensure that those interventions respond to the academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs of all students including underrepresented student subgroups and those who are particularly impacted disproportionately by the COVID-19 pandemic. This plan includes: 

1) provide the needed personnel in each school for for the purpose of intervention of small groups / whole group in content areas so the loss of learning time will be addressed

2) provide the necessary professional development needed for loss of learning impacts

3) coordinating mental health support and family engagement

4)add staffing to reduce class size at each school and promote more individualized teacher attention. 

 1) Cleaning the schools and maintain hand sanitizing stations which will help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among all students, staff, and families. We will ensure that no student or teacher will be denied participation based on gender, race, national origin, color, disability or age.

2) CCS will use ESSER funds to purchase ELLevation, a software program to provide web-based translation/interpretation of notifications to support  families who are English Learners.

3) CCS will utilize funds will be to invest in infrastructure, communication, and staffing required to hold virtual or phone-based individualized education program (IEP) team meetings for students with disabilities.

4) CCS will use ESSER grant funds for professional development. Because a significant portion of our students are at or below the poverty level, we will provide funds for teacher training that will assist staff in how to adapt teaching strategies so that low-income students and their parents will be more engaged in their learning. We will ensure that no student or teacher will be denied participation based on gender, race, national origin, color, disability or age.

5)CCS will use grant funds to purchase technology devices and they will be able to continue instruction virtually. 

6) CCS will use funds to hire additional staff to assist the technology coordinator in providing tech support for our teaching staff and students. This includes servers, networking, personal computers, tablets, software and other technology for all students, including who may not have access to this type of equipment at home. We are committed to ensuring all students and teachers have all technology available to them; regardless of gender, race, national origin, color, disability or age.

7) ESSER funds will be used to fund a portion of the Mental Health Coordinator to ensure the assistance in removing barriers identified students experience during the pandemic. Additonally, We will ensure that no student or teacher will be denied participation based on gender, race, national origin, color, disability or age.

 

The Director Federal Programs and CSFO will actively monitor ESSER grant allocations and prepare program budgets, schedules, and budget amendments to ensure compliance with statutory requirements. Additionally, the Director of Federal Programs will collect and manage all required data elements by developing systems of collaboration with relevant program directors and supervisors in the collection of required data elements. Required reporting elements will be posted on the system's website. The Director of Federal Programs, CSFO, and Superintendent will approve all purchases prior to the obligation of funds to ensure funds are expended as approved in the ESSER grant applications. The CSFO will audit expenditures prior to requesting grant reimbursements and maintain documentation necessary for year-end audit reporting. Regular feedback will be given to the Board of Education.

CCS will maintain information pertaining to ESSER on the district's website to keep all stakeholders informed of the progress of ESSER funding plans and programs. The site information includes phone and contact information for stakeholders to address comments related to ESSER funding, programs, and reporting. Stakeholders will also be notified of any public meetings that address the use of ESSER funds.