Enterprise City Schools response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been and continues to be based upon the most up-to-date guidance from state and local health officials as well as the CDC and APHD.  At the heart of our response has been our students’ academic, social, emotional, and mental health needs.  Our ultimate goal has been to conduct school/class in-person teaching and learning as quickly and as safely as possible. 

ECS plans to open the 2021-22 school year with five days per week of in-person instruction at all school sites. ECS has organized our response to the impacts of COVID-19 on our community’s students according to the following three phases:

1. Relief: Give schools urgent resources so that they can provide effective instruction and supports at scale during the pandemic.

2. Recovery: Provide extra investments to help students and schools respond to the needs created by the prolonged crisis as we return to in-school operations.

3. Rebuilding: Redesign the system to focus on nurturing the whole child, balancing cognitive with sociolemotional skill development and ensuring that all children have access to the conditions and resources that enhance learning and development.

In tandem with other funding sources, ARP funding will be a critical component of supporting these response and recovery efforts.

• ECS will provide traditional remedial summer school opportunities during the summers of 2022-2024

• ECS will provide additional summer academic recovery and enrichment opportunities through content-specific CARE Camps (Comprehensive Academic Reinforcement and Experiences) in the areas of Reading, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Writing, and Social Emotional Learning.

• ECS will provide additional Academic Recovery Support personnel for students with special needs during the 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years

• ECS will provide extensive professional development to teachers in the areas of Assessment and Grading, Differentiation, and Student Engagement, coaching and mentoring to impact teacher quality and enhanced student learning

• ECS will provide online access to high-quality content, instructional tools, professional learning, engaging media and comprehensive diagnostic and progress-monitoring assessments through the use of iStation, iReady, Discovery Education

• ECS will continue Community Liaisons and Resources to support students and families with academic needs to develop effective family partnerships during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 school years (2021-2022 school year funded by ESSER II Set-Aside Fund addressing Unfinished Learning)

• ECS will continue partnership with ThriveWay/PeerHelpers and Coffee County Mental Health Services for social/emotional/behavioral/mental health supports for students

• ECS will provide additional training to staff in critical areas through coursework provided by Math Recovery, LETRS, and SPIRE, iStation, iReady, APlus, Course of Study, BIG Ideas, Course Alignment and Common Assessments.

• Our district will use ESSER grant funds toward our social worker efforts to support our low-income families/special needs/ESL population. Time is allocated for her to work with these families to ensure communication between home and school with constant conversations through web-based visits,, phone calls, emails etc. addressing safety issues, supporting living conditions, attendance, interpreters, meeting IEP requirements, etc. We will ensure that no student or teacher will be denied participation based on gender, race, national origin, color, disability or age.

 In developing the ARP ESSER Plan, Enterprise City Schools conducted consultation in the following ways:

• With stakeholders, including: students, families, school and district administrators (including special education administrators), teachers, principals, school leaders, other educators, school staff, and their unions – Enterprise City Schools involved school and district administrators, teachers, students and families in the initial development of the ARP ESSER Plan through the use of numerous scheduled meetings.

• Special Education; civil rights organizations (including disability rights organizations); and stakeholders representing the interests of children with disabilities, English learners, children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, migratory students, children who are  incarcerated, and other undeserved students – Enterprise City Schools met with division level special education administrators, Federal Programs staff, homeless/homebound/foster care liaisons and ESL coordinator.

• By providing the public the opportunity to provide input through Public Comment opportunities during the June and July meetings of the Enterprise City Schools Board and taking such input into account.

Enterprise City Schools has taken the following steps to make this plan available to the public:

• The plan is posted on Enterprise City Schools Website. 

• The plan is available in multiple languages through the use of our web provider.

• The plan may be orally translated for parents. Contact Sheree Hardrick  shardrick@enterpriseschools.net, (334-347-9531) to request translation

ECS  will conduct ongoing meaningful engagement with stakeholders with a comprehensive set of strategies for the usage of ARP ESSER funds. In the coming months using feedback from ongoing engagement and surveys that will include all stakeholders.  ECS will utilize established networks to expand and deepen engagement with the advisory groups, partners, and the public to assess ECS progress toward developing a plan that reflects the needs of our communities. All feedback collected will be carefully captured by a core Central Office team who will create reports and data to keep all stakeholder informed in regards to ARP ESSER programs and thoughtfully share back to the communities a synthesis of their feedback and how it will be used to inform state planning. 2021-2024 Ongoing Community Engagement Plan Summer/Fall 2021 Identify staff and build Department capacity to lead ESSER work Coordinate with the requirements from the US Department of Education on ESSER Plan Continue updates and engagement with communities and established groups Winter/Spring 2022 Build Department capacity to lead ESSER work Share draft strategies through ongoing community engagement Evaluate 2020-21 School Year & Summer data, Refine strategies Summer/Fall 2022 Build Department capacity to lead ESSER work Share final strategies through ongoing community engagement Refine strategies and prepare implementation 2023/2024. ECS will post updates and drafts to the ECS’ Website. In addition, ECS’ agency director will provide monthly reports to the Board of Education in public meetings where public comment is received.