Wicomico Recovery Plan 2020 -2021

40 FACILITIES CLEANING AND VENTALATION Through continually collaborating with our local health officials and medical personnel, WCPS is ensuring all cleaning practices are aligned with CDC Guidelines. (CDC guidelines ) The following is planned to address general operations, safety, cleaning routines and ventilation. • Building Cleaning and Disinfecting The safety of students and staff are our first priority. Schools have been completely cleaned and disinfected and all necessary sanitation precautions will continue to be followed. School buildings will be cleaned and disinfected each evening with special emphasis placed on those surfaces which are frequently touched throughout the day. Similar cleaning and disinfecting will occur Friday evening and over the weekend, if needed. • Custodial Cleaning The work shifts may be adjusted to maximize the number of custodial staff during peak cleaning times. This team will perform increased, routine cleaning and disinfection. CDC’s Considerations for Schools recommends increased cleaning and disinfecting for frequently touched surfaces. To facilitate effective disinfecting, each school will receive one (1) electrostatic backpack sprayer, and each secondary school will also receive one (1) misting (or “fogger”) machine to facilitate disinfecting in large areas, including physical education and athletic spaces. WCBOE will provide each school’s custodial team with written direction on increased, routine cleaning and disinfection. Instructions will focus on high-touch areas, such as door handles, and desks. Custodial staff will ensure adequate provision and distribution of cleaning supplies, EPA approved disinfectants, and microfiber cloths. • Staff Cleaning Supplies Each classroom will be provided a KaiFly cleaning system with S.C Johnson Disinfectant (EPA Registered). C DC’s Considerations for Schools recommends cleaning of frequently touched surfaces, such as door handles. The custodial team will increase cleaning of frequently touched surfaces, by providing cleaning provisions for instructional staff which allows them to access approved cleaning products quickly at any time. • Ventilation Maintenance staff will modify the ventilation schedules such that the occupied mode will begin two hours prior to staff arrival and continue through the end of the school day. Staff shall ensure ventilation systems operate properly and increase circulation of outdoor air as much as possible. The HVAC systems are programmed to use the maximum amount of outside air possible to maintain the proper operation of the systems. It is anticipated that buildings this fall will only be used at ½ capacity. The HVAC systems will continue to ventilate as if they are at full capacity. Doors and windows should not be opened if doing so poses a safety or health risk (e.g. risk of falling, triggering asthma symptoms, violating safety rules and regulations) to staff and students in the facility. The filters in all HVAC systems will be upgraded to the maximum MERV rating that will allow for proper operation of the system as recommended by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers in response to COVID-19. All filters will be changed on a quarterly basis.