COVID-19 Policies and Procedures

While Early Learning is considered an essential business and is allowed to operate in all phases, the safety of our students, families, and staff is, and will always be, our top priority. We have received guidelines from the Washington State Department of Health, reviewing all safety precautions and extra measures we will meet in order to provide the safest possible environment for in-person learning. A quick overview of some of these include:

•Smaller class sizes - All classes limited to a maximum of 15 students to enable more social distancing in classrooms.

•Staggered start times - Each class will have a slightly different start time so that parents and students can properly social distance during check-in and check-out, which will take place away from classrooms. Teachers will have a full 45 minutes between AM and PM classes to allow for extra cleaning.

•Health checks - During the check-in process, each student will go through a quick health screening before being admitted to class. Staff will complete a self- health screening before entering

•No sharing - Classes will no longer share time in any space, so your student will only ever be with the other 15 students from their class.

•Extra cleaning and toy rotation - Each class will have their own set of toys, so no sharing of items between classes. All toys and surfaces in the building are cleaned before and after every class.