We have had 2 cohorts of students this school year, and we have been open for study hall all year. We did have to remove half of our chairs to adequately space out students at tables throughout the Media Center in August, reducing our capacity to 42 patrons. We have students scan a QR code that is linked to a Google Form for signing-in, as well as for contact tracing. We have sanitizing spray and paper towels available for students/classes to use before they leave. We also have a number of hand sanitizer dispensers throughout the LMC. Our circulation desk area does have plexiglass installed.

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 1:01 PM Willetta Payton <paytonwlib@gmail.com> wrote:

Lori,
Norwalk High School was quite the opposite. The library is not opened to study hall students or to classes. My principal wanted to limit movement and gathering of students which would impact “effective” contact tracing. The library space is being used as a classroom in tbe upper library as we made every effort to space students/classes out according to the guidelines. The lower library is used for students who might have come to school on the wrong day and lunchtime during inclement weather. A member of our maintenance staff is present and sits through all three lunch waves to clean. Students can individually come to the library to check out books. We have been like this since the start of school. About half of our students returned to school at the start of the year but progressively went remote. We may get 250 kids out of about 1600 a day. We are trying to entice students to return to school but I do not think it will happen until it is mandated.
I hope this helps.

(Im Interested in learning more about Library track libtrack)

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:38 PM Jen <jlarkin24@gmail.com> wrote:
We have been open since the start of our school year back in September! No issues at all. We had to reconfigure seating - but other than that, no changes. Obviously we are seeing far fewer kids due to a large group choosing to stay 100% virtual. Normally I would have 60-80 kids each period. Now I'm lucky if I have 60 per day. We are open for study halls, classes, and book browsing and check outs. I even do curbside pickup and delivery if necessary for our virtual kids.

Jen Larkin
EO Smith High School

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:24 PM Cerra, Lori HS Library Media Specialist <cerral@newmilfordps.org> wrote:
Hi All,

I was wondering if your high school library is open to students visiting during study halls? If so, how's it going?

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Library Media Specialist
Technology Integration Specialist

New Milford High School

388 Danbury Road

New Milford, CT 06776

860-350-6647 ext. 1211

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