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Return to Hybrid Subcommittee
Minutes for September 3, 2020
A meeting of the Mansfield School Committee Return to Hybrid Subcommittee was opened and Called
to order at 1:32pm. (Motion made by Linda Fernando, 2nd by Lauren Scher, approved 2-0)
Attendees: Mike Connelly, Lauren Scher, Linda Fernando, Teresa Murphy (joined at 2:10 pm)
Guests: Christine Dooling, Amy Donovan Palmer, Justin Desrosiers
Approval of Minutes
Minutes approved from 8/24/20 Return to Hybrid subcommittee meeting (motion made by LF, 2nd by LS,
approved 2-0)
Old Business
None
New Business
1. Discuss transition with Health Officials
o Agreed there should be a metrics checklist and communication out (could be used internally
or externally)
o Christine/Justin explained tracking in cases in areas around Mansfield (incl Norton, Taunton)
o What is the action if Mansfield turns "red"
o Need very clear metrics and maybe some analytical metrics
o Amy: are we worried about the #s changing or is it wans happens if a case is in
school (it's both)
o Goal is to minimize risk and plan for the first case —What is our comms strategy?
o Christine: one is in place including letters to parents, have a tracking system, been
training staff
o Justin: we can focus on % positive cases as an indicator but not the sole metric to
determine next step
o If more than one case in school tracing/tracking discussion need to be had and
discuss w DESE
• Need to understand if cases are a result of school spread or outside (i.e. a
nursing home in town which would have no impact on the schools)
• Contract tracing —go back 2 days from when symptoms began then know
when/who to quarantine (Wednesday's off is very helpful from a tracking
piece) — contagious when symptomatic
o At what point does school need to quarantine?
o When there's much community spread and can't do contract tracing
o Christine: there is not a definite number because of many factors but we'll know via
contact tracing and if there are cases the DPH will assign and epidemiologist
o Perhaps multiple indicators the needed when factoring in next steps
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o Need to have clear communication with parent. If X happens, then these are the steps we'll
take
o Constantly monitoring
o Different indicators of positivity rates
o If positivity rate goes above x, will trigger a conversation (consider things such as
community spread, # of cases in school, etc.)
o Next steps:
o Consider what the correct metrics are and comeback to this group (Christine, Amy,
Justin)
Next meeting date: September 25" at 8:30am
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Fernando
School Committee