List of 5 items.

• SECTION 2: REPOPULATION OF CAMPUS

  The responsible repopulation of Proctor’s campus remains the school’s greatest initial responsibility to both the Proctor and local Andover communities. In order to repopulate campus safely, Proctor will soon release return to school expectations for students. 

• SECTION 3: HEALTH AND MONITORING PROTOCOLS

  Staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by a registered nurse, Proctor’s Health Center will serve as the hub for all return to school health and safety measures. The Health Center staff will coordinate daily with Proctor’s Housekeeping Team, operations personnel, and faculty to support the on-going monitoring of the health and safety of the community. The following protocols are in place for the 2021-2022 school year, and are subject to change per federal, state, and local guidelines.
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  On-Going Testing Protocols

  • In the case of a positive COVID-19 test result, contact tracing will take place as directed by Proctor’s Health Center. Further positive-case protocols are listed in Section 6 of this document.
  • Point of Illness Testing will take place for all ill individuals showing symptoms, and will extend to those assessed through contact tracing as identified by Proctor’s Health Center.
  • Clearance testing following treatment, isolation, and recovery of a positive case will confidently enable the return of individuals from quarantine or isolation to re-enter the community.
  • Campus Re-entry Testing Protocols: Should a boarding student need to be away from campus for a family emergency or health emergency, the following return to campus protocols are in place:
    • If a student must leave campus for a medical apt., we ask that the student’s departure, appointment, and return all takes place on the same day.
    • If a student must leave for mental health reasons, the student must be evaluated by either Robin Mayer or Kara Kidder to determine appropriateness of leave as well as mental health parameters for return.
    • If a student must leave for longer than 24 hours, the following conditions are put in place to ensure the safety of the community.
    • Students must have a negative PCR COVID test within 3-5 days before returning to school. The results need to be sent to the health center. After receiving negative results, the student must have an additional PCR test administered on campus. While waiting for the results, the student will be required to quarantine until the results of the test return (usually 24-36 hrs,) If there is space available on campus, the student may quarantine here. If not, the student will quarantine locally with a parent, observing “safer at home” guidelines.

  Disinfecting and Safety

  • All individuals are asked to take personal responsibility for personal hygiene proven to reduce the transmission of disease, including frequent hand-washing with soap and/or the use of hand sanitizer when entering buildings or group environments. Hand sanitizing stations are available at the entry of all rooms on campus. 
  • Proctor’s Housekeeping team has developed new cleaning and disinfecting protocols for the Brown Dining Commons, academic classrooms, Wise Center, Farrell Field House, locker rooms, dormitories, offices, and other high traffic community spaces that allow for disinfecting throughout the academic day. 
  • In addition to daily disinfecting by Housekeeping using electrostatic sprayer and other cleaning devices, teaching faculty will partner with Housekeeping to disinfect classrooms following each use per guidelines linked above. 
  • Signage in buildings and around campus will aid in physical distancing, traffic flow, sanitization practices, and hygiene practices. 

  Ventilation and Airflow Analysis

  • All academic spaces and dormitories have been, or are in the process of being, evaluated by Proctor’s HVAC specialists to ensure proper air exchange and air flow.
  • In rooms/buildings where inadequate airflow/exchange exists, Proctor has installed HEPA filtered air exchange units prior to their use for school functions. 

  Isolation/Quarantine Space

  • Proctor’s Health Center has a negative pressure room it will use for COVID-19 symptom patients and for testing. 

• SECTION 4: LIFE ON CAMPUS

  As a residential community, interactions among faculty, staff, and students sit at the core of the Proctor experience. Understanding there is inevitable social mixing that will occur on-campus, the following protocols seek to mitigate risks, while retaining the sense of community we all seek.
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  Dining and Meals 

  • Proctor’s Dining Services team will host one seating for breakfast, two seatings for lunch and two seatings for dinner, and will host a maximum of 204 individuals (4 individuals per table) for each sitting in order to ensure physical distancing during meals.
  • Housekeeping will disinfect the servery and dining areas throughout each seating. 

  Dormitories and Residential Life

  • Students and faculty/staff will partner with Proctor’s Housekeeping Team to keep all high touch areas of the campus cleaned daily, including frequent dorm room cleaning and disinfecting. 
  • Dormitories will remain open throughout the academic year during vacations should international students or national boarding students be unable to travel home. Additional dorm support will be provided to dorm parents during these breaks. 

  Day Students and Commuting Faculty/Staff 

  • Day Students and commuting Faculty/Staff are expected to limit social interactions outside of the Proctor community, abiding by Proctor’s Community Agreement. 

  Weekends and Travel 

  • All Boarding Student leaves during Community Weekends must be approved by the Dean of Students Office. 

  Campus Visitation

  • All community members must follow Proctor’s Visitor Policy when having guests on-campus. 

• SECTION 5: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

  The delivery of Proctor’s educational model spans all aspects of life on campus from academic courses to afternoon programming to advisory and off-campus programs. The following protocols and precautions will guide Proctor’s faculty as they shape the educational program for the 2021-2022 academic year.
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  Statement on Remote Learning
  

  The relationships we form with our students are the most valuable component of our educational model. These relationships, built best through face-to-face instruction, allow us to push students far beyond what they believe themselves to be capable of. While we will continue to support students who miss classes due to Proctor-sanctioned travel or departures from campus for medical/personal reasons through asynchronous remote learning, we expect students to be on-campus for face-to-face instruction when we are in session and do not plan to support synchronous remote learning during the 2021-2022 school year.

  
  Academic Courses and Classroom Space 

  The effective, safe delivery of Proctor’s academic classes remains our priority this fall. In order to work toward a safe, responsible reopening of school, the following guidelines will shape academic classes: 

  • Proctor’s academic block schedule will encourage the pace, space, and flexibility needed to offer more, smaller classes to our students, while providing staggered meal and afternoon activity times to reduce population density in shared community areas. 
  • Evening Extra Help sessions can occur via Webex. 
  • A comprehensive analysis of Proctor’s HVAC systems in academic and residential buildings has affirmed state of the art systems in many buildings, and led to investment in improvements that will maximize air exchange in others.  

  Advising and All-School Assembly

  • Proctor’s advisory system and daily community assembly sit at the core of the student experience. This will continue to be the case this year.
  • Students will meet three times per week in their advisory, either as a part of a community-wide assembly or as an individual advisory group.
  • Parents are encouraged to utilize their student’s advisor as the primary contact for all academic and social needs.
  • All-school assemblies may be held inside when deemed safe to do so, otherwise will take place outdoors or virtually. 

  Interscholastic Athletics and Afternoon Activities

  The Lakes Region League has worked collaboratively to allow for interscholastic play among peer schools after following strict, shared protocols among schools. More Athletics information for the 2021-2022 school year will be updated as the Lakes Region League and NEPSAC governing bodies release more information. 

• SECTION 6: RESPONSE TO POSITIVE COVID-19 CASES ON CAMPUS

  If we have a positive COVID-19 case on campus, we will follow the below protocols. 
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  • If the positive case is a faculty or staff member, they will be treated by their PCP and notify the Proctor Health Center. The Health Center will conduct contact tracing to see who needs to quarantine on campus or at home. The positive case’s PCP will follow through with the state and local agencies to process the positive case. 
  • If the positive case is a Day Student, they will be treated by their PCP and the Proctor Health Center will conduct contact tracing to see who needs to quarantine on campus or at home. The positive case’s PCP will follow through with the state and local agencies to process the positive case. 
  • If the positive case is a boarding student, the Health Center will notify the student’s parents, administration, and School Physician Dr. Sarah Lester, as well as the New Hampshire Department of Human Health and Services.
  • The Health Center will use its negative pressure room as the immediate care facility for a positive case until housing for that student is arranged. A parent may pick up their positive test student.
  • After a positive case has been identified, Proctor’s Health Center staff will engage in contact tracing measures, and utilize a combination of PCR and antigen testing to monitor potential spread on campus. 
  • Note: Students and/or Employees who have been fully vaccinated (you are considered fully vaccinated fourteen days after your final vaccination) will not be considered close contacts or need to follow quarantine protocols. However, the individual should monitor their health for COVID19 symptoms 14 days post-exposure and notify the Health Center if experiencing any symptoms.