Waverly Elementary is excited to welcome Gena Jones to our Bulldog family. Gena will be teaching PreK at Lebo in the mornings and PreK at Waverly in the afternoons. At this time, Waverly Elementary will only be having afternoon PreK during the 2020-21 school year.
USD 243 Lebo-Waverly
Health Guidelines
7-27-2020
If your child is ill, please keep them home! Attendance awards will not be given in the 2020-21 school year.
Masks will be worn in schools by everyone unless valid exceptions apply.
Temperatures will be taken before entrance into the building for everyone, and guidelines. Students will be allowed into the buildings starting at 7:35 am unless exceptions apply.
Hand washing/sanitizing will occur each hour for everyone.
Water bottle filling stations will operate. Water fountains will be disabled.
Each building will have an isolation room for sick kids waiting to be picked up.
Social distancing (6 feet) will be encouraged in our buildings.
High Touch surfaces will be sanitized throughout the day in buildings.
Coffey county health department isolation and quarantine guidelines will be followed if a positive covid-19 test occurs in USD 243 schools.
A doctor’s release will be required for staff or students to return following a positive covid-19 test.
Visitors will be required to follow the guidelines listed unless they are 5 years of age or younger.
Per KSDE recommendations appendix c all non-essential visitors will be limited from entering buildings. Drop off tables at all schools will be located at each main entrance.
Additional health and custodial staff will be hired to support our schools.
Steps will be taken to try and keep consistent groups of kids together throughout the day for health tracing purposes.
The USD 243 Lebo-Waverly Board of Education voted to delay the start of school until August 27. This will allow time to prepare the procedures necessary to help keep all students safe. It will also allow time to finalize the methods of instruction delivery that will be needed to ensure all Lebo-Waverly Students are receiving a quality education in these uncharted times. Because of the delayed start, enrollment will be adjusted also. Dates for enrollment will be announced at a later time.
Waverly United Methodist Church food distribution, TODAY, Tuesday, July 28 at 10 am.
The Lebo Waverly Board Meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. will be held in the Commons Area at Waverly High School in order to accommodate the potential of a larger than usual crowd.
There will be a Preschool Screening for all 3 and 4 year olds in Coffey County for the 2020-21 school year. The screening will be Tues., Aug. 4th, 8:30-3:30 at Lebo Elementary. Email Rachel Barazza for an appointment, rbarazza@usd243ks.org
Special Board of Education meeting will be held Monday, July 27 at 7:00pm in the district office. It will be livestreamed on the districts facebook page which can be found at https://www.facebook.com/USD-243-Lebo-Waverly-Schools-1553961491351432
The USD 243 Lebo-Waverly District Leadership Team is meeting today to work on our district Reopening Plan for the 2020-2021 school year.
Waverly parents, please respond to the survey posted on the website. The information provided helps us plan for the upcoming school year!
USD 243 Lebo-Waverly is planning for the coming (2020-2021) school year! We need for all of our parents/guardians to complete the survey at the link below. This information is critical to make this year a success in these "Different" times! If you didn't receive an email with the survey, please click this link https://forms.gle/ughNGHCrKevaHeLJ7 to complete the survey. Please complete this survey ASAP!
Thank you for your input and taking part in USD 243 Lebo-Waverly education!
The USD 243 Lebo-Waverly Admin team met today to begin working on a revised play for the 2020-2021 school year, With the Governor's announcement yesterday, revisions will be necessary for our schools. Preparation began today, but won't be put into place until after the state board of education acts on the governor's plan. Once we know that decision, more information will be posted about how our schools will look in the coming year.
Having just found out that Governor Kelly is going to mandate that schools open Sept. 8 has thrown many of us for a loop.The district administrative team is meeting 7/16 to work on the plan for our district.More information will come later. Please be patient.Mrs.W BulldogStrong
Today, the Kansas State Board of Education accepted the “Navigating Change: Kansas’ Guide to Learning and School Safety Operations” document. This is a living document that will be updated continuously to reflect the changing landscape created by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is critical to remember this document contains recommendations only, not mandates, to assist districts in the creation of their reopening plans.
The document is housed on the KSDE website and can be accessed at https://www.ksde.org/Teaching-Learning/Resources/Navigating-Change-Kansas-Guide-to-Learning-and-School-Safety-Operations. Please check back regularly for any updates.
A district student has been exposed to COVID-19 and is in quarantine. This Effect Lebo and Waverly schools and communities! ALL SUMMER ACTIVITIES AND WORKOUTS WILL BE SUSPENDED FOR ONE WEEK, MINIMALLY! Contact a health professional for testing if any of your family have any symptoms of COVID-19, If any person in your family tests positive, please contact the district office at 785-733-2651.
Food Distribution- Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 10am.
Today is the LAST DAY FOR MEALS! There is plenty of food left at the high school!
WHS Prom 2020
The walk in will be a little different this year! At 5:30, the kids will parade their cars down the main street from the city park to the new gym. Then each couple will walk down the street to the community building. Please line both sides of the street to take pictures. Please do not park in the block of the community building. Kids need to meet at the city park at 5:00.
Weston Patterson and Ty Pope heading to National HS Rodeo Finals in July!
There are still plenty of meals available at the high school.....COME AND GET 'EM!
Ty Pope is your Kansas High School Rodeo State Champion Bareback Rider!