Cochise County School District Re-Opening Status

This information is self reported by the districts, and is reported to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) on a weekly basis. This information will be updated as changes occur and is up to date as of Oct 7, 2020 @ 11:00 AM.

From Dr. Edward J. Miller, DO, FACOG | CMO, Copper Queen Community Hospital

We are already seeing flu cases this season. Please keep that in mind for students and staff that have respiratory symptoms.

Unlike COVID-19, which largely spares the young from severe and fatal disease, flu follows a different pattern. It most severely affects the young and old.

Rapid flu testing (as little as 15 minutes) is available at CQCH ERs and clinics, as well as Chiricahua Health Centers. Influenza and COVID-19 have different medical treatments, so it is important to distinguish between them.

Flu vaccines are available, safe, and effective in reducing the transmission and the severity of the disease. Getting vaccinated is even more important this year in an effort to prevent the U.S. healthcare system from being overwhelmed with both COVID-19 and influenza hospital/ICU admissions.

Flu vaccines are currently available for free or with no co-pay at CQCH clinics in Douglas, Bisbee, Palominas and Tombstone. Chiricahua Health Centers have it available on a drive-thru basis for their patients. Virtually all pharmacies in Cochise County have flu vaccines available, often free of charge.

The Cochise County Health Department will be starting flu vaccine clinics soon, and details will be announced at a later date.

Open Letter to U.S. Representative Greg Stanton on School Nutrition Waivers

We (The Arizona Association of County School Superintendents) have collaborated with other organizations to develop a letter to Congress requesting that they support nutrition waivers for our schools to help provide meals for our students."

Drive-Through COVID-19 testing is available at 4 sites in Douglas, Bisbee, Tombstone, and Palominas! You do need to register in advance at www.doineedacovid19test.com. 

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Click on any of the images below to download a full size pdf of the flyer!

Arizona Department of Education released three more resources to support understanding of Governor Ducey’s two recent Executive Orders. 

The Arizona Department of Education recently released three more resources to support understanding of Governor Ducey’s two recent Executive Orders. These resources are specific to implementation of distance learning plans and include:

• An updated Executive Order FAQ that provides additional answers to the FAQ shared earlier this week.

• Guidance specific to school finance processes to implement Executive Orders 2020-41 and 2020-44. 

      Distance Learning Plan Template.  

Information Regarding the Distance Learning Template

As part of the Executive Order, all public schools may submit a Distance Learning Plan (DLP) to receive the flexibility to offer distance learning options for students without an approved Arizona Online Instruction (AOI) program for the 2020-2021 school year.  School districts are required to submit a DLP to the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) prior to implementing distance learning. School districts may begin operating their DLP prior to August 17th upon submission of the plan to ADE. 

School districts that wish to provide distance learning under Executive Order 2020-41 must create a DLP using this template. School districts not utilizing the appropriate template will be required to revise and resubmit their plans. Plans not submitted in the template must wait to begin DL instruction until the plan is submitted in the approved template. The template is a Word document that must be completed in its entirety and submitted via email to: EmergencyDL@azed.gov. 

School Districts may make revisions to improve their DLP at any time but, must submit those changes to the ADE within 10 business days of any substantive revision. School districts should contact the ADE at EmergencyDL@azed.gov to revise their DLP.  

AZ's Roadmap to reopen our schools

Recently Arizona Superintendent of Instruction Kathy Hoffman convened a task force with more than 100 people who work in the state’s public school districts and charter schools. To tackle the issue of reopening our schools. As a result, Arizona education and school leaders now have a roadmap to reopening our schools in the face of this global pandemic. The documents are only suggested guidelines for opening schools this fall. The state school office can’t require any specific requirements or mandates to individual school districts. We at the Cochise County School Superintendent’s Office want to make sure this information is passed on to you.  To read the proposal plans to reopen our schools. Please click on the links below to read entire considerations!