20-21 School Year Updates

What's New This Week?

May 4, 2021

You may have already seen that DPS has launched a survey to all Denver families and their students, including families and students who attend charters such as DSST Public Schools.  This survey is intended to gather your important feedback about our school community. If you haven’t opted your student out of the survey, they should have received the link directly from DPS within their DSST email.

 

Health Monitoring Metrics

Per the recommendations of public health officials, DSST will use DSST COVID-19 school data to largely inform return to school decision making. We remain committed to:

• Grounding decisions in science
• Prioritizing safety to ensure we can keep the DSST community healthy
• Considering the educational needs of our students and families
• Communicating transparently and in a timely fashion (giving advance notice of decisions when possible
• Extending grace to each other and all parts of the community as we navigate this process together

Click here to view the Health Monitoring Metrics dashboard and learn more about our decision-making process.

 

To keep our community safe, DSST will be requiring any team member or student participating in in-person opportunities to take a health screener from home prior to traveling to a DSST school, in order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This screener asks community members to take their temperature as well as identify if they are experiencing or could have been exposed to someone experiencing any other COVID-19 symptoms. This tool will save students and families time while mitigating the risk of a community spread by quickly supporting our community with wellness checks at home.