Managing School Operation…

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
MIMAROPA Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PALAWAN
Aborlan North District

ABORLAN CENTRAL SCHOOL

SCHOOL CONTINGENCY
PLAN
COVID 19

MARILYN T.
DAGANTA
SDRRM Coordinator
Aborlan Central School
Poblacion, Aborlan, Palawan
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The school has

followed a decision
model and contingency
plan for reclosing and
re-opening the school
in case of COVID-19
resurgence in the
community.

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ABORLAN CENTRAL SCHOOL COMPREHENSIVE CONTINGENCY PLAN

FOR THE LIMITED FACE-TO-FACE CLASSES

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Education reaffirmed its commitment to provide learning

opportunities to Filipino learners for School Year 2021-2022 despite the CVD-19 pandemic,
through the DepEd Memorandum OM –OSEC-2021-2022 dated September 29, 2021.

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has remarkably challenged our

present education. With the Plan to conduct a limited face-to-face class for the first quarter of
the school year 2022-2023, the Department of education continues to seek ways to address
the challenges. Based on the DepEd School Contingency Plan manual for the Implementation
of the Limited Face-to-Face Classes, there is a proposed to manage situations in which a
suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case or close contact with the aforementioned cases is
detected within and/or outside school premises.

The crafting of the Aborlan Central School Contingency Plan aims to manage and
contain different case scenarios that may affect school operations and undertake required
action with the support of different stakeholders for the safe closure and reopening of
schools.

The Aborlan Central School offers basic education which demands hands-on skills
and training, particularly in reading and writing from Kindergarten to Grade 3, the first key
stage of basic education.

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The teachers involved in this implementation are fully vaccinated. Minimum

requirements and critical actions are ensured for a timely school-based response to any
COVID-19 scenarios.

1. A. Decision points for School Lockdown will be Hooked on the

Assessment and Decision of the Local Task Force against Covid-19 (LTF):

 When there are suspected, probable, or confirmed COVID-19 case/s,

facilitating disinfection and contact tracing are presented in various
cases:

CASES Learner/Personnel’s School’s Action

Action
1. A household  The learner or  The school may advise the
member of the school personnel learner/school personnel
learner or must inform the to seek assistance from
school school immediately BHERT and to
personnel regarding their remain/return home and
shows condition at home. to self-monitor until the
symptoms of results of the COVID-19
COVID-19. test have been released.

 If the identified close

contact is a learner,
provide appropriate
support for the temporary
shift to distance learning
modality while waiting for
the COVID-19 test result

 If the identified close

contact is a teacher,
identify the substitute
teacher who will
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temporarily conduct
distance learning among
the learners that the
teacher is handling, while
waiting for the COVID-19
test result.

2. A household  Collect the  Advise the learner or

member of the necessary personnel to
learner or information return/remain at home.
school regarding the close
 If the close contact is a
personnel is a contacts.
learner, the school shall
confirmed case
engage other household
of COVID-19 or
members regarding the
identified to be
home-school arrangement,
a close contact
including the time of pick-
of the
up of the learner if in
confirmed case
school at the time the
outside of their
information was
household.
communicated.

 Ensure that the learner

has completed the 14-day
quarantine, regardless of
the negative test result
before allowing him/her to
return to school.

 If the identified close

contact is a learner,
provide appropriate
support for a shift to a
distance learning modality

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for 14 days.

 If the identified close

contact is a teacher,
identify the substitute
teacher who will conduct
distance learning among
the learners that the
teacher is handling.

 If necessary, the school

shall provide psychosocial
support to the learners
who were shifted back to
distance learning and
whose mental health was
affected by the situation.

3. Learner or  If in school,  Following precautionary

school personnel the learner or measures, assist the
shows personnel must learner or personnel to the
symptoms of inform the school designated isolation room
COVID-19 but is nurse or teacher at in the school and provide
not known to be once of his/her necessary emergency care.
in close contact physical condition.
 Collect the necessary
with a confirmed
 If at home, information of the learner
case.
remain. or personnel as well as
his/her close contacts in
school.

 If the close contact is a

learner, the school shall
engage other household
members regarding the

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home-school
arrangement, including
the time of pick-up of the
learner if in school at the
time the information was
communicated.

 Since there is a close

contact but no confirmed
case in the school, the
school shall allow the
learners in the same class
and week as the exposed
person to attend face-face
after a 24-hour granular
lockdown for disinfection
of the school premises.

 If at home, provide
support for a transition to
distance learning
modality to ensure
continuity of learning
until he/she is cleared to
return to school.

 If a teacher is showing
symptoms, identify the
substitute teacher who
will conduct distance
learning among the
learner that the teacher is
handling.

 Ensure that the learner

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or personnel strictly
follows the advice of local
health authorities,
especially on the required
number of days of
isolation. (refer to Annex
A)

4. Learner or  If in school,  The school shall declare a

school the learner or lockdown since the learner
personnel personnel must or teacher showing
shows inform the school symptoms is a close
symptoms of nurse or teacher at contact of a confirmed
COVID-19 and once of his/her case. The school shall
is a close physical condition. inform all stakeholders
contact of a regarding the situation.
 If at home,
confirmed case.
remain.  If in school, following
precautionary measures,
assist the learner or
personnel to the
designated isolation room
in the school and provide
necessary emergency care.

 Collect the necessary

information of the learner
or personnel as well as
his/her close contacts in
school.

 Coordinate with local

health authorities for

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evaluation of the person

showing symptoms;
contact tracing activities
and referral to a health
facility, if the need arises.

 Inform parents/guardians
of learners in the class
regarding the situation
and the shift in learning
modality for two (2) weeks.

 Ensure that the learner or

personnel strictly follows
the advice of local health
authorities, especially on
the required number of
days of isolation. (refer to
Annex A)

 If at home, provide
support for a transition to
distance learning modality
to ensure continuity of
learning until he/she is
cleared to return to
school.

 If a teacher is showing
symptoms, identify the
substitute teacher who
will conduct distance
learning among the
learner that the teacher is

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handling.

 The school shall

implement a 24-hour
granular lockdown period
for disinfection following
the detection of symptoms
of COVID-19

 Change in number of community transmission and quarantine risk

classification identified by IATF

Excerpt from the Guidelines on the Nationwide Implementation of

Alert Level System for Covid-19 response as of November 18, 2021.
1. COVID-19 Alert Level System - refers to the new Community
Quarantine Classifications for dealing with COVID-19 covering entire
cities, municipalities, and/or regions; aimed to manage and minimize
the risk of the disease through System Indicators, Triggers, and
Thresholds determined by the IATF to specify the public health and
social measures to be taken about the COVID-19 response, as may be
updated based on new scientific knowledge, information about the
effectiveness of control measures in the country and overseas, and its
application.

a. Alert Level 1 - refers to areas wherein case transmission is low

and decreasing, total bed utilization rate, and intensive care unit
utilization rate is low.

b. Alert Level 2 - refers to areas wherein case transmission is low

and decreasing, healthcare utilization is low, or case counts are
low but increasing, or case counts are low and decreasing but total
bed utilization rate and intensive care unit utilization rate is
increasing.

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c. Alert Level 3 - refers to areas wherein case counts are high

and/or increasing, with total bed utilization rate and intensive
care unit utilization rate at increasing utilization.

d. Alert Level 4 - refers to areas wherein case counts are high

and/or increasing, with total bed utilization rate and intensive care
unit utilization rate at high utilization.

e. Alert Level 5 - refers to areas wherein case counts are

alarming, with total bed utilization rate and intensive care unit
utilization rate at critical utilization.

2. Granular Lockdown - refers to a micro-level quarantine for areas

identified as "critical zones" by the local government unit (LGU) which
may be declared regardless of Alert Level.

3. Minimum public health standards (MPHS) - refers to the national,

local, and sector-specific guidelines on mitigation measures for its
COVID-19 response across all settings by implementing non-
pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), consistent with the Department of
Health (DOH) Administrative Order No. 2021-0043 or the Omnibus
Guidelines on the Minimum Public Health Standards for the Safe
Reopening of Institutions. This term shall also encompass specific NPIs
of community mitigation strategies or public health measures that do
not involve vaccines, medications, or other pharmaceutical
interventions, that individuals and communities can carry out to reduce
transmission rates, contact rates, and the duration of infectiousness of
individuals in the population.

 Violations/Instances of Non-compliance of Learners or Personnel

with the Minimum Public Health Standards or PDITR for Review of
Protocols

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Excerpt from the Omnibus Guidelines on Community

Quarantine with Amendments as of April 15, 2021 p.12 of IATF
for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases

18. Any violation of the foregoing prohibitions shall constitute

non-cooperation of the person or entities punishable under
Section 9 par. (d) or (e), as the case may be, of Republic Act No.
11332,
otherwise known as the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable
Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act, and its
Implementing Rules and Regulations. (As introduced by
Paragraph C of IATF Resolution no. 106-B, March 28, 2021)

Punishable Acts under RA 11332

Section 9 of the law provides for the acts which are prohibited, namely;
(a) Unauthorized disclosure of private and confidential information about
a patient’s medical condition or treatment;
(b) Tampering with records or intentionally providing misinformation;
(c) Non-operation of the disease surveillance and response systems;
(d) Non-cooperation of persons and entities that should report and/or
respond to notifiable diseases or health events of public concern; and
(e) Non-cooperation of persons and entities identified as having the
notifiable disease, or affected by the health event of public concern.

Disclosure of confidential information will not be considered a

violation of this act if the disclosure was made to comply with a
legal order issued by a court of law with competent jurisdiction.

1. B. In the event of a school lockdown, all learners shall revert to distance

learning.

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CASES Learner/Personnel’s School’s Action

Action
1. A learner or  Complete the number of  The school shall
school days in isolation as declare lockdown
personnel required by the local until the required
tests positive health authorities. quarantine period of
for COVID-19. all close contacts has
 For asymptomatic: Ten
been completed. The
(10) days of isolation
lockdown may be
have passed
extended if other
 For mild to moderate learners show
COVID-19 confirmed symptoms of COVID-
cases: Ten (10)-days 19.
of isolation have
 Coordinate with local
passed from the onset
health authorities on
of the first symptom,
the provision of
respiratory symptoms
medical support and
have improved
necessary protocol to
(cough, shortness of
be undertaken by
breath), AND have
affected learners and
been afebrile for at
personnel
least 24 hours
without the use of  Ensure that the local
antipyretic health authorities
medications. have the correct
 For severe and critical contact details of
COVID-19 confirmed learners and
cases: Twenty-one personnel for contact
(21)-day isolation has tracing purposes.
passed from the onset
 Closely coordinate
of the first symptom,
with the local
respiratory symptoms
government unit to
have improved
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(cough, shortness of provide a report

breath), and have which will serve as a
been afebrile for at guide if there is a
least 24 hours need to declare a
without the use of granular lockdown in
antipyretic the barangay.
medications.
 Continue providing
 For
the appropriate
immunocompromised,
support and
do RT-PCR testing on
monitoring their
the 10th day. If RT-
condition while they
PCR test results tum
are completing the
out positive, refer to
required 14-day
Infectious Disease
quarantine. Ensure
Specialist. If RT-PCR
that they complete
test results turn out
the quarantine
negative, discharge
period before
from isolation.
allowing them to
Note: Medical certification or
return to school.
repeat testing is not
necessary for the safe
return to the school of
immunocompetent
individuals, provided
that a licensed medical
doctor certifies or clears
the patient.

1. C. STRATEGIES TO TRANSITION BACK TO FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING

MODALITY
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During a school lockdown, it is important to continue engaging learners in

meaningful activities to ensure the continuity of learning. However, some learners or
school personnel may need additional support in transitioning back to distance
learning and managing their emotions after learning about the situation in the school
or the community. During this period, the support from the family and other school
personnel shall play a critical role in adapting to the change in environment and
coping with the resurgence of COVID-19 cases.

1. The school’s local hotline/help desk shall remain open for parents/guardians
in need of assistance in the distance learning of their child/ren. Teachers may
utilize this platform to encourage parents/ guardians in their role as learning
facilitators at home and to provide additional support to learners in their
independent study.

2. The school shall establish a cleaning and maintenance routine to ensure that
all school facilities are organized and functional until the resumption of face-
to-face classes.

3. The school may perform critical administrative tasks on-site provided that
they are permitted by the LGU.

4. The school shall provide the required personal protective equipment to non-
teaching personnel who shall weekly conduct the cleaning and maintenance
routine of the school, and those who will need to perform administrative
duties whenever necessary. The school shall ensure that they will be properly
compensated for physically reporting to school during the school lockdown.

5. The guidance office shall remain operational to ensure that psychosocial

support and services shall be made available for all the members of the school
community. In the absence of a guidance office, affected learners and school
personnel shall be provided with Psychological First Aid (PFA) by trained
teaching and non-teaching personnel in schools. They shall also be assisted for
referral to the counseling services provided by the Schools Division Office if
further interventions are needed.

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6. The school shall provide the appropriate support needed by the non-teaching
personnel while they are unable to physically report to school daily.

7. After the school lockdown, the school shall seek the consent of
parents/guardians through a written form for the participation of their
child/ren in the resumption of face-to-face classes.

8. For the first five school days, the first hour shall be devoted to
discussion/facilitation of modules related to mental: health, facilitated by
their respective classroom advisers or designated teachers.

Prepared by:

MARILYN T. DAGANTA
SDRRM Coordinator

Aborlan Central School

Poblacion, Aborlan, Palawan
110712acs@deped.gov.ph
(048) 423-0667