This page is intended to keep our families & community up-to-date regarding the current COVID-19 situation. As new information becomes available, it will be posted here.
At the Delaware Area Career Center, the health, safety and well-being of our students and staff are our top priorities. As a school district, we are closely monitoring the situation and taking guidance from local and federal health officials as well as working with our staff to take necessary precautions.
If you have tested positive for COVID 19 or are being quarantined due to exposure or contact, please fill out this form to inform us as soon as possible. This form will take the place of calling our school nurse, but does not take the place of calling the attendance line to report an absence.
January 14th, 2021 Update
The Delaware Area Career Center will be moving to Plan B: Labs and Academics Blended, beginning February 1st, 2021.
Review the Return to School Plan Here
Please reference this overview of student expectations during remote learning and resources available to our families.
Please reference this overview of student expectations during remote learning and resources available to our families.
We understand that each individual family is unique and will have questions not addressed in the district-wide Return to School Plan. Please use this form to submit your questions so that the appropriate staff member may contact you with more information.
Updates:
January 14th, 2021: District will move to Plan B: Labs and Academics Blended, beginning February 1st
Students will follow the Blue/Green rotation on a blended model for both labs and academics. Exceptions to this are Cosmetology, Fire Service Training, Food Service, and Hospitality. Those programs will continue to attend lab five days a week for their lab program.
Review this breakdown of the types of communications you will receive in regards to COVID, including why families receive district notifications when the spread within DACC walls is at 0%.
November 16th, 2020: District will move to Plan C: Academics Remote; Labs Blended, beginning November 23rd
Students will follow the Blue/Green rotation on a blended model for lab programs and taking academic classes remotely. Exceptions to this are Cosmetology, Fire Service Training, Food Service, and Hospitality. Those programs will continue to attend lab five days a week.
Students will follow the Blue/Green rotation on a blended model for both lab programs and academic classes. Exceptions to this are Cosmetology, Fire Service Training, Food Service, and Hospitality. Those programs will attend lab five days a week and attend academic classes on the blended model.
The school year is off to a great start and we are excited to see students in our building. Don't forget to order lunch and get your technology needs met.
This email is full of information for our families as we prepare to return to school, including the DACC face covering policy.
Set up a time to meet with our IT Department in order to pick up your Chromebook. Lunch and breakfast information is also included.
As we get closer to the beginning of the school year, Superintendent Freeman shares reassurance that the DACC Return to School Plan is remaining unchanged.
Principal Gaskill emailed detailed information about returning to school, including upcoming dates and important action items we are asking families to take before school resumes.
Read through the Return to School Plan as dated on July 30th, 2020 and watch Ms. Freeman's video as she walks through the four options that the district may move in and out of, depending on the current status of the COVID situation.
The DACC return to school plan is based on a number of factors that are still being considered, including the plans just released from associate districts. Learn more in the latest message from the DACC Superintendent.
As we approach the end of the school year, Superintendent Freeman has encouraging words for our students as well as important dates to remember.
Learn more about Senior Recognition Ceremony plans and picking up your items at the end of the year from Mr. Gaskill's video message.
Superintendent Freeman and Principal Gaskill provide information on the decision-making process and ask that families reference our FAQ.
More information about Senior Recognition Ceremony. Tentatively postponed to July 8th with a possible virtual ceremony currently being planned.
Remote learning to continue through the end of the school year.
Senior Recognition Ceremony tentatively rescheduled for July 8th.
Continued remote learning and information about credentials and DACC's Senior Recognition Ceremony.
A message from Superintendent Freeman as we prepare to head into Spring Break.
A check-in with our families at the end of week one of remote learning.
On this first day of remote learning, more information has been sent home about the expectations we have of our students, along with supports that we are continuing to offer them.
Students will no longer report to school on Monday, March 16th. Please review the message from Superintendent Freeman about what this means for our students and families.
New information regarding continued learning & ongoing support of our students while our student body is at home.
The district's response to Governor Mike DeWine's announcement regarding K-12 schools closing to students for three weeks.
With the recently elevated discussion regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the news, DACC is working closely with local health officials to minimize the spread of the disease.
Simple ways to protect yourself and your family include:
- Avoid close contact with people who are sick
- Handwashing for at least 20 seconds
- Avoid touching face, eyes, nose, etc
- Stay home when you are sick and visit your doctor
- Cough or sneeze into a tissue and immediately throw the tissue in the trash
- Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces often
Additional resources:
- Center for Disease Control - COVID-19 Latest Updates
- Center for Disease Control - Prevention and Treatment
- Center for Disease Control - Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Communities
- Center for Disease Control - Travel Information
- Center for Disease Control - COVID-19 FAQ
- Delaware General Health District - COVID-19 Latest Updates
- Delaware General Health District - COVID-19 FAQ
- Coronovirus Explanation Video for Kids - BrainPOP
- Talking to Children about COVID-19 (Coronavirus): A Parent Resource - National Association of School Psychologists & National Association of School Nurses
- Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's Statement on COVID-19
- Ohio Department of Education Meeting & Event Cancellations
- DACC Attendance Phone Number: 740.203.2268
- DACC Attendance FAQ
Receive future updates:
In the event that the Delaware Area Career Center must move to home assignments, we will notify staff and families in the same manner that we do during inclement weather school closures. We will communicate through phone calls, emails, text messaging, website posting and social media pages.
- Make sure your contact information is up-to-date in our Instant Alert Messaging System
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- Make sure you are subscribed as a 2020-2021 Parent on our District Newsletter