• Create the conditions for a successful reopening

• Social distancing through reallocation of spaces

• Division of classes into smaller groups of children

• Promotion of frequent and proper hand washing

• Ventilation of rooms

• Maximization of time spent outdoors

• Avoidance of shared materials

• Sanitation of spaces, furniture and toys

• Prompt identification of cases in the school environment and their tracing

• Large-scale viral nucleic acid and serologic testing

• Maintenance of safe physical education classes, structured recess, and after-school activities (such as safe athletics)

• Listening to the concerns of families and teachers

• Adapted curricula and teaching strategies to accommodate hybrids of in-person and remote learning

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model, the School Health Index model, and The American Academy of Pediatrics' considerations for re-opening may provide additional insight.