Dear Lytle ISD Families,

A Lytle ISD staff member who has worked at the high school campus this week has a family member who must be quarantined due to exposure to COVID-19 at his San Antonio-based workplace. Both the Lytle ISD staff member and the family member began self quarantine at home today. They are not displaying symptoms of the virus and have not tested positive for the virus.

The entire high school campus has been deeply sanitized. In an abundance of caution, we have decided that all child nutrition staff, bus driver staff, and volunteers who worked at the high school this week must also self quarantine for the next 14 days.

Due to the sudden 2-week absence of such a large number of our staff, we will have to make an immediate change to our student meal service. Starting Monday, April 6, 2020 free student meals will be available by pick up only, in two locations:

• Lytle Primary bus pickup/dropoff area, and
• Lytle Elementary parent pickup/dropoff area. 

We want to assure our Lytle ISD families that all staff who are working to provide essential meal services are following stringent food safety procedures, wearing all CDC recommended safety equipment, and are under the close supervision of District Nurse Juanita Black and Child Nutrition Director Amie Carrillo. Our decision to be very cautious in this matter is purposeful so we can continue to safely support our students’ nutritional needs.

Sincerely,

Michelle Carroll Smith

michelle.smith@lytleisd.org

Lytle ISD Superintendent of Schools

Dear Lytle ISD Families,

After Governor Greg Abbott’s press conference Tuesday, March 31, 2020, Lytle ISD is suspending normal district operations through Friday, May 1, 2020 to support our nation’s need to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. 

Our school facilities remain closed to students and visitors, but Lytle ISD employees are still working hard to support our Lytle ISD families for the duration:

• Child Nutrition and Transportation Departments are providing free student meals in 7 convenient locations. 
• Remote instruction which began March 23, will continue through digital channels such as Blackboard Classroom, Google Classroom, and published SMORES. However, in order to provide high quality instruction in a safe manner, the distribution of paper packets will end on Friday, April 3. (The CDC reports that the Novel Coronavirus is stable on paper for 4-5 days.)  
• The Technology Department has provided hotspot wifi devices to help families who don’t have internet access at home. Contact your child’s teacher if technology access is preventing your student from accessing digital lessons.
• For students who are currently not engaged or connected with their teachers in online learning, home visits will happen this week to see how we can better support students and families.  

These efforts and others will continue for the duration. You may reach out to campus leaders and staff at any time through email - all Lytle ISD emails are formatted in this way: firstname.lastname@lytleisd.org

We are actively monitoring this quickly changing situation and updates will be posted on www.lytleisd.org, through email, text messaging and social media. 

Thank you for your continued support and cooperation as we ensure that all members of our Lytle ISD community stay safe and healthy. I pray that we’ll all be together again very soon. Stay well, and God bless you and your families.

Sincerely,

Michelle Carroll Smith

michelle.smith@lytleisd.org

Lytle ISD Superintendent of Schools