Dear Parents, Guardians and Community Members!

Talking Points from January 15, 2021 Superintendent Video “Weekly Update”

1. Please visit the Leetonia Schools Website and Facebook Page to view the Supt. Video Update
2. January 16, 2021 – Saturday Communications’ Coffee Club – 10:00 a.m. – K-12 Campus Cafeteria
3. January 18, 2021 – No School – Observance of Martin Luther King Day 2021.
4. January 19, 2021 – Face to Face Teaching and Learning Resumes
5. January 19, 2021 – Bear Wear Day!  Please show your school spirit!
6. Jan. 19th The Before and After school care program starts. Call the BOE for more info.
7. January 22, 2021 – Winter Homecoming Game – Home vs. EP
8. January 28, 2021 – NHS Red Cross Blood Drive

“Raising Expectations!”

Dennis J. Dunham

Leetonia Schools

Superintendent

Parents/Guardians, Community Members Welcome!

January 16, 2021 - Saturday Communications/Coffee Club– 10:00 AM - K-12 Campus Cafeteria

Bear Pride Tuesday!

Please wear your Bear Wear and Bleed Blue and White in celebration of our returning to in person instruction.

We cant wait to see you! Go Bears! 

Dear Parent/Guardian, 

Please review this letter as it contains several updates surrounding COVID-19 plans and procedures in Leetonia Schools. Over break, Governor DeWine shared updates on the process of quarantines in schools. Based Governor De Wine, the Ohio Department of Education and the Columbiana County Local Health Department, we are now making adjustments to our policies and procedures surrounding COVID-19 precautions and contact tracing. 

Based on the guidance received from the Ohio Department of Health on December 30th, 2020 coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/responsible/schools/OSCE evaluation.pdf Leetonia EVSD will no longer be quarantining students or staff from school when they come into close contact with someone with COVID-19 within the classroom setting, as long as facial coverings and/or maximized physical distancing protocols are followed. 

There will still be circumstances where students may be exposed to someone with COVID-19 and may be required to quarantine, those areas could include: 

• Extra-curriculars (athletics)
• Cafeteria/Lunch 
• Band 
• Physical Education/Gym Class 

Students and staff that come into contact with someone who is positive for COVID-19 outside of the school setting will still fall under the previous quarantine procedures. 

Mrs. Stelts (school nurse) will continue to investigate each positive case with both students and staff. Positive 

COVID-19 instances will continue to be handled on a case by case basis as its own unique circumstance. 

As you will read in the updated guidelines from ODH, this decision was recommended following an evaluation of K-12 school students conducted by the Ohio Schools COVID-19 Evaluation Team. The Columbiana County Health Department supports this and have not had evidence of spread in the school classroom setting in their investigations since we have returned to school. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact myself or your child's building principal. 

As always, I appreciate your continued efforts to keep our students healthy and safe. I look forward to face-to-face teaching and learning on Tuesday, January 19th. Thanks for all you do! 

Dennis J. Dunham 

Superintendent

Blood Drive here at Leetonia- Thursday- Jan. 28 (8AM-1PM)

Please consider donating. They are in desperate need of blood. The link to sign up for a time to give is provided below. The NHS will be running this drive and one again in March.

To sign up click

Breakfast and Lunch Sign Up

Please fill out the form below for Breakfast and Lunch Sign up

Click here

 Remote Learning Schedule

Message from School Nurse Mrs. Stelts 

Governor DeWine and the director of the Ohio Department of Health have ordered that all schools that provide K-12 instruction shall maintain a reporting system for parent to report positive tests and or cases of COVID-19. In accordance with this order, parent/guardians and school staff who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 whether by laboratory test or through clinical examination are encouraged to notify the school no later than 24 hours after receiving a confirmed diagnosis. To make this confidential report the the school please call 330-427-2115 and choose option 3.

A copy of the Protocol for Front-Line School Screening can be found under the nurses tab on this page.