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CAMPUS ACCESS PLAN
LBCCD LEADERSHIP
Board of Trustees
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Uduak-Joe Ntuk, Board President
Herlinda Chico, Board Vice President
Dr. Virginia Baxter, Trustee
Vivian Malauulu, Trustee
Sunny Zia, Trustee
Richard Blackmon, Student Trustee
Executive Leadership
Dr. Mike Muñoz, Interim Superintendent-President
Dr. Kathleen Scott, Executive Vice President
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•LBCCD Mission & Values •COVID-19
Marlene Drinkwine, Vice President, Business Services
Gene Durand, Vice President, Human Resources Manager FAQ
Dr. Nohel Corral, Interim Vice President, Student Services
Participatory Governance Leaders
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•Introduction
Jeri Florence, Academic Senate
•E ssential Labs
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Diana Ogimachi, LBCC Faculty Association -Cleaning Protocols
Robert Remeta, Long Beach Council of Classified Employees (LBCC/AFT/AFL-CIO)
C. C. Sadler, Classified Senate
Curtis Williams, Certificated Hourly Instructors (CHI)
Cesar Fierro, Associated Student Body (ASB) President
•Overview of
Health Orders
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•COVID-19 Exposure
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Protocol–Students
•LBCC Communications
•COVID-19
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•Supporting
Prevention Measures Remote Learning
ACKNOWLEGEMENT 10 25
The Long Beach Community College District students. Student Services staff in Counseling, •Essential Employees •Child Development Center
is deeply grateful to the faculty, staff, Financial Aid, Admissions & Records, •Memoranda of
students, and community who have exhibited Student Affairs, and Student Health Services •Athletics
an extraordinary level of collaboration and implemented new solutions to ensure students
Understanding with
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commitment to ensuring that District activities had the resources to be successful. Facilities Bargaining Units
are conducted in the safest manner possible staff sanitized all areas on both campuses •Working Remotely
during the COVID-19 pandemic. and continue to provide a high level of service
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to support essential labs. Public Affairs & •Appendix A:
Throughout this challenging time, LBCC Marketing sent countless text messages and Student Acknowledgment
Vikings have been focused on doing what is e-mails to keep us all informed in the midst
best for students and employees above all. of changing circumstances. Participatory •COVID-19
Instructional and Information Technology governance leaders met frequently to share Screening–Employees
Services (IITS) provided training and support information and discuss next steps.
when LBCC made the rapid transition to •COVID-19 Exposure
working and teaching remotely. Faculty It is not an exaggeration to say that every Protocol–Employees
members adapted to online teaching by LBCC employee has contributed in some way
completing training so they could use to student success and achievement in these
technology tools more effectively even as they unprecedented times.
were called upon to provide extra support to
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MISSION
Long Beach City College is committed to providing
equitable student learning and achievement, academic
excellence, and workforce development by delivering
high-quality educational programs and support services to
our diverse communities.
VALUES
Purposeful, Nurturing, Respectful, Focused, Connected
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OVERVIEW OF
HEALTH ORDERS
The Liberal Arts Campus and the Pacific Coast Faculty and other staff may come to campus
Campus of Long Beach Community College for the purpose of providing distance learning,
District are both located in the City of Long and other activities related to the purposes
Beach, which has its own Department of above, as well as maintaining minimum basic
Public Health. The City of Long Beach has operations. The institution must comply
issued health orders restricting activities with all relevant portions of this protocol to
of the community as a means of slowing the maximize safety for all employees.
spread of COVID-19. The City of Long Beach
“Safer at Home” orders are updated frequently The orders carry the force of law and are in
and the most current versions are posted alignment with efforts in the region, including
online at the following City of Los Angeles County Public Health, the City of
Long Beach website: Los Angeles, and Pasadena Public Health, as
well as statewide orders.
http://longbeach.gov/health/diseases-and-
condition/information-on/coronavirus/covid- Following are some of the additional agencies
19-orders/. that have informed LBCC’s plans and protocols:
Over the past several months, the District • Los Angeles County Public Health’s
has developed, implemented, and updated orders, guidance on re-opening safely,
COVID-19 protocols in accordance with City and protocols for institutes of
of Long Beach health orders, which were higher education:
first issued in March 2020 and continue to be http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/
INTRODUCTION
updated. A repository of prior health orders is media/Coronavirus/index.htm
available for reference and may be accessed
• Chancellor’s Office of the California
online at www.lbcc.edu/coronavirus.
Community Colleges:
According to the most recent “Safer at Home” https://www.cccco.edu/About-
In order to fulfill our mission and embody our On May 11, 2020, in accordance with local order Appendix Y1 – Protocols for Institutes of Us/Chancellors-Office/Divisions/
values, we must provide a safe learning and health orders, LBCC began allowing a limited Higher Education dated November 20, 2020: Communications-and-Marketing/
working environment for our students number of students on campus to complete Novel-Coronavirus
and employees. spring essential labs requiring hands-on The City of Long Beach Department of Health
and Human Services is adhering to guidance • State of California:
experience, starting with Diagnostic Medical
On March 14, 2020, in response to the outbreak from the California Department of Public https://covid19.ca.gov/
Imaging (DMI). Additional essential labs
and spread of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in Health Sciences and Career Technical Health, which recommends that counties with
• The Centers for Disease Control and
the Long Beach Community College District Education were completed over the summer. high levels of community transmission of
Prevention:
approved a resolution declaring an emergency COVID-19 limit the reopening of colleges
https://www.cdc.gov/
and authorizing the Superintendent-President With the exception of essential labs, LBCC has and universities.
coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
and/or their designee(s) to take any and all provided—and will continue to provide—remote
actions necessary to ensure continuation of instruction through the spring 2021 semester, Colleges and universities in Los Angeles
public education and the health and safety pending updated directives from local health County and in the City of Long Beach will not
of the students and staff at District sites, in agencies. As directed by local health orders, be able to resume all in-person academic
accordance with local, state, and federal law. all but essential employees will continue instruction, at this time. Institutions may
working remotely. continue to offer in-person training and
On March 17, 2020, LBCC campuses were instruction only for essential workforce whose
closed to the public, and on March 23, 2020, The plans and protocols in this document have required activities cannot be accomplished
LBCC campuses were closed to all but essential been developed to protect employees’ and through virtual learning. All other academic
personnel. Instruction was delivered remotely students’ safety to the fullest extent possible instruction must continue to be done via
for the remainder of the spring 2020 semester, in this environment. We will continue to be distance-learning.
as well as student services and the majority of responsive to health orders as they are updated
business operations. and will revise this document as needed.
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LBCC
COMMUNICATIONS
LBCC has also provided timely and frequent issues and later expanded to include sharing • If soap and water are not readily • Throw used tissues in the trash.
communications via multiple methods updates with participatory governance available, use a hand sanitizer that
contains at least 60% alcohol. Cover all • Immediately wash your hands with soap
throughout the duration of the campus closure. representatives. The operational group began
surfaces of your hands and rub them and water for at least 20 seconds. If
The primary source of updated information is by meeting daily in March 2020, and the group
together until they feel dry. soap and water are not readily available,
www.lbcc.edu/coronavirus. The Public Affairs including participatory governance leaders had
clean your hands with a hand sanitizer
& Marketing office also regularly distributes frequent virtual meetings over Summer 2020 • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and that contains at least 60% alcohol.
information via texts, calls, e-mails, social to share information and gather input from mouth with unwashed hands.
media, press releases to the local media, campus constituents. In Fall 2020, COVID-19 Clean and disinfect
posters, and flyers to ensure that LBCC Vikings updates and discussions occurred primarily Avoid close contact
and the community at large remain updated. in regularly scheduled meetings, such as the • Clean AND disinfect frequently touched
President’s Leadership Council. Additional • Maintain 6 feet of distance between surfaces daily. This includes tables,
Additionally, LBCC convened a COVID-19 meetings of the COVID-19 Response Team are yourself and anyone who is sick and doorknobs, light switches, countertops,
Response Team that initially included senior scheduled on an as-needed basis. people who don’t live in your household. handles, desks, phones, keyboards,
leadership to focus on immediate operational toilets, faucets, and sinks.
» Remember that some people
without symptoms may be able to • If surfaces are dirty, clean them. Use
spread virus. detergent or soap and water prior
to disinfection.
COVID-19
» Stay at least 6 feet (about 2 arms’
length) from other people. • Then, use a household disinfectant.
» Keeping distance from others is Most common EPA-registered
PREVENTION MEASURES
especially important for people household disinfectants will work.
who are at higher risk of getting
very sick. Monitor Your Health Daily
Cover your mouth and nose with a mask when • Be alert for symptoms. Watch for fever,
The following information was compiled by Everyone Should: around others cough, shortness of breath, or other
Student Health Services in the COVID-19 symptoms of COVID-19.
Resource Guide for Students. Wash your hands often » Masks should not be placed on
young children under age 2, » Especially important if you are
Per the Center for • Wash your hands often with soap anyone who has trouble breathing, running essential errands, going
Disease Control and Prevention: and water for at least 20 seconds or is unconscious, incapacitated into the office or workplace, and in
especially after you have been in a or otherwise unable to remove the settings where it may be difficult to
• The best way to prevent illness is to public place, or after blowing your mask without assistance. keep a physical distance of 6 feet.
avoid being exposed to this virus. nose, coughing, or sneezing.
• Do NOT use a mask meant for a • Take your temperature if
• The virus is thought to spread mainly • It’s especially important to wash: healthcare worker. Currently, symptoms develop.
from person-to-person. surgical masks and N95 respirators
» Before eating or preparing food are critical supplies that should be » Don’t take your temperature
» Between people who are in close » Before touching your face reserved for healthcare workers and within 30 minutes of exercising
contact with one another (within other first responders. or after taking medications that
about 6 feet). » After using the restroom could lower your temperature, like
» After leaving a public place • The mask is not a substitute for acetaminophen.
» Through respiratory droplets
social distancing.
produced when an infected person » After blowing your nose, coughing, • Create a schedule and routine.
coughs, sneezes or talks. or sneezing Cover coughs and sneezes
• Exercise regularly.
» These droplets can land in the » After handling your mask
• Always cover your mouth and nose
mouths or noses of people who are » After changing a diaper • Reduce stress.
with a tissue when you cough or
nearby or possibly be inhaled into
» After caring for someone sick sneeze or use the inside of your elbow • Get plenty of sleep.
the lungs.
and do not spit.
» Some recent studies have » After touching animals or pets
• Maintain a healthy diet.
suggested that COVID-19 may
be spread by people who are not
showing symptoms.
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ESSENTIAL MEMORANDA OF
EMPLOYEES UNDERSTANDING
Essential employees are defined as those
employees who must perform job functions
on campus in order to sustain LBCC’s basic
throughout the week to the Vice President
of Business Services, Facilities, Parking
Services, LBCC campus safety officers, and
WITH BARGAINING UNITS
operations, in alignment with the City of Risk Services. This document also serves as a The District also collaborated with bargaining These documents can be found on the Human
Long Beach health order’s definition of record that may be used in the event contact units to establish memoranda of understanding Resources web page at
essential businesses and in compliance tracing is necessary. in response to COVID-19. https://www.lbcc.edu/contracts-salaries.
with protocols for essential businesses.
Each area has identified a select number of In the event that someone has an urgent need
to access campus and has not been authorized
WORKING
essential personnel who must continue to
report to campus to support critical ongoing via the weekly Essential Personnel List, they
operations. These employees are scheduled must clearly explain the emergency in an
e-mail to their immediate supervisor, who
REMOTELY
to be on campus for the least amount of
time as possible, and they must comply with will coordinate with the area vice president’s
safety measures including wearing a face office to request access. If the request is
covering and maintaining physical distancing. approved, the area vice president’s office will
The District provides PPE to all employees e-mail the Director, Special Projects, who will
working on campus, and essential employees update the essential personnel list and inform To support working remotely, employees Resources for Instructors are available online at
are scheduled in groups to minimize exposure. the Vice President of Business Services, may order office supplies for home delivery https://www.lbcc.edu/covid-19-info-faculty.
Facilities, Parking Services, LBCC campus and schedule a time to pick up their office
LBCC maintains a comprehensive list of safety officers, and Risk Services. chairs or computers. More information about All faculty teaching remotely in fall 2020
essential employees, including dates, times, The approval process may take 48 hours or modifications to Administrative and Business completed LBCC’s Online Teaching Certification
and areas accessed on campus. This list is more, especially if coordination with Facilities Services processes while working remotely is in or submitted a waiver if they completed
shared weekly with the operational COVID-19 to grant access to the location is required. the ABS FAQ, which is posted online at Online Teaching Certification and/or Canvas
Response Team, and updates are provided https://www.lbcc.edu/pod/covid-19-faqs- LMS Certification at another institution. More
faculty-staff (Administrative & Business information about LBCC’s Online Teaching
Services tab). Certification is online at
https://www.lbcc.edu/post/online-teaching-
certification-coronavirus.
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COVID-19 SCREENING —
EMPLOYEES
As of October 2020, all employees who are authorized to access campus must complete the online
health screening before coming to campus. Employees who pass the symptom survey will receive
a date-stamped certification. Those who do not pass the symptom survey will be directed to
support and resources, coordinated by Human Resources.
COVID-19 EXPOSURE
PROTOCOL — EMPLOYEES
Following is a District communication to all This notification applies to all employees, If you are approved to access campus and are The District is also hosting the City of Long
employees about COVID-19 exposure protocol: and includes essential personnel and those included on the weekly Essential Personnel Beach Rapid Assessment Clinics at both
employees who are working remotely. list, below are the directives to follow: campuses. If you need to be tested, please visit
Long Beach City College remains closed in The City of Long Beach defines close contact as a http://www.longbeach.gov/health/diseases-
response to the COVID-19 global pandemic. person who meets any of the following conditions: • Stay home if you are sick, have and-condition/information-on/coronavirus/
However, the City of Long Beach and Los symptoms consistent with COVID-19, covid-19-testing/ to make an appointment.
Angeles County Departments of Public Health • Lives with or frequents the household or have been in close contact with LBCC employees may use the “Employee” line.
permit certain on-campus activities, as long as where someone with or likely to have someone who has or is likely to have They will be asked to show an LBCC ID, or other
the District complies with health orders. COVID-19 resides COVID-19. Symptoms include a fever of evidence of LBCC employment (i.e. a pay stub
100.4 or higher, coughing, shortness of with a photo ID).
We are taking many precautions to support the • Is an intimate partner of someone with breath, and fatigue.
health and safety of our employees, students, or likely to have COVID-19 We know that this is a very difficult time.
and community, and we ask you to do your part. • Wear a face covering over your nose In addition to employee health insurance,
• Is a caregiver for someone with or likely and mouth. employees can access confidential
If you test positive for COVID-19, have to have COVID-19
assistance through the MHN Employee
symptoms consistent with COVID-19, have • Maintain at least a six-foot distance
• Has had any contact with someone with Assistance Program, which offers a wide
been in close contact with someone who has or from others.
or likely to have COVID-19 while they variety of services to help balance work
is likely to have COVID-19, or suspect you may
were symptomatic, including anyone • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, with life and address other life challenges,
have been exposed to COVID-19, stay home
who: and mouth. such as marriage, relationship, and family
and do not come onto campus. If you need
issues; domestic violence; traumatic
assistance with appropriate leave related
» Was within 6 feet of someone with • Cover your mouth when coughing or events; workplace issues; alcohol and drug
to COVID-19 exposure, contact Mei Shih in
or likely to have COVID-19 for more sneezing. Wash your hands dependency; stress and anxiety; depression;
Human Resources:
than 10 minutes OR immediately afterward. grief and loss.
• (562) 938-5250 » Had unprotected direct contact to • Park with one space between For the latest LBCC information on COVID-19,
secretions or excretions (sneeze or each vehicle. please visit
• Covid-HRhelp@LBCC.edu cough) of someone with or likely to www.lbcc.edu/coronavirus-updates
have COVID-19 • Do not access any area that is blocked
off or any area that has not been
pre-approved.
• Do not linger or loiter once your business
on campus has been completed.
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MANAGER FAQ
The following FAQ was provided to LBCC’s • Risk Services will work with HR and How is “close contact” defined? What health agency is directing the
Management Team. Director of Special Projects for contact District’s protocols?
tracing by contacting the employee The City of Long Beach defines close contact as a
What should I do if an employee reports identified by supervisor to gather the person who meets any of the following conditions: LBCC’s Liberal Arts and Pacific Coast campuses
testing positive for COVID-19, having date and time of access to all areas are both located in the City of Long Beach.
symptoms consistent with COVID-19, or • Lives with or frequents the household LBCC therefore must comply with the City of
within the District and a list of all areas
having been in close contact with someone where someone with or likely to have Long Beach Health Department directives. The
accessed by the employee including:
who has or is likely to have COVID-19? COVID-19 resides District also confers with Los Angeles County,
» Area where she/he/they parked the state of California, the Centers for Disease
The employee’s supervisor should immediately • Is an intimate partner of someone with
» All buildings and rooms accessed Control and Prevention, and other agencies for
do the following: or likely to have COVID-19
guidance on best practices.
» All restrooms and shared
• Explain to employee that they • Is a caregiver for someone with or likely
areas accessed
cannot be on campus due to L A to have COVID-19
County Health Guidance » All known individuals whom the What if an employee lives outside of
employee in question contacted or • Has had any contact with someone with or
Long Beach?
• For academic employees—notify interacted with while at the District likely to have COVID-19 while they were
A ssociate Vice President of symptomatic, including anyone who: Employees must comply with the District’s
• If an employee reports testing
Human Resources positive or a healthcare provider felt directives, which are in alignment with the City
» Was within 6 feet of someone with
the employee could have COVID-19 of Long Beach. Those employees who do not
• For classified employees—notify or likely to have COVID-19 for more
based on their symptoms, HR notifies reside in Long Beach also should be familiar
Interim Executive Director, than 15 minutes OR
the employee about self-isolation with their local health agency directives.
Classified Human Resources » Had unprotected direct contact to
directives.
secretions or excretions (sneeze or
• For all employees, also notify cough) of someone with or likely to
» Self-isolation directives: Do not
Director of Business Support have COVID-19 How can employees get tested?
report to work at LBCCD property.
Ser vices and the Risk Coordinator
Required to self-isolate for at least The City of Long Beach offers free tests.
10 days after your first symptoms Please visit http://www.longbeach.gov/
appeared and at least three days What kinds of leave are available to employees health/diseases-and-condition/information-
What happens next? (72 hours) after your fever is gone who must self-quarantine or self-isolate? on/coronavirus/covid-19-testing/ to make an
without the use of fever-reducing appointment. LBCC employees may use the
• The Director of Business Support medications, and your other Employees should work with HR to determine
“Employee” line. They will be asked to show an
Services or designee, notifies the symptoms have improved. the most appropriate leave, such as sick leave
LBCC ID, parking permit, or other evidence of
Director of Special Projects or designee, or vacation.
• For employees who report being in LBCC employment.
who will review the Essential Personnel
list to confirm areas accessed and close contact with someone who
individuals contacted, as reported by has or is likely to have COVID-19,
HR notifies employees about self- How is the District handling contact tracing?
employee’s supervisor. Does an employee need a negative COVID-19
quarantine directives. test to return to work?
The District will notify individuals who have
» Self-quarantine directives: Do not come into close contact with someone who
No. They need only to follow the self-isolation
report to work at LBCCD property. has or is likely to have COVID-19 while on
or self-quarantine protocols described above.
Required to self-quarantine for District property. The health agency where
14 days from exposure and have an employee lives may conduct additional
remained symptom free for 14 days personal contact tracing in accordance with the
local health agency directives in that area.
• Director, Business Support Services
or designee, notifies Sr. Director,
Facilities Planning, Construction, and
Operations or designee, to initiate
sanitizing protocols for all areas that
the employee accessed.
14 15COVID-19 MANAGER FAQ
(CONT.)
What other resources are available What if an employee violates the COVID-19 What if an employee working remotely reports
for employees? prevention protocol? testing positive for COVID-19?
In addition to employee health insurance, Managers are tasked with ensuring that • Demonstrate compassion and kindness
employees can access confidential assistance employees comply with all protocols.
through the Employee Assistance Program, Managers should consult with HR regarding • Do not schedule that employee to
which offers a wide variety of services to help appropriate responses if employees violate access campus until self-isolation or
balance work with life and address other life these protocols. self-quarantine is complete
challenges, such as marriage, relationship, and
• Recommend that the employee contact
family issues; domestic violence; traumatic
HR regarding available leave options
events; workplace issues; alcohol and drug
How is the District notifying vendors who
dependency; stress and anxiety; depression; • Share additional resources to support
access campus during the closure?
grief and loss. the employee, such as the MHN
Vendors must also follow all of the City of Long Employee Assistance Program
Beach COVID-19 prevention protocols and
District directives. The District has sent letters • Preserve the employee’s privacy by not
What if there are three or more laboratory-
to all current vendors, and Purchasing will sharing their medical information with
confirmed COVID-19 cases identified at
include this letter when issuing new Purchase other employees
a workplace?
Orders to vendors.
If there are three or more laboratory confirmed
COVID-19 cases identified at a workplace, What should I do to prepare for the possibility
the Director, Business Support Services or that members of my team are unable to work
What other measures is the District taking to
designee, must report the cluster to the Los due to COVID-19?
help keep employees and the public safe?
Angeles County Department of Public Health.
• Cleaning and sanitizing of District Following are some recommendations:
property frequently
• Develop contingency plans to work
How is the District informing employees about remotely should the campus become
• Tracking campus access through the
COVID-19 prevention? completely inaccessible
weekly Essential Personnel list
• LBCC.edu website updates • Identify critical functions and processes
• Maintaining HVAC systems
(e.g., issuing payroll checks)
• E-mail communications
• Limiting access to all break rooms
• Establish a succession plan to continue
• Signage posted on site in accordance
• Limiting outside seating in break areas working if employees must self-isolate
with City of Long Beach directives for
to one person per table or self-quarantine
essential businesses
• Limiting employee parking to every • Cross-train employees on various job
• Additional flyers posted in work areas
other space functions
• Periodic meetings with managers to
• Scheduling employees in regular work • Familiarize yourself with HR protocols
inform them of current health orders
groups to minimize interaction with regarding hiring LTEs to backfill critical
and answer questions
other employees functions
• Periodic meetings with essential
• Allowing employees to work remotely as • Recommend that employees do not
workers to inform them of current
much as possible come into close contact with each other
health orders and answer questions
outside of work
• Creating detailed plans for essential
• Periodic meetings with collective
labs that are permitted under City of
bargaining representatives to inform
Long Beach health orders to provide in-
them of current health orders and
person instruction
answer questions
• Exploring additional screening for
employees and students
16 17ESSENTIAL
LABS
The City of Long Beach Safer-at-Home Health Administrative Campus Coverage Contingency Plan Daily Health Screening
Order allows LBCC to hold on-campus classes
only to provide training in fields designated as LBCC will provide an administrator on duty Should students be unable to complete the • Online Health Screening: Each morning
“Essential Businesses.” Essential labs are in (AOD) at PCC and LAC during hours of class in the due to COVID-19, either if LBCC before coming to campus, students
the Career Technical Education (CTE), Trades, scheduled classes to assist with support. To closes or due to personal circumstances, in essential labs will complete a daily
and Health Science areas only. The program contact the AOD, dial 562-938-4141 at LAC or additional time could possibly be scheduled in symptom check online. Students
areas that have essential labs are: 562-938-3902 at PCC. at a later time to allow completion. Students who pass the symptom survey will
are encouraged to consult with their faculty receive a date-stamped certification.
• Automotive It is critical that the AODs, regardless of member about completion options. Students who do not pass the symptom
campus, walk around and do spot checks in survey will be directed to support and
• Construction classes to be sure that students are wearing resources, coordinated by the Student
masks and physical distancing appropriately. Health Center.
• Computer and Office Studies There have been some reports of issues within General Physical Distancing Protocols
some classes, and it is essential that this not • Health Screening Stations
• Culinary Arts • Ventilation: All doors and windows
happen. Any violations should be addressed at
that time by the AOD and also reported to the will be opened prior to class start to » Students will be asked to arrive
• Diagnostic Medical Imaging
appropriate dean. ensure ventilation. at least 15 minutes before class
• Electrical start time.
At both locations, there is a phone that should • Timed entry: Each student will be
given a specific/staggered time to » Six-foot markers will be placed
• EMT be forwarded to the AOD so that they receive
enter the lab/classroom (as much as on the sidewalk to ensure
any calls. Safety escorts are also available by distancing in line.
• Horticulture calling the Campus Police at 562-938-4910. Dial possible, students will enter and exit
911 for any emergencies, crimes in progress, different doors). » Copies of the COVID-19 Student
• Medical Assist and Integration of Resource Guide will be available.
medical aid, or to request police response.
Patient Care • Limit the sharing of tools and maintain
physical distancing of six feet. All » A staff member will maintain six-
• Metal Fab/Welding individuals will wear a face covering at foot distancing from students and
all times. Students will wash hands in be provided with appropriate PPE.
• Nutrition Badges
designated sink with soap and hot water. The staff member will:
• Vocational Nursing Faculty will distribute student badges on the » Confirm that students have
first day. Faculty, staff, and students must wear • Prior to leaving the lab/classroom, all successfully completed the daily
• Registered Nursing a badge when they are on campus to identify areas the student had contact with will symptom check.
who is authorized to be on site. Faculty/staff be wiped down with a disinfectant by
the instructional assistant. » Take each student’s temperature
will be responsible for collecting student
Detailed plans for each program area have been using an infrared thermometer and
badges at the conclusion of the semester.
developed. All of the plans include the following: • Signs and messages: put signs in highly confirm a temperature under
visible locations such as entrance, exit, 100.4 degrees.
All District employees must follow City restroom, hallway (creating one-way » Have hand sanitizer available,
of Long Beach health orders and LBCC Illness During Class routes in hallway) provided by Facilities and placed
rules for accessing campus at all times. In on the table.
addition to the health risk, not following If a student becomes ill during class, ask • Exit: Students will exit the building using
the student to return home immediately and the designated main entrance door » Ensure students are wearing
these rules could jeopardize LBCC’s proper face covering.
contact the Student Health Center. If the which will be marked. Hand sanitizer
ability to offer on-site instruction. student is unable to return home, isolate the will be available to students as they exit » Ensure students do not have
student and contact the Student Health Center. the building. unnecessary items and are not
Student Acknowledgment and Thoroughly sanitize the work area and any accompanied by additional people.
tools or equipment handled by the student once • Facilities and IITS will not be able to
Communications enter class while in session to respond » Ensure students access only
he/she/they have left.
Students who are registered for classes meeting to service calls. the designated classroom and
on campus will receive an e-mail notification restroom when inside the building.
Additional protocols specific to each area and
to agree to the Student Acknowledgment in
their facilities are included in each plan, which
Peoplesoft, which includes directives about
are available online at
accessing campus during the closure.
www.lbcc.edu/coronavirus-updates.
(See Appendix A: Student Acknowledgment.)
18 19CLEANING
PROTOCOLS
Instructional Assistants: Facilities Staff: Each plan also includes the following, specific • Detailed plan for each class, including
to each program area: the maximum number of students,
Instructional Assistants will be responsible for • Classrooms: At the end of the day and location, physical distancing protocol,
cleaning the classroom while class is in session between classes, 4 employees per • Maps indicating parking areas, days/times, and justification in
and sanitizing specialized equipment during classroom cleaning team designated routes of travel from parking reference to the specific section of the
and after class. (35 min. clean time) area to the classroom, restrooms, and City of Long Beach “Safer at Home”
ingress/egress. health order.
Facilities will deliver cleaning kits for the » Team 1—1 employee will cover
classrooms with instructions not to remove cleaning the door handles, • Diagram of each classroom, indicating • Student Acknowledgment
them. The disinfectant wipe buckets are teaching stations, other flat the maximum capacity when allowing a
reusable, and Facilities asks that those not be surfaces. 2nd employee will cover six-foot distance between each desk or • COVID-19 Protocols for Employees
thrown away. Please call ext. 4040 (after 5:00 cleaning tables and chairs. work station (example below).
p.m. PCC Contact (562) 331-7739) when they • COVID-19 Resource Guide for Students
» Team 2—1 employee will cover • Schedule of each class
need to be refilled. Each kit includes removing trash and spraying
the following: sanitizer on cleaned areas allowing
• 1 bucket of 800 disinfect wipes a 5 min. dwell time, 2nd employee
will mop floors with disinfectant.
• 1 box of gloves • Restrooms: At the end of the day, 4
employees to cover Men’s and Women’s
• 1 box of mask
restrooms (20 min clean time each
• 1 lg hand sanitizer including dwell time)
• 10 personal sanitizing pens » Team 1—clean fixtures, disinfect
sink and toilets
» Team 2—remove trash, spray
Each wipe has a 99.9% kill claim. The usage sanitizer, clean floors
should be as follows: with disinfectant
*After each class ends, Facilities will start
• Use Gloves COVID - 19 Cleaning. This is in addition to
nightly classroom cleaning. We ask that there
• Remove pretreated wipes
are no food items allowed into classes. This
from container
will allow us to spend more time disinfecting
• Wipe down dirty surfaces and working more efficiently to cover more
square footage.
• Allow to air dry (Leave wet, do not use
a towel to dry) *Restroom cleaning will be increased to
hourly instead of every two hours. The same
• Discard used wipes in trash cans located COVID – 19 Cleaning Protocols will be in place
in classrooms (Cleaning, Disinfecting, and Sanitizing).
Restrooms being serviced will be closed for
30 minutes for drying and dwell times.
*Cleaning for Lab areas will be extended
by 15 mins. Example of Classroom Maximum Capacity &
Physical Distancing Diagram
20 21COVID-19 EXPOSURE
PROTOCOL — STUDENTS
Before the First Day of Class First Day of Class During the Semester contact with anyone else while on campus.
The Student Health Center may confer with
Notification: to all students of the rules Health Screening: Each morning before Pre-campus Health Screening: Students District staff to access class schedules and
for accessing campus (e.g., wearing a coming to campus, students in essential labs receive an e-mail or text with a link to a health other information that may assist with on-
face covering and not coming to campus if will complete a daily symptom check online. screening questionnaire. Students who campus contact tracing.
experiencing COVID-19 symptoms). Also Students who pass the symptom survey will complete the questionnaire successfully will
includes information about “close contact,” receive a date-stamped certification. Students receive a time-specific certification to display The Student Health Center will send a letter
how to access testing, what to do if they test who do not pass the symptom survey will be on their cell phone upon arrival. Students to students to inform them of self-isolation
positive, and other resources. directed to support and resources, coordinated without smart phones will be able to complete or self-quarantine protocols, in accordance
by the Student Health Center. Students line the questionnaire using a home computer and with the City of Long Beach health order. The
• Posted on LBCC.edu, e-mailed, up at six-foot intervals outside the building at print the certification. Students who do not letters will include the date that the student
texted to all students. LAC or in the PCC quad for a health screening. pass the daily health screening are referred to may return to campus.
There will be a table, a canopy, a chair, hand Student Health Services.
• Instructors teaching on-site classes The Student Health Center will notify Risk
sanitizer, an infrared thermometer, and other
will also post it in Canvas Health Screening: Health screenings occur Services of any cases reported by students.
supplies. Staff working at the health screening
will be supplied with appropriate PPE and outside each building where a class will The District has a responsibility to report
Student Acknowledgment: Students who are
training. They will confirm that students be in session at LAC or at the quad at PCC. outbreaks to the Los Angeles County
registered for classes meeting on-site will
have completed the online screening, check Upon arrival, students display their date- Department of Public Health. An outbreak is
receive an e-mail notifying them to log into
students’ temperatures with an infrared stamped certification. All students have their defined as three cases within one area. Risk
Peoplesoft to accept and agree to a Student
thermometer, and verify that the student is temperature checked before entering the Services will be responsible for notifying the
Acknowledgment form (Appendix A). This form
wearing a face covering. Students who pass building, and only those with temperatures Los Angeles County Department of Health and
will provide notice of the rules for accessing
the health screening will proceed into the below 100.4 degrees are allowed to enter. the City of Long Beach.
campus, such as wearing a face covering
and not coming to campus if experiencing designated classroom on the designated route.
Risk Services will notify Facilities to
COVID-19 symptoms. IITS will e-mail a daily sanitize any locations that the student
Review of Rules: Instructors review the rules
report to deans of programs with essential labs
with students, which may also include showing Positive Test or Close Contact reports accessing. Risk Services also will
indicating which students have completed with COVID-19 be responsible for complying with the City
a video produced by the CDC about proper
the acknowledgment. of Long Beach Department of Public Health
safety and prevention measures. They also
The Student Health Center is the central Protocol for COVID-19 Exposure Management
Procedure to access campus: Instructors will review the City of Long Beach definition of
resource for students who do not pass in Institutes of Higher Education, which was
e-mail students with specific instructions about “close contact” and how to contact the Student
the daily health screening, test positive last updated on 12/29/20 and is online at
accessing campus for their class. This e-mail Health Center if they have close contact with
for COVID-19, or have close contact with http://longbeach.gov/globalassets/health/
will include the rules for accessing campus, someone who tests positive.
someone who tests positive or likely has media-library/documents/diseases-and-
where to park, route of travel to the building, COVID-19. If a student contacts their condition/information-on/novel-coronavirus/
and to expect to complete a health screening instructor about testing positive or having health-orders/appendix-y2---covid-19-
before entering the building. close contact with someone who tests positive exposure-management-plan-in-institutes-
for or likely has COVID-19, the instructor will of-higher-education.
direct the student not to come to campus and
inform the Student Health Center at Faculty may wish to discontinue on-campus
(562) 938-4210. class(es) for a period of time, out of an
abundance of caution, which will depend
The Student Health Center will ask the student on the student’s particular situation and be
about their activities on campus to determine decided on a case-by-case basis.
if the student may have come into close
22 23SUPPORTING CHILD DEVELOPMENT
REMOTE LEARNING CENTERS
In accordance with the City of Long Beach • Distributions of supplies, including The City of Long Beach health order has The plan is available online at
health order, institutes of higher education may calculators, sewing machines, designated childcare businesses as essential. www.lbcc.edu/coronavirus-updates.
continue to provide limited services to support and art supplies The LBCC Child Development Centers at the
learning remotely. LBCC has determined that Liberal Arts Campus and Pacific Coast Campus
providing Basic Needs services and distributing • Library curbside lending re-opened in a limited capacity on October 5,
supplies for students learning remotely are (Library plan available at 2020, to support student parents/guardians.
necessary to student success. All activities www.lbcc.edu/coronavirus-updates.)
are conducted in accordance with safety
• Quest for Success free and ungraded
protocols, such as wearing face coverings,
self-paced modules to help students be
maintaining physical distance, sanitizing areas
successful in online courses
ATHLETICS
and surfaces, and eliminating opportunities
for gatherings. • Free, live online tutoring for currently
enrolled students from the LBCC
The preferred method of distribution is drive-
Success Centers
thru events, although there is an option for
students without vehicles to walk up. Each • No-cost after-hours tutoring through Athletics programs are not currently allowed LBCC’s plan will be available online at
event is planned with input from Facilities and NetTutor on campus for conditioning or competition. www.lbcc.edu/coronavirus-updates
Parking Services. Following are examples of The California Community College Athletic when it is finalized.
activities to support remote learning: • Online student services such as Association (CCCAA) announced in July 2020
Admissions & Records, Counseling, and that all sports would be deferred to spring
• Viking Vault food distributions Financial Aid, Student Health Services 2021 on a modified schedule, depending on
current local health orders. District staff
• Chromebook and hot spot loans are developing a detailed and phased plan
• Textbook distributions by the to implement when Athletics activities are
bookstore and special programs such permitted on campus again.
as EOPS and Athletics
24 25APPENDIX A: STUDENT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Long Beach City College Liberal Arts and Pacific Coast campuses are closed in response to COVID-19. As a Long
Beach City College student registered for one or more classes that is permitted to meet on campus during the closure,
I agree to the following:
• I will comply with all of the rules established by the City of Long Beach Department of Public Health, including:
» I will stay home if I am sick. Symptoms include a fever of 100.4 or higher, coughing,
shortness of breath, and fatigue.
» I will wear a face covering over my nose and mouth at all times while on campus
» I will maintain at least a six-foot distance from others.
» I will avoid touching my eyes, nose, and mouth.
» I will cover my mouth when coughing or sneezing and wash my hands immediately afterward.
• I will also comply with all of the rules established by Long Beach City College, including:
» I will not access any area that is blocked off or any area that has not been pre-approved.
» I will park in the designated parking lot for my class and leave one space between each vehicle.
» I will not bring any unnecessary personal items (books, purse, food, drinks, etc.) onto campus.
» I will complete a daily health screening before entering the classroom.
» I will wear the LBCC Student Badge that will be issued to me at all times when I am on campus.
» I will not linger or loiter on campus once my class is over.
» I will not bring any additional people with me when I come to class, such as friends or family members.
• I will notify the Student Health Center at (562) 938-4210 if I test positive for COVID-19, have symptoms consistent
with COVID-19, or have been in close contact with someone who has or is likely to have COVID-19. Per the City
of Long Beach, close contact is defined as, “Close Contact to someone who has or is likely to have COVID-19 is
defined as a person who meets any of the following conditions:
» Lives with or frequents the household where someone with or likely to have COVID-19 resides
» Is an intimate partner of someone with or likely to have COVID-19
» Is a caregiver for someone with or likely to have COVID-19
» Has had any contact with someone with or likely to have COVID-19 while they were symptomatic, including
anyone who:
-Was within 6 feet of someone with or likely to have COVID-19 for more than 15 minutes OR
-Had unprotected direct contact to secretions or excretions (sneeze or cough) of someone with or
likely to have COVID-19”
• I understand that the Student Health Center strongly recommends that all students get the annual immunization
against influenza.
I have read, acknowledge, understand, and agree to the terms stated above regarding coming onto the Long Beach City
College campus during the closure due to COVID-19.
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