Horizon’s Response to COVID-19

The temperatures of all children will be taken at drop-off and after lunch.

Children are not permitted to bring anything from home except their learning devices. This includes water bottles and toys.

We have removed all soft material that cannot be sanitized like stuffed animals, cloth dolls and puppets.

Horizon no longer allows children to eat meals family-style. Horizon’s food specialist will bring individually-plated meals to the classroom door on a cart. Your child’s teacher will distribute the food to each child.

Cots for napping will be socially distanced and children will sleep head to toe.

Large group activities like field trips, graduation ceremonies and assemblies have been postponed.

Playground space outdoors will be scheduled by each classroom to maintain social distance between students.

Horizon Education Centers pandemic hours of operation are 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday – Friday.

Parents will drop off/pick up children at the front doors of the centers.

At drop off, your child will be removed from your vehicle by center staff.

Parents will not be permitted within the center unless there is an emergency.

If there is an emergency, parents will be required to wear a mask to enter the center.

Please call prior to your arrival so that we can have your child ready to go when you arrive. This will limit your time inside the building.

A bleach solution will be used on all hard surfaces and will be allowed to air dry.

If you child becomes sick while at the center, your child will be taken from the classroom to the staff lounge. A staff member will remain with him/her until a parent arrives to pick them up.

For more information on our sanitation procedures please contact your child’s center directly.

If your child has a fever, we ask that your child stay home until they are fever-free for 24 hours without medication before they return to Horizon.

All staff have been trained in communicable diseases which is a licensing requirement through the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.