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School Social Worker
Easley has employed a full-time mental health counselor who is on-site every day and a behavioral health counselor who comes in one day
a week to assist students. “The need is much greater,” says Culler, but it’s a start.
In the long run, Culler believes the school is “empowering students to look out for each other and to be better citizens in the future.”
Contacts: Gary Culler, garyculler@pickens.k12.sc.us; Emily Matthews, emilymatthews@pickens.k12.sc.us

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of the Alliance for
Excellent Education.

Health and Safety at the 2021 Making will be available at SREB’s Conference Headquarters in
Schools Work Conference the Delta Lobby and in SREB’s booth in the Education
Marketplace in the Ryman Exhibit Hall.
You may have heard that the 2021 Making Schools Work • A personal-sized hand sanitizer will be provided in our
Conference is being held as a hybrid event with two registration conference bags (supplies limited). Additional hand sanitizer
options: in-person attendance at the Gaylord Opryland Resort stations will be positioned throughout the conference.
& Convention Center in Nashville or online attendance through
our eShow virtual event platform. • In partnership with the Gaylord Opryland, we’ll provide:

SREB takes the health and safety of attendees and staff at our o Responsible food and beverage service, seating, traffic
in-person event in Nashville very seriously. flows and barriers for meeting spaces.
o Appropriate signage to reinforce social distancing and
That’s why we’ve adopted a Duty of Care statement for our other health and safety reminders.
attendees as well as a set of on-site health and safety practices
that align with the enhanced health and sanitization protocols o Electrostatic cleaning of all meeting rooms overnight or
and practices outlined in Marriott’s Commitment to Clean. in the early morning and during lunch breaks.
Here are a few examples of how we’re working to ensure your Upon registering for the conference, all attendees will be
health and safety: asked to agree to our Personal Accountability Commitment,
which includes wearing a mask over your nose and mouth
• Name badges will be printed on demand at socially at all times in public areas, engaging in social distancing,
distanced check-in kiosks in the Delta Lobby. Before the adhering to health and safety requests made by SREB staff
conference, we’ll email a registration confirmation containing and venue personnel, and not attending the conference if you
a barcode for you to check your badge information. Save or are ill or have been recently exposed to a known or suspected
print this email to scan your barcode on-site for touchless case of COVID-19.
printing of your badge and tickets. Badge holders, lanyards
and ribbons are nearby in the Delta Lobby. Join Us!

• A reusable fabric mask will be provided in our conference We encourage you to learn more about our hybrid event on
bags, available in the Education Marketplace in the Ryman our website and secure reduced registration pricing before our
Exhibit Hall (supplies limited). Additional disposable masks early-bird deadline of May 3.

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