Posted Date: 11/12/2020
Parents and Guardians,
I wanted to take a moment to give you some details regarding our decision to move everyone to remote learning. First, let me say it we made the decision to make sure we are super conservative on an approach to the uptick in the number of COVID cases we are seeing both in the community and with those who are involved in our school district. We felt as though it was the best and safest decision to keep everyone as safe as possible and to make sure our school was not a spreading point. Honestly, we have not had much of an issue at the high school level. We have had one confirmed case which was pretty isolated and we have a few students who have had to be quarantined because they have been in close contact with someone who is a confirmed case. Overall, I felt like we were sitting pretty good but I could definitely see a shift coming and we wanted to get ahead of it rather than react to it. I love our students and staff too much to want to put them in harm's way.
Even as recently as Monday, I met with all students and let them know this could be a possibility and encouraged them to be proactive on taking care of themselves but to also get familiar again with Google Classroom and how the teachers are posting videos and assignments just in case we had to make this type of decision. Here are some details which you and your students need to be aware of:
I know I probably haven’t answered every single question and you are welcome to email me. I will be at the school each day from 7:00 a.m. till around 4:30 p.m. and will be answering emails and calling people who would like to talk. If your student forgot something at school, please bring them or have them come by the front office and we will make sure they get whatever they need to be successful during this remote learning process.
Please know I love each of your students like my own and I want nothing but the very best and safest environment for each of them.
Sincerely,
Patrick Hinson