Rebuilding RCS - Christmas Vacation and Return to School

December 14, 2020

Dear RCS Parents/Guardians,

With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in Alameda County it is imperative that we do everything possible to keep our faculty, staff, administration, and students “On-Campus” as safe as possible by mitigating the risk of COVID-19 transmission.

On Thursday, December 10 I asked Dr. Moss, the Alameda County Interim Health Officer, if the “Recommendations for Holiday Gathering and Travel” were still in effect or if the December 7, 2020 Shelter-In-Place order had replaced them. He responded that with the new Shelter-In-Place order people should not be gathering with anyone outside of their household. Therefore, we need to adjust the "Rebuilding RCS - Holiday Gatherings and Travel" plan previously emailed to you on December 3, 2020.

After Christmas vacation, the RCS “Daily Health Check-In” for students will have one additional question: “Did any member of your family attend a gathering with anyone outside your household during Christmas vacation?” Everyone on campus on January 4, 2021 is trusting that each family honestly answers this question.

If you answer “No,” then your student(s) can come back to school on January 4, 2021.
If you answer, “Yes,” then your student(s) will need to attend school on Zoom for 14 days from the date of the last gathering attended.

To help RCS plan for and facilitate your family’s transition to temporary schooling “Online” please complete this form (or click on the button below) by 4pm on December 16, 2020. This will tell RCS faculty and staff to send supplies home with your student(s) on the last day of the semester, December 17, 2020. Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

Furthermore, with the current rate of transmission, it is vitally important that everyone attending classes on campus is extra cautious in following health and safety protocols to keep students, faculty, staff, and their respective families safe. This includes following safety protocols during the break such as, maintaining physical distance, wearing double-lined cloth face coverings when within six-feet of others not in your immediate household.

Also, please continue to keep all students in your household at home if anyone in your family shows any COVID-19 symptoms and until the “Return to School Criteria” has been verified by an RCS Administrator. Please call the campus office both the first day your student(s) is/are absent and then the day before they are ready to return to school.

Click Here by Wednesday, December 16th

Click above by 4 pm on the 16th to notify your campus that your family will temporarily transition to online schooling for 14 days after your last gathering.

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.

In Christ,

Al Hearne II, PhD

Superintendent

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 #GodsPurpose