Dear RCS Parents/Guardians, Faculty, Staff, Administration, and Board, |
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In case you have not heard, Governor Newsom announced today that California will be placed under regional stay-at-home orders. Here is the full press conference. It is currently expected that the Bay Area will be placed under this new order in mid-to-late December. Between the 5:20-5:33 mark in the press conference, the Governor stated that “schools who had received waivers could remain open.”
This statement was clarified today during the weekly Superintendent’s Zoom call with the Alameda County Office of Education and the Alameda County Public Health Department. Schools that schools that are open are allowed to remain open. This means RCS will continue as an open school in Alameda County.
With the “Rebuilding RCS” plan, your family has the flexibility to make the best decision should you feel it is necessary to change from being on campus in a small cohort to online via Zoom or vice versa. If a student is currently attending class on campus, parents can elect to transfer their child(ren) back to Phase One Virtual Learning until at least January 18. This date was selected to provide a two week quarantine period after the holidays. Returning to an on-campus cohort would then be dependent upon available seats.
If your family is unable to follow the Bay Area COVID-19 Recommendations for Holiday Gathering and Travel, then after Christmas Vacation to help ensure the safety of each person in an on-campus cohort, your children must attend school online via Zoom for two weeks. This will help to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission in all RCS cohorts. After Christmas vacation, the RCS “Daily Health Check-In” will have two additional questions asking if your household followed this ACPHD guidance:
1) Did your family follow the Alameda County Public Health Department's 'Recommendations for Staying Safe from COVID-19 During The Holidays' with SAFE (outside is safer, physically distanced, wearing face coverings, washing hands, serving shared food safely, and avoiding singing/chanting/shouting), SMALL (no more then 3 households), SHORT (no more than 2 hours), and STABLE gatherings (not participating in multiple gatherings)? If you answer “Yes,” come to school. If you answer “No,” then you'll need to do school on Zoom through December 11, 2020. Please contact your campus office if you have any questions.
2) If your family travelled outside the Bay Area, did your family follow the Alameda County Public Health Department's 'Recommendations for Staying Safe from COVID-19 During The Holidays' by taking the following precautions to reduce risk: wearing a face covering, physically distancing, if possible ventilating your space, washing/sanitizing hands often, avoiding touching eyes/nose/mouth, avoiding contact with anyone who is sick, and avoiding contact with frequently touched surfaces? If your answer is "I did not travel" or "Yes, I followed these precautions," come to school. If your answer is "No," then you'll need to do school on Zoom through December 11, 2020. Please contact your campus office if you have any questions.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation. We are all in this together!
Also, as I written in the past, if anyone in your family has any of the COVID-19 symptoms, please keep all of your children at home and until the “Return to School Criteria” has been verified by an RCS Administrator. Please call the campus office both when your child(ren) is/are absent and then when they are ready to return to school.
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If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask. |
In Christ,
Al Hearne II, PhD
Superintendent
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“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 |
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Redwood Christian Schools | 510-889-7526 | 4200 James Avenue, Castro Valley, CA 94546 | www.rcs.edu |
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