Dear FVS Community,
Yesterday, we awoke to snow on Pikes Peak and pictures from the mountain communities of significant accumulations. Though history shows we may encounter frozen precipitation each month of the year in Colorado, it's not what you expect to see on a June morning when temperatures the day before reached the mid-eighties! For me, it was a reminder of the value of creating an environment of predictability and support.
With that, I want to report on the progress that we are making on planning the 2020-21 school year. We have been in close contact with the Governor's Office, state and local health departments, as well as UC Health to fine tune our protocol for the safe return to campus and to align the resources that we will need to do so. We’ve also been working to determine what level of quarantine will be necessary for both students and faculty who are at risk of exposure in their return to campus.
With this information, we are determining a timeline that will involve the arrival of boarding students in waves beginning in early August. We will work in the coming week to finalize the schedule for the first semester, which we intend to communicate in next week’s update. In the meantime, I am sure this information will generate many questions and I thank you for your patience and understanding in advance.
I also want to share an update about the school’s response to, and position on, the protests against racial injustice that continue around the world. Following my letter last week, I’ve heard from some of our alumni with questions about the specific actions that the school is taking to create an anti-racist environment. I want to state clearly that the School has been and remains committed to creating an inclusive environment that is driven by core values and beliefs that are inherently anti-racist.
With that said, it’s important that you feel confident that we as a school act on these beliefs each and every day and that we have done so consistently during my time as head of school. In the interest of creating this clarity, I intend to share an overview of the framework we are using and have followed for the last seven years, and some of the specific initiatives undertaken to ensure FVS is, and continues to be, an inclusive community that actively works to break down systemic barriers to access. Please look for this in a follow-up blog post.
Until then, I hope you have a great finish to the week and weekend ahead, take good care, stay safe, and be well.
Sincerely,
William Webb
Head of School
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
6155 Fountain Valley School Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80911
