June 24, 2020
Good evening,
We are extremely happy that there is such a high level of interest in discussing the reopening of school. This represents a great quality of our school community.
At the Board of Education meeting on June 16, we provided an update on our reopening planning. Although we have awaited guidance and parameters from the State since late May, we feel it is important to begin the conversation about reopening with our parents. We have developed a DRAFT plan under the most restrictive of preliminary guidance to begin the conversation with our Board of Education and community. The goal of these upcoming three virtual Zoom sessions, which all will be livestreamed for the entire community to watch, is to have dialogue with our parents.
The Zoom sessions are scheduled for:
Friday, June 26 at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, June 30 at noon and 5 p.m.
Please check
Facebook
at these times for a link to watch these sessions.
We feel it is appropriate for everyone to understand how we are preparing and some of the potential options for our return. We also think it is important to listen, therefore, we limited the number of participants to allow for conversation. We increased the number of participants after the slots filled within minutes, and like mentioned above, will be livestreaming the sessions.
This will be only one strategy to communicate and receive feedback.
The District has prepared a survey that will be launched early next week to obtain more specific feedback on all of the potential models. This will be the most critical data that we will evaluate as we finalize our plan. We are attempting to obtain this feedback over the next week because we anticipate the state releasing specific guidance in the next seven days. This guidance, in conjunction with feedback from our parents, will provide us the necessary information to create an updated version of our plan.
Please know this is a fluid process and plan. We are working around the clock to evaluate options and doing our best to communicate and engage our families in this process.
Thank you for your overwhelming support and interest.
Sincerely,
Robert W. Hunt, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools
440-247-3933
