Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Herff-Jones printing plant in Kansas City, Kansas, that produces the 3,400 copies of Tabulae was closed as a result of their governor's stay-at-home order through the end of April. The company anticipates production will go live on May 5 unless the order is extended. After May 5, it will take them up to  two weeks to print, cut, bind, and box LT yearbooks, at which point they will be able to send a revised shipping date. Once Tabulae yearbooks have arrived, LT administration will determine a safe way for students to receive copies of their book.

 

With such a vague date for hard copies to make their way to school and into your hands, the 30 Tabulae students who created the 2019-2020 yearbook wanted to share their work with everyone with an e-release of the book on Friday, May 15. The wonderful thing about the traditional distribution day is that every student gets a chance to see the yearbook during the school day by looking through their copy during lunch study hall, borrowing a friend's book during lunch, or catching a glimpse while signing the endsheets of a classmate's yearbook. Obviously, the situation is different this year, but the students wanted to replicate that experience by offering it to everyone to see on the same day. The electronic version of the book will be posted on www.lths.net/tab on the morning of Friday, May 15 and will remain available until hard copies can be distributed. The electronic version is a pre-production version of the book, which means that while it is close to the finished version, the pictures and design elements are not the same quality as the printed version.

 

If you have not yet purchased a Tabulae and would like to do so, copies are available at https://lths.revtrak.net/TAB-YB/