Good morning LNC families,
We hope that this communication finds you enjoying your summer and taking advantage of the less structured schedule to relax and restore, especially after the challenging school year we all experienced last year. Just like you, Lake Norman Charter’s Board, administration and staff are longing for a return to a more familiar school year beginning next month. While we continue to monitor the ever-changing information in regard to COVID, we are still in a remarkably better place than last year at this time and our planned school operations for 2021-2022 reflect that.
Please click here to see a chart comparing school operations affected by COVID last year with their updated status for this year. The intent of this table is to provide you with a quick reference of what you and your student can expect when they return to school in a few weeks. We are grateful that most of our routines and processes impacted by the pandemic last year are returning to normal operations this year.
With regard to masking, yesterday Governor Cooper announced that the state is strongly advising that all students and staff in grades K-8 and unvaccinated students and staff at the HS level wear a face covering while at school. The NC Department of Health and Human Services updated the NC Strong Schools Public Health Toolkit in accordance with this position.
The LNC Board has called a special board meeting next Wednesday, July 28 to discuss how this development will affect school operations. The agenda and the link to watch the board meeting will be posted to our website by Friday, July 23. If you cannot watch the meeting live, we will post a recording to LNC’s YouTube channel the following day (July 29).
We promise to continue to notify our stakeholders as soon as decisions are made that will affect school operations. In the meantime, we hope that you continue to enjoy a safe, happy and restful summer break and we cannot wait to see our students in person in a few short weeks!
