Ongoing Campus Repairs

An exterior gas leak was detected on campus on the last day before Winter Break (12/21/22). The gas line was immediately shut off by PG&E and the location detection process begun. A huge thank you to Ben Chavez, Wes and Jarred Hight, Reza Assakereh, and all the other helping hands who gave up holiday time to address this issue. As we worked to locate the leak, some areas of the cement walkways near the office and some lower grades classrooms were excavated. While we had hoped to have the situation remedied and the sidewalks repaired prior to the reopening of school tomorrow, the holidays, severe weather and nature of the leak have complicated the process and work is ongoing.

While the work continues, these areas will be covered with plywood and cordoned off during school hours, but please exercise extra caution while navigating these campus locations and keep a close eye on small children.

We are still investigating the location of the leak and will keep the gas system shut off until the situation has been resolved. The heating systems in the preschool classrooms are the only essential system affected by this shut off, and we have purchased mobile heating units for those classrooms so the regular day-to-day preschool activities can proceed. We appreciate your understanding as we balance these necessary repairs with the realities of on-campus student activity. Please reach out to the office if you have any questions.

Testing before Students Return to Campus

Greetings DWS Families and Staff. We hope your holidays were joyful! Before our return to school, we recommend that ALL students and staff take a COVID test, regardless of how they feel physically. To make this easier, Rapid Test Kits are available for pick up in the DWS office.

If your student is experiencing symptoms, please continue to follow our COVID protocols as described HERE. If your student tested positive for COVID over the winter break, please email registrar@daviswaldorf.org in order to confirm their timeline to return.

An abundance of caution in these first few weeks will go a long way towards a happy and healthy spring semester for all.

In addition to COVID, other illnesses like the flu have a significant impact on our community. Even after testing negative for COVID-19, please follow are Health & Illness Guidelines as written in our Parent Handbook (Appendix F) which includes information on what illnesses and symptoms need to be reported to the office.

FROM PARENT HANDBOOK: As a general rule, children should be kept at home if symptoms will interfere with classroom activities. For example, if the child has [excessive] nasal mucus, a persistent cough, or is irritable or very tired, the child needs to remain at home.