Dear Westside Waldorf School Community,
We are writing to you today to wish you a peaceful and healthy Spring Break and to update you on the status of the distance learning program that had a date set that extended to May 1. Additionally, we want to thank you for your continued patience during this evolving situation. As with all our program decisions, student and staff safety is our highest priority. As we negotiate this uncharted territory, we believe that the time has come to make the important decision, along with LAUSD, SMMUSD and Waldorf Schools throughout America that
we will not return to campus based learning for the remainder of the school year but will continue the distance learning program until the end of the 2019/20 school year.
While great care and research went into this decision; we regret the hardships this will cause for some of our families. As this situation evolves, we are committed to providing you with timely and accurate updates on the best recommendations and guidance from our public health authorities. We will continue monitoring the situation weekly and keep you informed.
In the meantime, we encourage everyone to access the latest, most accurate information about COVID-19 from the
World Health Organization
and the
CDC
.
As we look to returning to the distance learning program next week we will be incorporating the comments and thoughts shared with us by you through the parent survey. Together we are in partnership in keeping the tenets of Waldorf education alive. Teachers and administrators are connecting with Waldorf schools across America sharing and learning with other schools best practices going forward that allows us to continue to refine our way of educating the students from a distance.
While we look forward to the time we can all be together again, please keep us informed if you need any additional support you may need. WWS recently was able to provide support with 180 N95 masks from our supply on campus to our local health care providers, Pediatricians with Huntington Medical Group. We are also actively pursuing federal grants currently being offered in support of payroll, family leave, small business loans, etc. to create the most robust financial model for our school as we look forwards to reopening both Westside Waldorf School campuses at the soonest possible date.
Warmly,
The Leadership Council
Ellie Jenkins
Anjum Mir
Mike Quishenberry
Jessica Breakey
Paul Helfrich
Laura Scheurer
Liis Edwards
