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Changes to arrival and dismissal for school days
Our special protocols for minimizing COVID-19 risks this year include changes to times when students may arrive on campus in the morning and when they ought to leave campus at the end of the school day. Ordinarily, students should arrive at school no earlier than 7:15 a.m. Exceptions for earlier arrival times because of family needs are possible. Parents should please contact Mr. Mike Orlando, Director of Student Life, in advance regarding approval of early an arrival time. Students will go to their Crew classroom immediately after they arrive in the morning. Students will be informed about their Crew classroom during orientation days. When the class day ends, the Library will stay open until 3:00 p.m., and the Café will stay open until 5:00 p.m. Students staying on campus after school and not under the supervision of a moderator, director, or coach must go either to the Library or Café. Minimizing health risks affects the use of the lockers that line the school corridors. Very few students have used these lockers in recent years. Because of health concerns this year, students will not be issued a corridor locker and may not use a locker. As with early arrival times, exceptions based on special needs are possible. Students may contact Mr. Orlando to request a corridor locker. (The Athletic Department will handle questions about storing students’ athletic equipment.) Thank you for understanding the need for these health precautions this year.
No season passes for 2020-21
Due to the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its potential ever-changing restrictions and guidelines for attendance, we have determined that we will not be selling an athletics pass for the 2020-21 school year. If you have already purchased a pass we will be authorizing a refund that will be returned in the near future.
This decision has stemmed from the on-going information we incur on a weekly basis, due to COVID-19 guidelines. We are planning for game-day operations to be managed differently for the entirety of this school year and we ask for your patience along the way. Ticket sales and attendance restrictions may change game-by-game, leaving us to plan for a tiered-ticketing system (or a pass list if necessary) that maximizes having the most amount of our athletes’ family members in attendance. To do this, we find the fairest opportunity, for our athletes and families, is to sell individual tickets to all home events during the 2020-21 seasons. The tiered-ticketing system and/or pass list will still require individual tickets to be purchased if you plan on being in attendance.
Once COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines are lifted, we will return to our Athletics Pass option for the next school year. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
