July 14, 2020
Good afternoon,
I want to begin this email by thanking our parents and teaching staff for participating in recent surveys to help inform our educational reopening planning. There was tremendous participation with both surveys. 91% of our students were represented by parents completing the survey. 95% of our teaching staff completed a similar survey. We committed to share the results with our parents and that information can be found here:
We have reviewed the data internally with our administrative team and also with leadership from the Chagrin Falls Education Association. We will also present this data to our Board of Education at the July 22 meeting. This week, we are finalizing decisions on the following:
- initial return to school model,
- mask policy required by the Health Department and
- approach to temperature checking for all students.
It is our goal to share all three models (full return, hybrid and remote learning) with our Board of Education next Wednesday and make a final recommendation. We will be making a recommendation that we believe is best for our students and staff for the opening of school based on the data we have currently. We all must be prepared for the reality that this may change prior to opening or as we move through the Fall.
The District will be mailing you a letter after the July 22 Board meeting that will contain your child(ren)’s student ID number. This will be important information as we are going to ask parents to register their child for the 2020-21 school year utilizing this number. When registering, you will be asked which model you would like to enroll your student for the opening of school and if you would like to “opt out” of District transportation. We will need this process completed for every student.
We appreciate your continued support as we navigate these very difficult times.
Sincerely,
Robert W. Hunt, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools
440-247-3933
